MUSEI IN MUSICA 2026 - Palazzo Maffei Verona

Third edition for the Fondazione Arena di Verona chamber music series with Musei in Musica 2026

More than three centuries of music, featuring both classics and little-known gems performed by members of the Orchestra and, for the first time, also by artists of the Fondazione Arena Choir.

Building on the success of two sold-out editions, the Fondazione Arena di Verona chamber music series Musei in Musica returns in 2026 with an even richer and more wide-ranging programme. From January 25 to November 29, ten Sunday morning concerts at 11 a.m., four of which will be held at Palazzo Maffei, will bring together music and art, presenting great works for small instrumental and vocal ensembles in unique and prestigious settings—halls and spaces immersed in beauty.

The initiative confirms its long-standing synergy with Palazzo Maffei, a partner since the very first edition, as well as with the Municipality of Verona and the Accademia Filarmonica. In 2026, the project expands further thanks to new collaborations with the Biblioteca Capitolare, the Circolo Unificato dell’Esercito, the Accademia di Agricoltura Scienze e Lettere, and the Museo Nicolis.

The programme will feature music by great composers ranging from Bach and Couperin to the twentieth century, including Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Rossini and many others, performed by instrumental and vocal ensembles of the Fondazione Arena di Verona. Concerts will be paired with visits to selected museum collections.

EVENTS AT PALAZZO MAFFEI

Sunday, January 25 – 11:00 a.m.
Mozart’s String Quartet No. 4 in C major, Schumann’s Abendlied (in Busoni’s transcription), and Reger’s Quintet.

Sunday, April 19 – 11:00 a.m.
Rossini overtures from Guillaume Tell, La Cenerentola, Semiramide and La Gazza ladra, transcribed for wind quartet, along with an unpublished fantasy on Rossinian themes by Vincenzo Gambaro, who also authored the transcriptions.

Sunday, April 26 – 11:00 a.m.
Baroque sonatas by J. S. Bach and Couperin’s Concerts Royaux, paired with a sonata written for the same ensemble in 1952 by Elliott Carter.

Sunday, May 10 – 11:00 a.m.
Vienna takes centre stage as the musical capital between Classicism and Romanticism, with early string trios by Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert.

VENUE

Teatrino di Palazzo Maffei
Piazza delle Erbe 38
Verona

SUBSCRIPTIONS

Subscriptions for all ten concerts are available at €90 (€65 for under-30s) on www.arena.it and at the Arena Box Office. The subscription includes a complimentary self-guided museum visit one hour before the concert at Palazzo Maffei, the Biblioteca Capitolare, the Accademia di Agricoltura Scienze e Lettere, the Museo Nicolis and the Museo degli Affreschi.

SINGLE TICKETS

Each concert can be purchased with a single ticket priced at €15 (€10 reduced for under-30s) on www.arena.it and at the Arena Box Office. For all concerts (except November 29 at the Museo degli Affreschi), tickets will also be available on site on the morning of the event, subject to availability. Tickets for events hosted at Palazzo Maffei, the Biblioteca Capitolare, the Accademia di Agricoltura Scienze e Lettere, the Museo Nicolis and the Museo degli Affreschi include a complimentary self-guided museum visit one hour before the concert. Those purchasing single tickets for concerts at the Sala Maffeiana and/or the Circolo Unificato dell’Esercito may choose which of the five museums to visit, starting from the day after the concert and before the end of the series.

Single-concert tickets and subscriptions, with special reductions for under-30s, are already on sale on arena.it, at the Arena Box Office and through the Vivaticket network.