Every year in August, Rocca Massima becomes a special centre for music lovers with the International Organ Show, an important event in the church of San Michele Arcangelo.
The show is divided into 4 events to finish at the end of the month. Initiated in 1999, over the years it has attracted important artists with the participation of national and international renowned organists, from America and Russia. The presence of these names has given prestige to the show, appreciated by the musical academies and it is the pride of the entire community of Rocca Massima.
In the ancient and important Church of San Michele Arcangelo there is a superb organ with mechanical transmission to 1063 pipes that is the true leader of the event.
The organ was built in 1999 by the well-known company in Crema “Inzoli-Bonizzi”, and inaugurated in October of the same year with a concert by M° J. E. Goettsche, at the time organist of the Vatican Basilica. In addition, important performers are invited to perform each year, such as Gunther Kaunzinger (Germany) and J. Paradel Solè (Spain).
In each edition the festival offers listening to the organ repertoire of the Baroque period, around which the organ compositions of the nineteenth, twentieth century and contemporary revolve.
Every year the repertoire on offer is varied: from classic to modern. The show is always seeking new Italian and foreign performers and during the course of the show, the practice of organ improvisation is a feature, with current symphonies played on themes proposed by the public.
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