Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli was the star of the first five editions.  Since then, all the titans of the piano world have thrilled the crowds at the “International Piano Festival of Brescia and Bergamo”, the world’s biggest piano celebration, including Magaloff, Pollini, Ashkenazy and Sokolov.

It has also featured notable instrumentalists, singers and conductors: Rostropovich, Ughi, Pavarotti, Muti and Abbado, as well as leading orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the London Symphony and the Filarmonica della Scala.