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Milan, June 17 2021 – Minister Franceschini presented the program of the 27th today in Rome^a edition of the International Music Festival, a special day which, like every year, falls on 21 June, the summer solstice, and which has a particularly important symbolic value in this delicate period of resumption of all live entertainment activities.

The program presented offers concerts and initiatives in many Italian cities, and in Milan "Estate Sforzesca" will be included in the national circuit of the celebrations of this Day with the concert by Edoardo Bennato, national testimonial of "Music Festival 2021, which will be found in the splendid Courtyard of the weapons at the Castle the natural stage for his music. Curated by AIPFM - Italian Association for the promotion of the Music Festival, the show will see the Neapolitan singer-songwriter merge the various souls of his musical inspiration - rock, but also symphonic and opera - with an expanded lineup for the occasion.

"Live entertainment is the sector that has suffered the most during the last year and a half of the pandemic – declared Filippo Del Corno, Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Milan, during the presentation press conference which has just ended in Rome -. This day of celebration, important every year for the attention that, everywhere in the world, it turns on the complex and fascinating universe of live music, is this year even more relevant - not only for musicians and entertainment workers but for everyone us - for the fundamental importance it has in symbolically marking a full resumption of live entertainment activities".