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Councilor Sacchi: "Many initiatives have been put in place by the city's cultural operators, who have activated their energies with projects designed to provide assistance" - Photo gallery

Milan, March 16 2022 – "The Milan of art and culture moves in support of the Ukrainian people and against the war. Theatres, orchestras, museums, schools, directors, artists, curators: many have activated their energies with projects designed to come to the rescue of Ukraine. Everyone got involved with their own tools and means of expression - from music to photography, from theater to contemporary art -, deeply feeling the responsibility of solidarity and support that is increasingly necessary".

With these words the Councilor for Culture Tommaso Sacchi presented in the Sala Alessi, a Palazzo Marino, the many operators who intervened to illustrate some initiatives planned to help the Ukrainian people and raise their voices against the humanitarian catastrophe that the world is witnessing. Many other ideas are still in the planning stage.

The initiatives

Dance gala at the Arcimboldi Theater with international étoiles
Thursday 7 April at 21pm the TAM Teatro Arcimboldi Milan will host a gala with European étoiles and great personalities from the world of international ballet, for an evening of great dance in support of Ukrainian and Russian artists and for refugees affected by the war. The dancers involved will find themselves dancing together for the first time for an important charity project: the proceeds of the evening will in fact be donated to the #MilanoAiutaUkraine Fund, promoted by the Municipality together with Fondazione di Comunità Milano, and to the Italian Red Cross, to support the extraordinary effort of immediate help and welcome in our territory of women, children and elderly people fleeing the war. On stage we will witness the solos and pas de deux of numerous famous personalities from the world of European dance, étoiles and principal dancers who are embracing the project with passion, determination and free of charge. Tickets are on sale starting from 12pm on Thursday 16 March on the theater website and at the ticket office.

Il Piccolo Teatro: Ukrainian artists in residence, theater workshops and a Focus Ukraine
There are three lines of action in the Piccolo Teatro program to support the population involved in the conflict, with particular attention to female and male artists. The reception of some young students of theater training courses in Kiev into residency at the School. The launch, in collaboration with the Municipality of Milan, of a theater workshop intended for Ukrainian refugees in our city, to help participants overcome the trauma they are suffering through a process of staging stories. Finally, in dialogue with some international festivals, contacts are being opened with some important exponents of the Ukrainian Theater and the dissident Russian Theater to give space to a Ukraine Focus within our "Present Indicative Festival: for Giorgio Strehler (theatrical landscapes) ": readings, talks, screenings to open a window of awareness on this crisis.

From Fondazione Milano educational continuity to Ukrainian theater and music students
The "Paolo Grassi" Civic Theater School and the "Claudio Abbado" Civic School of Music, two of the four Higher Education Schools that are part of Fondazione Milano, will welcome some Ukrainian theater and music students who have fled the war, guaranteeing them educational continuity inserting them into educational paths in an international context open to dialogue and comparison. The "Paolo Grassi" Civic Theater School was the first to respond to the appeal of the Stage4Ukraine project and from 1 April until the end of the academic year it will welcome young acting and directing students from three important Ukrainian dramatic art academies. Opera singers and jazz musicians are expected at the "Claudio Abbado" Civic School of Music to be included in classical music institutes and civic jazz courses.

United photographers 4 Ukraine, online auction with the works of great photographers
The magazine Perimetro together with the NGO Liveinslums are promoters of a new social initiative to support the Kiev Children's Hospital (Ohmadyt) and the International Red Cross. "United Photographers 4 Ukraina" is a call to arms to donate an image that can be purchased online at a cost of 100 euros, the proceeds of which will be donated to support the assistance network in Ukraine, excluding printing costs. The operation involves some of the most relevant names in contemporary Italian and international fashion, art, architecture and portrait photography, including Maurizio Galimberti, Toni Thorimbert, Lady Tarin, Mattia Zoppellaro, Luca Locatelli, Jacopo Benassi, Valentina Sommariva, Francesco Anselmi , Benedetta Ristori, Mario Sorrenti, Federica Sasso. The campaign will be launched online on March 18 and is also supported by Base Milano, which hosts the operational headquarters of the project, Fontegrafica which prints the photos and the 4Sigma studio which develops the online sales system.

Concert for Peace at the Conservatory in support of the Ukrainian Emergency project #helpukraine
The students who make up the ranks of the ONJ National Jazz Orchestra of the Italian Conservatories play together for peace at the Milan Conservatory on Thursday 17 March at 20.30 in Sala Verdi, on the occasion of an appointment that will feature the voice of Cinzia Tedesco, guest star of the evening , who will perform for free on this very special occasion. On stage with her the ONJ led by Pino Jodice, in the double role of director and arranger of the songs in the program. The evening was created in support of the Ukrainian Emergency project #HelpUkraine. Aid to Ukrainians fleeing the war by AVSI Foundation. 
Free admission, with an offer in support of the AVSI project.

