Past events

Pleasures of Art
6 September 2023
Conversation with maestro Pier Luigi Pizzi entitled:
In the impatient search for beauty: anecdotes of life and theatre remembering Mario Lanfranchi.


Pleasures of Art
1 September 2023
Beauty is served
In Praise of the Feminine in Art
Images, words, music.
conducted by Eles Iotti, art historian
musical accompaniment by Ilaria Negrotti, viola of the Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra.
The evenings are part of the ‘Lesignano respires culture’ programme.


Pleasures of Art
25 August 2023
Alessandro Sgobbio
Piano Music – intimate dedications and sound adventures
He is an extraordinary young pianist whom Mario Lanfranchi greatly admired, often invited to his legendary evenings of music and theatre.
Composer and pianist Alessandro Sgobbio returns to his original vocation of solo piano with Piano Music, a new autobiographical collection of piano dedications: .

Villa Lanfranchi House of Illustriousness
31 March 2023
On Friday, 31 March 2023 in the Stabat Mater Room of the Archiginnasio Municipal Library in Bologna, a ceremony was held to consign the plaques bearing the label Homes and Studios of Famous People of Emilia Romagna. On behalf of the Foundation, Lara Canuti and Valeria Ottolenghi received, from the hands of Councillor Felicori, the plaque awarded for Villa Lanfranchi, the home of Mario Lanfranchi, recognised as an illustrious person as a filmmaker, among others of international importance.

Evenings in Villa Lanfranchi
August 24th 2022
For Mario Lanfranchi
The Foundation hosted the evenings that the town of Lesignano dedicated to the distinguished citizen who passed away in January 2022. Artists and friends of the Maestro enthusiastically accepted the invitation for the show in memory of his great talent and charismatic personality.
Performers
- Bruno Stori, Alessandro Nidi, Massimo Ferraguti, Nadio Marenco, Mascia Foschi, Stefania Rava, Jacopo Sarno, Stela Dicusara, Simone Fenotti, Giampiero Pizzol.



Performances in the Villa
September 15th 2022
Sparks of Eros – music, words, images
A cross visual journey around some art masterpieces
- Evening conducted by Eles Iotti
- Cristiano Lui – accordion and bandoneon
An evening in the wake of tradition: that of opening the gates of the villa to Beauty. A visual journey accompanied by music around painting masterpieces. A celebration of Eros as the eternal feminine engine of desire and the creative unconscious.




Show in the Villa
From 2001 to 2008
So long lasted the intense summer kermesse (the first year with the title Villa Lanfranchi opens the gates) of evenings open to the public, in collaboration with the municipal administration. Mixed performances of theater, music, jazz and rock in which many friendly artists took part. And the Maestro himself performed the Trial of Julius Caesar, which he wrote. Top actors, musicians and singers gave life to unforgettable moments. Also on stage several times, surprisingly, was his longtime friend Vittorio Sgarbi.
Among the performers
- Concerto Cantoni – Renato Sellani Trio – Mario Maranzana – Tamara Alexeeva – Enrico G. Iori – Cerri Basso quintet – Maddalena Crippa – Alessandro Nidi-
- Adriana Asti – Bernardo Lanzetti – Alessandro Haber
- Jacopo Sarno








