A festival in a memorable place for History and Nature. A festival which looks for a meaning in the “Harmony of Art”, a space for the soul,where music, theatre, dance, legend and history wind together to achieve Beauty,in ethical, aesthetics, individual and collective terms. CULTURAL CONTENT: shows but not only (artistic residences, stage, workshop, exhibition, reading, food experience…), a season of "harmony" between places and activities, including "classic" and "contemporary", reconciling diversities and contrasts typical of the southern identity, maintaining an high profile and an international glance. THEMATIC FOCUS ON KEY THEMES (cultural, artistic, and social themes). GREAT ARTISTS AND YOUNG ARTISTS, international contexts and territorial values, traditional codes and innovative languages. 17TH EDITION IN 17 YEARS An extraordinary location of great historical importance (Parco Archeologico Scolacium) in Borgia on the Mediterranean side, site of excellence in southern Italy; a colony of Magna Graecia, Roman and then a Norman settlement. It’s located in a vast secular olive tree grove, on a small hill which leads down to the sea, 200 meters from the white sandy beach. Commodities, touristic attractions, airport and train station are 20 mins away. CONCEIVED AND DIRECTED since first edition until today by Chiara Giordano GREAT ARTISTS: Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Lorin Mazel, Josè Carreras, Svetlana Zacharova, Pat Metheny, 2Cellos, David Garrett, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Mc Ferrin, Lindsay Kemp, Joaquin Cortes, Hiromi, Noa, Stefano Bollani, Uto Ughi, Salvatore Accardo, Gigi Proietti, Giancarlo Giannini, Giorgio Albertazzi, Paolo Fresu and many more. “In occasion of this important festival in this wonderful place, thanks to Chiara Giordano who built up the festival in last 14 years and I wish the best. I hope all will recognise the importance of music and art in these territories”. Riccardo Muti