How could a place that seems a melody of nature not become a privileged haven of musicians from all over the world?
There are many dates with great music on Lake Maggiore. To start, there is the Lake Maggiore Jazz Festival, an event which during the summer period over the last seven years has offered unforgettable nights of tunes: blues, ethnic rhythms, gospel, Latin American evenings, with concerts in the squares, on the lakefront, in parks and Villas of the ages.
Ray Charles, B.B. King and Miriam Mekeba among the performers of outstanding class at this festival.
From mid-June to the first weeks of September, the testimony of music passes to the
Settimane Musicali di Stresa e del Lago Maggiore which, alongside known artists, we can see performances of the new talents of classical music.
The concerts, beside those held in the auditorium of "Palazzo dei Congressi di Stresa", are held in suggestive environments, such as L'Eremo di Santa Caterina del Sasso, the gardens of Isola Madre and the hall of Arazzi in Palazzo Borromeo, on Isola Bella.
In nearby Switzerland, in Ascona, every year the magic of the New Orleans Jazz festival is repeated.
