Arte Solidale Festival is an international classical music festival and charity, which takes place every year in the area of Lake Como, Italy.
The mission of the Festival is both to promote young artists as well as to support minors in need, by collaborating with social organisations in the territory of Lake Como.
The concerts, set during springtime each year, take place in historical villas and palaces on the shores of Lake Como, where composers like Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms used to spend time and compose, inspired by the amazing landscapes. Multiple themed concerts, including solo recitals, chamber music and orchestral music concerts, are presented to the audience. Every year the Festival presents events dedicated to families with children, as well.
Over its five editions, the Festival featured young soloists and orchestral musicians from Italy, Latvia, USA, Spain, France, Slovenia, Russia. The 2020 edition took place in September due to the sanitary disruption, and featured the Crescendo Youth Orchestra for the first time, as well as various chamber music ensembles. Concerts take place in world-famous locations.

Symphonic concert
"Crescendo" orchestra in concert
Saturday 25th September 2021
5.00 pm and 6.30 pm
Villa Gallia
Arte Solidale Festival, after the success of last year's concert, collaborates for the second time with the Crescendo Orchestra for a concert entirely by young people directly on the Como lakefront at the splendid Villa Gallia. The orchestra, composed of children and teens, will present a repertoire from Baroque to the twentieth century, working with the young violin talent Stella Zats.
Crescendo: Orchestra Giovanile della Martesana
Judit Foldes, conductor
Stella Zats, solo violin

THE PROGRAMME:
Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) - Sinfonia in Sol maggiore RV 146
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) - Concerto per violino in la min. BWV1041*
Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) - Rumanian Folk Dances
Modest Petrovic Mussorgskij (1839 - 1881) - Hopak - (trascrizione per orchestra)
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto per violino in Do maggiore “Il Piacere” RV 180 *
violinista solista: Stella Zats
direttore: Judit Földes
presentazione: Simone Fontanelli