On Thursday, August 14, 2025, at 9:15 PM, at the Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta in Pienza, a special concert will be held as part of VALDICHIANA 2025 Tuscan Capital of Culture.

The SIENA CATHEDRAL CHOIR “Guido Chigi Saracini”, directed by Lorenzo Donati, will perform a program celebrating the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's birth, the 150th anniversary of Lithuanian composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis's birth, and paying homage to Arvo Pärt's 90th birthday.

The program includes works by Palestrina (Ave Maria, Salve Regina, Missa Brevis), Pärt (Missa Syllabica, Bogoroditse Djevo, Magnificat), Poulenc (Salve Regina), and Čiurlionis (Gloria, Agnus Dei).

The event is organized in collaboration with Opera della Metropolitana and the Archdiocese of Siena, Colle Val d’Elsa and Montalcino, and the Union of Municipalities of Valdichiana Senese, with the patronage of the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Italy, the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Rome, UNESCO, and Vatican Radio.

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EVENT INFORMATION

Date & Time: August 14, 2025, 9:15 PM

Venue: Concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunt

Address: Piazza Pio II, 2, 53026 Pienza SI, Italy

More: HERE

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ORGANIZERS

Fondazione Accademia Musicale Chigiana ONLUS

Contact: accademia.chigiana@chigiana.it / +39 0577 22091

Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Italian Republic

Contact: amb.it@mfa.lt / +39 06 855 90 52

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„Guido Chigi Saracini“ koncertas (Italija)

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