The Pergolesi Spontini Foundation was established in Jesi in 2000, by the Marche Region, the

Province of Ancona The province of Ancona ( it, provincia di Ancona) is a province in the Marche region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona, and the province borders the Adriatic Sea. The city of Ancona is also the capital of Marche. To the north, t ...

, the Municipality of Jesi and the Municipality of

Maiolati Spontini Maiolati Spontini is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona. It is the birthplace of musician Gaspare Spontini, whose name has been conjoined with the commune's ancient ...

. The municipalities of

Montecarotto Montecarotto is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona, mostly known internationally for the annual Blackmoon festival, a renowned goa and psytrance happening. As of 31 De ...

Monte San Vito Monte San Vito is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona, in the lower Esino valley. Monte San Vito borders the following municipalities: Chiaravalle, Jesi, Monsano, Mont ...

Monsano Monsano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about west of Ancona. Monsano borders the following municipalities: Jesi Jesi, also spelled Iesi (), is a town and ''comune'' of the provinc ...

, San Marcello are associated members. The Chamber of Commerce of Ancona entered as Contributing Participant. A group of private companies supports the Foundation. Since 2009, the Foundation has been the recipient of the quality certification by the TÜV company. TÜV Italia
TÜV Italia Journal n° 3 del 2009, pag. 42
TÜV Italia. Retrieved 21 July 2011].

Aims

The Pergolesi Spontini Foundation aims to strengthen the reputation and prestige of the two composers

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist. His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera ''L ...

( Jesi, 1710 –

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, 1736) and Gaspare Spontini (

, 1774–1851) collecting, sorting and cataloguing their sources and making their works better known by working in collaboration with other national and international institutions.

Activities

Opera productions

The Foundation's opera productions take advantage of a double contribution from the Fund for the Performing Arts from Italian

Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali The Ministry of Culture ( it, Ministero della Cultura - MiC) is the Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Italy in charge of List of museums in France, national museums and the ''Monument historique, monuments historiqu ...

, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Art.8 Teatri di Tradizione, pag. 1 – Art.12 Rassegne e Festival, pag. 10
.] for Festival Pergolesi Spontini and the traditional opera season at the Pergolesi Theatre in Jesi.

Festival Pergolesi Spontini

The Festival Pergolesi Spontini was born in 2001 as an international festival dedicated to the promotion of the works of Pergolesi and Spontini, which are performed with original instruments, after studying the sources and approaching various executive and stylistic issues according to scientific criteria. Every year the Festival proposes a subject linking together Pergolesi and Spontini and other composers. It is held in Jesi and in other cities of the province of Ancona.

Traditional opera season of G.B. Pergolesi Theatre

The Foundation has managed the Pergolesi theatre and its traditional opera season since 2005. Since 1968, the theatre has been qualified as a "theatre of tradition". Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Legge 14 agosto 1967, n. 800 – Nuovo ordinamento degli Enti lirici e delle attività musicali
. The opera season takes place in September to December time-period.

Music publishing

The Foundation relies on musicologists for the review of the works of both composers and conducts research and studies through the action of its study committees.

Management of the theatres

The Foundation manages six theatres in the province of Ancona. These are the "G.B. Pergolesi Theatre" and the " Valeria Moriconi Theatre" in Jesi; the "Gaspare Spontini theatre" in Maiolati Spontini; the "City theatre" in Montecarotto; the "P. Ferrari theatre" in San Marcello; and the "La Fortuna Theatre" in Monte San Vito.

References

External links

Official site
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