…piazza Mercanti

The stage features several shows during the first part of the series. This year MITOFringe works in conjunction with the traditional Break in Jazz series, thanks to support from Unione Confcommercio Milano and collaboration with the cultural association Musica Oggi. From May 28 to June 12 audiences are invited to a real break from the daily hustle and bustle in one of the city’s prettiest settings.

…piazza Mercanti, an afternoon of family music
Continuing an event begun last year, MITOFringe dedicates an afternoon to musical talents under the age of 12 and their parents and families, onstage in Piazza Mercanti. Come play, sing and dance at the open mic session, Sunday, June 12. The fun starts at 4 p.m.!
 

…the subway, Duomo station
For the third consecutive year MITOFringe, in conjunction with ATM, brings music to the city’s subway stations. From June 4 to July 2, every Friday and Saturday beginning at 4 p.m., inside the Duomo station, a cavalcade of musicians from a host of genres go underground with live music. Hour-long sets of classical, jazz, pop, gospel, hip hop, rhythm and blues, folk and rock. Coming June 21 for the Festa della Musica, three groups from 4 to 7 p.m.: Mahadhi, the Clarinet Trio and Haggadàh.

…the Cadorna train station
For the first time ever, thanks to support from TRENORD, the notes of MITOFringe reach the Cadorna station. Two performances dedicated to ethnic, jazz and classical music. It’s the Identità Plurali trio on June 28 and the Civica Milano Sax Quartet.

…the Navigli Canals
Every summer the Navigli canal district teems with life and serves up a heap of cultural events. This year, for the first time ever, the Naviglio Grande at the vicolo Privato Lavandai intersection becomes the wondrous setting for two MITOFringe concerts. In conjunction with Navigli Lombardi S.c.a.r.l. and Istituto per i Navigli-Associazione Amici dei Navigli.
 

…city parks
The festive atmosphere of Dixieland bands! Three open-air concerts bring to life Milano’s parks. Sunday, May 29, 4:30 p.m. at the Indro Montanelli Park, via Palestro; Thursday, June 2, 4 p.m., at Parco Sempione, featuring Deipetos Dixie Disaster. On Sunday, June 12, 11 a.m., at the Indro Montanelli Park, it’s the Civica Orchestra di Fiati.
 

…outlying districts
MITOFringe brings jazz and classical music to outlying districts. Coming May 31, the Dergano-Bovisa Public Library presents a piano duo. The Flight Band appears June 16, in piazza Santa Giustizia ad Affori, with support from Unione Confcommercio Milano. Classical music at the Cascina San Romano di Bosco in Città, June 19.
 

…downtown streets and piazzas
Concerts in the piazzas and streets of downtown Milano, in venues that showcase some of the city’s greatest yet often ignored art and architecture. Coming May 31, June 15 and 21, on Corso Vittorio Emanuele, at the corner of via San Paolo, a program that ranges from Italian to world folk. Two MITOFringe concerts at the via Dante-via Rovello intersection, June 14 and 18. Plus three concerts at Colonne di San Lorenzo.

…universities
This year MITOFringe brings music to the city’s most important universities, with five outdoor campus concerts. Venues include Università Bocconi (via Roentgen), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, the University of Miano, and Caffè Letterario dell’Università IULM.

…bookstores and more
Always on the lookout for the cutting edge in research and transformation, MITOFringe serves up live music in bookstores and beyond. Check out performances at Italy’s largest Feltrinelli store, Feltrinelli Express, recently inaugurated at Milano’s Central Station, and the historic Feltrinelli location in Piazza Piemonte, as well as at the Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia display for the inauguration of the exhibition Milano – un minuto prima.

This September, in Torino... 

... brass, clarinets and string ensembles
Three goups of young musicians, students and recent grads from the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Torino, bring their music to some 70 different non-conventional venues.
 

... music for the istituzionalized
Music comes psychiatric centers and half-way houses, rest homesrest homes, hospitals and clinics, reformatories and prisons, with the support of social cooperatives, local healthcare institutions and non-sectarian and religious organizations in Torino.
 

... music for public services
Music throughout Torino, in libraries, public records offices and ecology awareness centers, plus bookstores, parks and other locations of public interest.
 

... out-of-town concerts
This movable musical feast also includes ten chamber and choral concerts by professional and amateur groups in both non-sectarian and religious settings. An ideal extension of MITO SettembreMusica beyond city limits.

 

Click HERE for the programme download 2011

SOON ONLINE THE PROGRAMME 2012!

For the "MITO per la città - Torino 2011" program, see HERE.

Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi di Torino

Biblioteche Civiche Torinesi
Circoscrizioni cittadine / Direzione Servizi Civici della Città di Torino

Ecomuseo Urbano Torino
Museo Diffuso della Resistenza della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libertà / Palazzo Madama Museo Civico d’Arte Antica

Casa Circondariale Lorusso e Cutugno / Istituto Penale Minorile Ferrante Aporti

ASL To1 / ASL To2 / Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista - Molinette / Azienda Ospedaliera Ordine Mauriziano / Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita
 

Casa di Riposo Ebraica / CasaOz / Comunità Psichiatrica Althaea / Cooperativa Sociale Pier Giorgio Frassati / Cooperativa Sociale Luci nella Città / Piccola Casa della Divina Provvidenza / Sermig - Casa Vita ai bambini

and for the fundamental support
Compagnia di San Paolo
 

MITOFringe in Milan

is supported by
ATM/ Trenord/ Unione Confcommercio di Milano/ Mansutti/ Acqua Panna San Pellegrino

we give many thanks to
Accademia Teatro alla Scala/ Conservatorio “G.Verdi” di Milano/ Associazione Culturale Musica Oggi/ Milano Civica Scuola di Musica - Fondazione Milano

The realization of MITOFringe has been possible thanks to the collaboration of

Università Bocconi/ Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore/ Università degli Studi di Milano/ Università IULM/ Politecnico di Milano/ Feltrinelli /Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia/ Associazione Amici dei Navigli/ CEMM - Scuola di Musica/ Civica Scuola di Musica "G. Donizetti" di Sesto San Giovanni/ CPM Music Institute/ Italia Nostra onlus - Centro Forestazione Urbana/ Musicaperta/ Navigli Lombardi s.c.a.r.l./ Scuola di Musica Cluster/ Scuola Musicale di Milano