About us
Oropa Music Festival
a humanitarian project for a new world
Founded by young concert pianist and visionary Federico Gad Crema, the Oropa Music Festival is a week-long festival at the foothills of one of the most beautiful valleys in Europe, where world-renowned soloists will perform alongside internationally-acclaimed conductors with the innovative POP Orchestra, and in new chamber music ensembles.
The Festival’s Season 2024 begins with a Grand Opening Concert, featuring our Artistic Director Federico Gad Crema and Maestro Michelangelo Pistoletto. A unique and exciting chamber music concert is then presented to the audience every day, culminating in a Grand Closing Gala with wonderful soloists and an ensemble of the Peace Orchestra Project.
The atmosphere is one of total equality and inclusivity: the music serves as a bridge between any and all of our differences, a language through which we can all listen and understand.
Audiences around the world can experience the magic of the Oropa Music Festival through special concert tours by the Festival’s global ambassador – our unique Peace Orchestra Project.
A stunning location, a magical ambience, and beautiful, soul-cleansing music: a humanitarian project for a new world.
Peace Orchestra Project
who says classical music isn't POP?
Innovative, inspirational, and a catalyst for change in the world of music and in our society, the Peace Orchestra Project is an inclusive program based on the core values of social and religious integration, using classical music as a vehicle for human development.
Founded by young concert pianist and visionary Federico Gad Crema, the main goal of this project is to give a renewed purpose to the symphonic orchestra and to use it as a platform for social transformation, peace, and integration in our society, through the power of music.
The humanitarian project Neojiba from Brazil and the prestigious Orchestra Giovanile Italiana are the official partner organizations of the 2023 edition.
Federico Gad Crema
our Founder & Artistic Director
Born in Milan in 1999, Italian concert pianist Federico Gad Crema is one of the most captivating talents of his generation (“surtout, on y découvre un pianiste remarquable” – Anne Ibos-Augé, Diapason Magazine).
An award-winning artist, internationally recognized for his emotionally charged interpretations, subtle sensitivity, and artistic depth, Mr. Crema has performed at some of the most prestigious halls in the world including Carnegie Hall in New York City (USA), Teatro alla Scala in Milan (Italy), Philharmonie de Paris (France), and Teatro Castro Alves in Salvador de Bahia (Brazil), performing alongside world-famous conductors and artists such as Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon, Roberto Abbado, Gil Shaham, Kimbo Ishii, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and many others.
Mr. Crema proudly wears unique haute couture creations, exclusively made in Italy, by master tailors of “Érato 1976” – fabric by “F.lli Tallia di Delfino”.