Dear Friends,

I am incredibly proud to welcome you all to the wonderful Italian city of Pescara for the 12^th edition of the much beloved ClaviCologne International Piano Festival.

Last year, in 2024, this festival celebrated its 11th anniversary edition with an event that left us all breathless, winning plaudits from students, pedagogues, and critics alike, and marking a fitting culmination of a consecutive decade of hard work, determination, and stunning successes. 

Now, as we launch the beginning of a new era for this enterprise, we are bringing the festival to Italy for the first time, the birthplace of classical music, and one of the primary music centres of the world to this very day. Taking place from the 4th of August to the 8th of August, this iteration of ClaviCologne will be hosted in Pescara, a historic gem located on the shores of the Adriatic Sea that effortlessly merges past and present within its hallowed streets. 

Having long been associated with some of Italy’s biggest musical events, Pescara serves as the perfect backdrop to ClaviCologne, and we too will be working to add to its rich culture in our own small way with a run of masterclasses specialising in the school of piano for this 2025 event.

Led by some of the most acclaimed professors and pedagogues in the contemporary music world, these courses will offer young musicians from all around the globe the opportunity to participate in what we hope will prove to be an illuminating and potentially life-changing experience for them as they continue advancing on their musical journey.

I would like to extend my gratitude to the people and institutions who have helped bring this project to fruition, and in particular to our Artistic Director Giuliano Mazzoccante, whose wisdom and experience have been invaluable, and who has been, and is still, providing a very steady hand at the tiller.

I hope everyone will enjoy what we have prepared for you, and wish you all a very pleasant and profitable time here in Pescara.