UPDATE OF 08/22/2023

The event “Lovere il Borgo della luce” has been extended until Sunday 1 October.
Projection times and days:

• every evening until 10 September from 20:30 to 00:00;
• on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 20:15 to 24:00 from Monday 11 September to Sunday 1 October.

On Saturday 24 June 2023, on the occasion of “La Notte Romantica”, the new edition of the initiative will kick off which will light up the Loverese summer with an explosion of lights and colors. Italian music and the works of art of maestro Marco Lodola will be the protagonists on an area of 10,000 square meters.

“Lovere il Borgo della luce” is back for the thirteenth time which, in the year of “Bergamo Brescia Italian Capital of Culture 2023”, pays tribute to Italian music through art.

The event, with a graphic project elaborated from scratch in a colorful pop style, aims to represent a sort of ideal continuation of “all you need is lovere” dedicated to the Beatles in the summer of 2022, created by projecting the works of art of the Maestro of Light dedicated to Fab4.

“Music and Art are an element of great importance in our society and culture – explains the Mayor of Lovere Alex Pennacchio – for this reason, also this year, we have involved Maestro Marco Lodola, one of the most famous and influential Italian artists, known for his works of art dedicated to the myths of music, exhibited in prestigious public places and international art galleries”.

The artist has demonstrated a strong bond with the territory and enthusiastically accepted the invitation to renew participation also for the 2023 edition. “I received the project with pleasure and amazement – explains the artist – and I am truly excited about review my works in the beautiful Lovere. Collaboration with the town is becoming a pleasant and rewarding habit; this year the perfect combination of luminous art and music. Precisely for this reason I will soon be in Lovere to admire the splendid projections in person”.

“Lovere, il Borgo della luce… dove la musica si fa pop art” provides for the evocative projection of artworks that portray some of the most famous and significant names in the Italian music scene accompanied by phrases taken from the songs that made the artists famous. Screenings that can be admired every evening from 24 June to 10 September 2023, from 21:30 to 24:00 in Piazza Tredici Martiri, Piazza Garibaldi, Palazzo Tadini and Piazza V. Emanuele II (in the ancient village).

“Lovere, il Borgo della luce” – underlines Councilor Raponi – was created thanks to the precious availability of Maestro Marco Lodola and the important contribution obtained from the municipal administration as part of the “Every day in Lombardy” tender promoted by the Tourism Department of the Lombardy Region”.

Among the big names that will be represented there will be Domenico Modugno with his iconic “Volare” and Mina, which will be accompanied by the phrase of his famous song “You are great, great, great”. There will be names of other protagonists of the Italian pop scene such as Jovanotti, Ligabue, Max Pezzali and Renato Zero.

Particular emphasis will also be given to the artists who represent the territory, such as Pinguini Tattici Nucleari – an unpublished work created ad hoc by the Maestro for the event – the “Pooh“, also called “The Italian Beatles”, with Roby Facchinetti from Bergamo among the members of the group, and Ivan Cattaneo, born just a few steps from Lovere, and a reference point for Italian pop music of the 80s.

Furthermore, in Piazza Tredici Martiri, next to the images of the singers, it will be possible to admire the work “Il Volto degli Altri” by Lodola which represents a crowd of people in bright colors, without a defined face. This artistic choice seems to want to subtract the characters at the same time, giving them an aura of timelessness. The concept connects in a suggestive way to the music of the projected artists, which goes beyond the very idea of passing time. Music becomes immortal, involving and enthralling different generations.

An interesting curiosity concerns the creation of a version of the work with the people arranged in a circle, specially created by Lodola for the cover of the album “Gli Anni” by 883 in 1998. This detail adds further charm to the work and further underlines once the intersection of visual art and music.

“As part of the project “Lovere, the village of light … where music becomes pop art” – explains Sara Raponi, Councilor for Tourism, Events and Commerce – our town will host a series of side events of great appeal. It will start on Saturday 24 June (in case of bad weather on 25 June) with the new, highly anticipated edition of “La Notte Romantica”, the event promoted nationally by the association of “I Borghi più belli d’Italia” to celebrate love, romance and the arrival of the summer solstice”.

The very rich program will include live music and romantic dedications from the late afternoon with DJ Laura Basile of Radio Number One in Piazza Tredici Martiri, extraordinary opening until 21 of the Tadini Academy Gallery, traveling performance in the ancient village of the Silence Teatro, theatrical reading at the Torre Soca organized by “Olive a pArte”, guided tours of the historic motor ship “La Capitanio 1926” and oboe, voice and keyboard concert in the splendid Piazza V. Emanuele II, in the heart of the Borgo. At 21, in Piazza Tredici Martiri, unmissable show “A romantic journey through Italian music” with the “Brixia Camera Chorus” orchestra and the best voices of Lu.Da. productions; at the end, at around 11.30 pm, the grand finale with the fireworks display on the lake.

From 20.30 to 22.30 the Civic Tower and the Basilica of Santa Maria in Valvendra will also be open to the public free of charge. It will also be possible to discover Lovere by night thanks to a guided tour to be booked at the Infopoint on 035 962178. Do not miss the suggestive parade of illuminated boats on the lake organized by AVAS and Canottieri Sebino Lovere.

“The second appointment organized in the splendid setting of the “Borgo della luce” – Councilor Raponi continues – will be held  on July 22 and will feature the well-known artist and songwriter Ivan Cattaneo who, with an engaging show, will celebrate the link with his territory of origin; an evening will follow on August 10 in Piazza Tredici Martiri during which Sasha Torrisi, an artist who boasts important collaborations with the author Mogol, will interpret the great successes of Lucio Battisti in a rock, personal and contemporary key. The event will be an opportunity to appreciate an exclusive and overwhelming reworking of the songs of one of the monuments of Italian music”.

On the occasion of the three appointments of 24 June, 22 July and 10 August, the lakeside in Lovere will be open to pedestrian traffic only from 20:30 to approximately 24:00.

For more information on the “Lovere, il Borgo della luce” project and to stay updated on the other initiatives planned during the summer, you can follow the social profiles @loveeeventi on Facebook and Instagram and visit the website lovereeventi.it.

Photo credits: Antonio Cadei