Teatro alla Scala, concert for peace on April 4 in favor of the #milanoaiutaukraina fund
Ticket sales opened yesterday for the Concert for Peace which the management of the Teatro alla Scala and Maestro Riccardo Chailly, at the instigation of the theatre's workers, will dedicate on 4 April to the Ukrainian populations affected by the war. There are still very few places left, demonstrating the generosity of the Milanese and the Scaliger public. The ticket proceeds from the Concert and those from the donations made during the purchase process will be entirely donated to the new #milanoaiutaucraina fund of Fondazione di Comunità Milano Onlus, and to the Italian Red Cross, in an effort to support the refugees arriving in Milan and those remaining in Ukraine and neighboring countries. On the lecterns Gioachino Rossini's Stabat Mater with Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala conducted by Maestro Chailly (Chorus Master Alberto Malazzi) and some of the most prestigious Rossini artists of our time: Rosa Feola, Juan Diego Flórez and Alex Esposito. All the artists gave up their fees.

The "Planeta Ukrain" of Triennale Milano
Triennale Milano recently presented the first appointment of Planeta Ukrain, a project that includes meetings, reflections, dialogues with Ukrainian and international artists, intellectuals, scientists in preparation for the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 23rd International Exhibition of Triennale Milano, which will have the title " Unknown Unknowns. An Introduction to Mysteries", will open at the beginning of summer and aims to map the immense presence of unknown phenomena (what we don't know we don't know) that accompany our lives - starting from contemporary geopolitics. The Planeta Ukrain platform, curated by the writer Gianluigi Ricuperati with Lidiya Liberman, actress, and Anastasia Stovbyr, pianist, has already received the support of numerous personalities from the world of Ukrainian art and culture. In the next Planeta Ukrain events, we will collect ideas, proposals and themes that will be at the center of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 23rd International Exhibition.

Free tickets for the concert season of the Società del Quartetto
The Società del Quartetto will reserve 100 free tickets for all the concerts until the end of the season, which will be destined directly for the refugees hosted by Casa Jannacci and Caritas Ambrosiana.

Open rehearsal for peace in Ukraine with the Filarmonica della Scala
On March 20th at 18.30pm the Filarmonica della Scala presents an extraordinary Open Rehearsal for Peace at the Teatro alla Scala to raise funds for UNHCR, to which the entire proceeds of the evening will be donated. On the podium Maestro Fabio Luisi will guide the musicians in the performance of Symphony n. 8 in C minor by Anton Bruckner. Tickets to attend the rehearsal are on sale at https://aragorn.vivaticket.it/. In addition to purchasing tickets here, the public will be able to choose to directly donate a further liberal contribution to support UNHCR and its work in Ukraine.

Divertimento Ensemble offers 5 scholarships to Ukrainian composers
Divertimento Ensemble awards five scholarships worth one thousand euros each to support as many Ukrainian composers. It does so by launching a call for Ukrainian composers who have remained in their country. The formation led by Sandro Gorli undertakes to perform the five pieces in as many concerts of their season. It therefore sensitizes its audience to wanting to contribute to partial or total coverage of the expenses of the five grants, by opening a fundraiser in support of the five composers identified by the call.

Price-controlled tickets for the season of the Milan Symphony Orchestra "Giuseppe Verdi"
The "Giuseppe Verdi" Symphony Orchestra Foundation of Milan is making tickets available for each concert of its season starting today at a controlled price (10 euros): at the time of purchase it will be possible to add a donation to support the Foundation's #milanoaiutaucraina campaign Milan Community. For this initiative of ours there will be a complement, in collaboration with the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo. On the occasion of JS Bach's Johannes-Passion, on 13 April in the Duomo, as has been a consolidated tradition for years, the "Libretto di Sala" will indicate how to make an extraordinary solidarity contribution, to complement and conclude the #milanoaiutaucraina campaign itself .

Franco Parenti Theater: Dostoevsky and Chekhov for #MilanoAiutaUkraine
In addition to the initiatives already completed or underway, the Franco Parenti Theater supports the collection of the #MilanoAiutaUkraine fund with all the proceeds from the premiere of "Il Sosia" by Fyodor Dostoevsky and part of the proceeds from the premiere of "Uncle Vanya" by Anton Chekhov, both scheduled for March 22nd. On the occasion of the show "Il sosia", on stage from 22 March to 10 April, there will be a lectio magistralis by Paolo Nori, a great expert in Russian literature, starting from his book "It bleeds again" (Mondadori), the story of the incredible life of Fyodor M. Dostoevsky finalist of the 2021 Campiello Prize.