In celebration of its 30th consecutive concert season, the International Chamber Ensemble will once again treat Rome audiences to 15 unforgettable musical evenings in the courtyard of one of the eternal city’s most splendid examples of Renaissance architecture.

Located in the heart of ancient Rome, just a short walk from Piazza Navona, the Courtyard of S. Ivo alla Sapienza (hallowed halls of the original 15th century university of Rome) will lend its architectural and acoustical excellence, as it has for the past fourteen years, to the International Chamber Ensemble’s popular summer concert series.

The repertory chosen for the 2011 edition of “Evenings of Great Musica at the Courtyard of S. Ivo”, offering a stimulating and varied array of immortal music which, together with repeats of some of our biggest successes of these past 30 years, guarantees a series of summer concerts which will please both veteran and novice concert goers alike. Season highlights include:  The unforgettable melodies of the American song tradition, from Gershwin to Porter, Mancini to Bernstein…from Summertime to New York New York! The four seasons,  Vivaldi’s masterpiece in an original and engaging musical comparison with Le cuatro estaciones Porteňas, (The Four seasons of Buenos Aires) masterpiece of Astor Piazzolla. The irresistible  and sparkling Waltzes by Johann Strauss together with the most celebrated arias and duets from The Merry Widow in a lively evening celebrating our 30th concert season.

The  Noche de Tango (Evening of Tangos) with the sensual rhythms and fascinating dancers from Argentina. And finally, a musical panorama of the world’s most fondly remembered  sound tracks: from  Breakfast at Tiffany to The Godfather, Schindler’s List and Gladiator, Titanic and Star Wars,… just to name a few. Tickets for the concerts can be purchased on-line as indicated on the calendar page of this web site.

 The internationally renowned International Chamber Ensemble, now in its 31st consecutive year of activity, continues to present every year to Rome audiences a popular series of concerts, recognized and appreciated in particular for its artistic excellence, which utilize the many varied orchestral formations from within the Ensemble and which offer a delightfully diversified panorama of the last three centuries of instrumental music.

The Ensemble’s activities are not confined to the eternal city either. Beginning with an American debut in 1987, and with several well-received CDs, the orchestra has since been invited to perform throughout the world (repeated visits to the US, Canada, Japan, Russia, throughout Europe and Scandinavia, Greece and Turkey) with increasing success and critical acclaim.