The restoration of the monumental organ of the Milan Duomo

2019

The Great Organ of the Milan Duomo, an extraordinary masterpiece of art and mechanics, is at risk. With 15,800 pipes (the tallest of more than 9 m in the smallest of just a few centimetres) and 180 registers, this technological giant is the biggest organ in Italy and the second in Europe. To restore it, a fundraising campaign called “15,800 notes for the Milan Duomo” was launched by the Veneranda Fabbrica.

Supporting the project of the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo is in line with all the features of the Bracco Foundation’s cultural commitment: the close link between art and scientific research, the multidisciplinary aspect of the intervention, the sharing of knowledge are different levels, and support for the all-Italian ability to innovate within tradition.

In fact also in this case, as in earlier initiatives, the contribution of the Foundation will concentrate on particular on the scientific aspects of the restoration, with a focus on the diagnostic analyses used to analyse the state of conservation of the wood in the instrument.

https://www.duomomilano.it/it/infopage/15800-note-per-il-duomo/26/

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2019

Diana Bracco at the press conference "15,800 notes for the Milan Duomo organ"

“As a Milanese I responded with enthusiasm to the appeal from Monsignor Gianantonio Borgonovo and the president Fedele Confalonieri, a friend who shares my true passion for music, and I hope that many citizens follow our example by supporting the fundraising campaign,” said Diana Bracco, president of the Bracco Foundation at the launch of the initiative. "The maintenance of our cathedral is a continuous challenge, that needs everybody’s contribution. The relationship between my Family and music is very strong and heartfelt: our Group has supported innumerable initiatives supporting music over the years. We are a Sustaining Founder of La Scala Theatre, and we have special ties with another excellence of Milan that grows, La Scala Theatre Academy. So the project for giving a new voice to the Great Organ of the Duomo won us over immediately. Our Duomo and La Scala Theatre are the symbols of Milan, a heritage of Lombardy artistic and technical know-how.”