On June 6, special opening by night of the Camposanto and free entry from 19:00 to 22:00. The Opera della Primaziale Pisana presents to the visitors and the city of Pisa the fresco The Triumph of Death, relocated to its original position after a long history of restoration
After three years of research and experimentation, the results of the Nano-Cathedral project challenge the market The closing event of Nano-Cathedral, the research project dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage started in mid-2015 and financed by the European Commission with almost 7 millions of euros, will be held in the former Sala Affreschi […]
With the scene of the Triumph of Death the ambitious project of restoration of the pictorial cycle that decorated the walls of the Camposanto ends. The restoration works of the scene of the Triumph of Death by Buonamico Buffalmacco is going to be completed and the ambitious restoration project of the great pictorial cycle that […]
The eleventh edition of the Anima Mundi Competition of Composition expires April 30, 2018
Orazio Riminaldi, detail of the Assunzione della Vergine One year after the fire of 1595, which devastated the Cathedral of Pisa and its sumptuous furnishing, Monisgnor Totti sent to the Opera del Duomo di Pisa a letter of presentation of the painter Michelangelo Cinganelli “per dare una vista per la pittura della cupola et per […]
Invalid Displayed Gallery The winner of the competition Design of the sketch for the realisation of a commemorative medal for the 900th anniversary of the dedication of the Cathedral of Pisa was announced. Among the 18 participants, the commission considered winning the artist Silvia Bargagna. Born in Pisa on February 9th 1965, Silvia graduated with […]
The divine of Mozart is such a purity that an entire age could only see it in the light of a false ideal. The more man is bigger, the more apparent this dualism appears, the stronger the fight between the two opposing forces and the more wonderful becomes the conciliation, the brighter the harmony, the resolution of dissonance in the agreement.
Alfred Einsten, W.A. Mozart, His Character, His Work, Oxford University Press, 1962
Il pubblico di questa edizione di Anima Mundi avrà la possibilità di sostenere attraverso libere offerte alcune iniziative di solidarietà e assistenza sul territorio, promosse da Arcidiocesi di Pisa-Caritas Diocesana.
It has now been five hundred years since the Lutheran Reformation (and when we speak about the Reformation in the contest of music, people always end up talking about Johann Sebastian Bach), two hundred and fifty years since the death of Georg Philipp Telemann, who was Bach’s contemporary and colleague, and four hundred and fifty […]
The winner of the Xth edition of the 10th Anima Mundi International Competition of Sacred Music Composition announced by the Opera della Primaziale Pisana and the Anima Mundi Festival of Sacred Music is Paolo Pandolfo. The committee composed of John Eliot Gardiner (Jury President), Mgr. Marco Frisina, Mgr. Aldo Armani, Maestro Antonio Greco and Maestro […]
