At the end of the summer there is an event that has rightfully become a part of the Milanese cultural programme and corresponds to the return to the city by most of people of Milan: it is the free and open-air Back To The City Concert offered by the Riccardo Catella Foundation and a flagship event of BAM's cultural programming - Biblioteca degli alberi Milano.
On its fifth edition, the concert has reached considerable popularity: over 6.500 people have enjoyed the pleasant sound of the classical music, the end-of-summer atmosphere and the park’s beauty before removing the Out Of Office mode from their corporate e-mails.
A cross-generational and multi-ethnic audience has enthusiastically applauded to the involving exhibition by composer and cellist Giovanni Sollima, in the dual role as a solo artist and director of the Luigi Cherubini Youth Orchestra, founded and directed by Riccardo Muti and made up of young instrumentalists all under the age of thirty, selected by a commission composed of the first chairs from prestigious European orchestras.
The 2023 edition of the Back To The City Concert - The great classical music event in the park, created and directed by Francesca Colombo, General Cultural Director of BAM, opened with the famous Cello Concerto n° 1 in C major by Haydn, followed by one of Sollima’s pieces, The N-Ice Cello Concerto, performed with a surprising cardboard cello. After Arioso by Johann Sebastian Bach, another composition by Sollima, When We Were Trees, closed the evening with his Vivaldian references and metaphorically making a link to the natural context of the park.
A unique artistic experience as well as a virtuous management of public and green space,an excellent cultural event designed to involve all citizens. The fifth edition of Back To The City Concert was also a success in terms of inclusiveness, one of the cornerstones of Portanuova and BAM’s values, who have thought of an approach path attentive to the involvement of the youngest and people with disabilities.
So… welcome back to the city!