The Right to Play. The festival for equal opportunities in classical music

On 14–15 June 2025, the second edition of Il Diritto di Suonare [The Right to Play] takes place in Milan. The Right to Play, which is the first festival in the country dedicated to overcoming gender stereotypes in classical music, is promoted by the Classical Rights Association and supported by the Bracco Foundation.

“Meeting Notes”: Concert series with Maestro Fabio Sartorelli and the students of the Accademia Teatro alla Scala

From 28 May to 25 June 2025, every Wednesday at 7pm, the 19th-century courtyard of the SIAM building in Milan, home to the Accademia Teatro alla Scala, opens to the public to host “Note d’incontro”, a series of five events introduced by Maestro Fabio Sartorelli. Combining music, words, and reflection, the series is promoted by the Accademia with the support of Fondazione Bracco as Main Partner.

“Bracco Foundation Meets 2023” cycle – Free travels in classical music

In 2023, Fondazione Bracco will be continuing to sponsor, in collaboration with Accademia Teatro alla Scala, a series of lectures on classical music. The lecturer is Fabio Sartorelli, musician and professor of History of Music at Conservatorio “G. Verdi” in Milan, who also teaches a “Guide to Listening” course at Accademia Teatro alla Scala.

Academy Project 2022 at the Teatro alla Scala – “The Secret Marriage” by Domenico Cimarosa

In September 2022, as part of its ongoing long-term collaboration with Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Fondazione Bracco was the Main Partner for the production of The Secret Marriage, an “opera buffa” by the composer Domenico Cimarosa. Each year, the Academy of La Scala runs a project (Progetto Accademia) for the staging of a work by its young students that La Scala then includes in its main season.

Production of the ballet “Cinderella”

In 2015, Fondazione Bracco produced Cinderella, a new ballet that borrows its famous title from the dance repertoire of Scuola di Ballo di Accademia Teatro alla Scala (the Academy’s ballet school). The production was based on music by Sergei Prokofiev, with choreography by the Director of the School of Ballet, Frédéric Olivieri. The show opened the season of  Piccolo Teatro, and was part of the 2015 “Expo in Città” programme of events. The show then went on the road and was staged in many theatres in Italy and abroad.