Saturday 9 April at the Sant'Agostino Auditorium at 20:00, the Chamber Orchestra Accademia di Santa Sofia offers an indispensable tribute to the Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), as the fifth appointment of the prestigious 2022 Concert Season, created from Accademia always in synergy with the University of Sannio. The artistic direction is by Filippo Zigante and Marcella Partziale, the scientific consultancy by Marcello Rotili, Massimo Squillante and Aglaia McClintock.

The Chamber Orchestra of the Beneventana Academy praising the participation of its virtuoso soloists Marco Serino, Konzetmeister - First violin and Danilo Squitieri on the cello, will give the Benevento public a great concert entitled "The father of classical form" dedicated to FJ Haydn, Austrian composer, who, together with Mozart and Beethoven, was the protagonist of Viennese classicism, one of the brightest moments in the history of music. Considered the father of the symphony, he conceived the new forms of the symphony for orchestra, the sonata for piano and the string quartet.

Maria Silvia Assante will open the evening with the interesting reflection "The creative force of the limit: form and freedom between literature and music".

Admission to the concert is allowed subject to availability of seats in accordance with anti-covid regulations with a mask and green pass.