Musical Landscapes in Tuscany
WHO WE ARE
Started in the year 2014 in San Quirico d’Orcia by a group of music lovers the “Paesaggi Musicali Toscani” classic music festival offers concerts of the highest level with internationally renowned artists in one of the most beautiful settings in the world: the Val d’Orcia.
The musical season is organised by the Fondazione PMT founded by the Municipality of San Quirico d’Orcia together with the Association “Musica Insieme” and directed by the musician Eleonora Contucci, professor at the Conservatorio Monteverdi in Bolzano and director of the Montepulciano Easter Festival, and is supported by the contribution of numerous Italian and foreign friends.
THE PLACES
Paesaggi Musicali Toscani offers concerts of the highest quality in places in the Val d’Orcia that have been called among the most beautiful in the world. Here the landscape, modelled through the centuries by the goodwill of men, conveys the harmony of an auteur musical score, and life follows the classical rhythms of the seasons as if under the expert guidance of a conductor. San Quirico d’Orcia is a small town located on the Via Francigena, the ancient pilgrims’ route that led from the north to Rome, the capital of Christianity. Its historic center is the best testimony of the passage of culture and art dating back thousands of years. The beautiful monuments, the Collegiate Church, the Church of St. Mary, the Chigi Palace, the Horti Leonini, the hamlet of Vignoni, the Chapel of Vitaleta, and the medieval thermal baths of Bagno Vignoni are the splendid and natural setting for our concerts. In the surroundings of San Quirico, highly suggestive places and enchanting landscapes have been taken as true icons of Tuscany in the world. It is in these places and landscapes that our musical events take place, accompanied by tastings of excellent local wines and dishes of the best Tuscan gastronomic tradition. San Quirico is part of Val d’Orcia Natural and Cultural Artistic Park, declared as UNESCO site and World Heritage Site for the harmony of its landscapes.
THE MUSIC
There is no more exciting experience than listening to great music in a territory of extraordinary beauty such as the Val d’Orcia. There will be concerts held by musicians who have staged the most illustrious concert theaters in the world and registered for the most important record labels, as well as by young performers who won international competitions but also by very young talents who attend national and international Conservatories and Academies.
Since 2025, due to its success and the desire to offer a wider range of concerts throughout the year, the traditional “Festival” of the last 11 Year, has given way to an entire “Music Season” running from April to December. The season will begin with Sandro Cappelletto and “Mozart’s Chariot” in April and end in December with the annual Christmas concert of the Siena’s Catedral Chorale conducted by Lorenzo Donati, in collaboration with the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena.
To consult the complete programme see the concert season page
COLLABORATIONS
It is important for the Paesaggi Musicali Toscani Foundation and the Artistic Direction to create artistic, educational and research relationships with those Italian and foreign musical and cultural realities that share the values, the ideals, the Mission of Paesaggi Musicali Toscani. In 2024, a collaboration with the Easter Festival of Montepulciano was started, which led to ‘Intrecci sonori’, an autumn festival featuring three concerts performed two days in a row in San Quirico d’Orcia and Montepulciano, building an ideal bridge between the Val d’Orcia and Val di Chiana. As of this year, however, the collaboration with the Accademia Musicale Chigiana of Siena has become more consolidated and structured, which will certainly favour a closer artistic relationship and a fruitful productive exchange in the coming years. Furthermore, the well-established collaboration with the Musica Insieme Association of San Quirico d’Orcia continues. This year, the baroque project of the Mozarteum in Salzburg is on the programme. A memorandum of understanding was also signed with the Conservatorio Claudio Monteverdi in Bolzano to give very young students who are preparing to become professionals the opportunity of a stage. It is fundamental in the educational training of a young person, and an integral part of his or her artistic skill, to be able to performe in front of an educated and prepared audience. Considering this, we shall present this year a project on opera entitled “OPERA A PEZZI Così fan tutt*”, a performance based on Mozart’s masterpiece.
