Kicking off sixth edition of Elements, traveling festival of contemporary music, performance and visual arts

From May 2 to July 27, 2025, MAGMA presents the sixth edition of ELEMENTI, the itinerant review of music, performance and contemporary visual arts, conceived in 2020 with the intention of creating an immersive performative dimension within natural and iconic landscapes of high emotional power that characterize the Romagna region. ELEMENTI once again invites the public to discover a series of extraordinary en plein air stages between Ravenna, Cervia, Bagnacavallo, Faenza and Bagnara di Romagna with a series of low environmental impact events based on the natural specificities of each location. The 2025 edition of ELEMENTI confirms its interdisciplinary format aimed at the multisensory dissemination of heterogeneous forms of contemporary artistic expression, with a calendar of twelve site-specific performative performances spread over 7 days.

The calendar of performance events - as always free of charge - will see the involvement of young emerging talents and established artists on the international scene.

It starts on Friday, May 2, at MAR - Ravenna City Art Museum, with Ima Koko Watashi, an improvisational performance that interweaves dance and sound and will see dancers Chikako Kaido, Kristin Shuster and Antonio Stella interact with percussionists Enrico Malatesta and Le Quan Ninh. Event by reservation at riservaree@gmail.com.

On Saturday, May 10, theEx Convento diSan Francesco in Bagnacavallo will host a live performance by young emerging Portuguese artist Inês Malheiro, DJ sets and listening selections by MAGMA, and live performances by English artist Memotone.

On Sunday, June 8, the wooded area of Villa Emaldi in Faenza becomes the stage for two live performances: Lamina, a sound project by artist Clarice Calvo-Pinsolle, and Scottish experimental musician Sholto Dobie who will perform using self-produced instruments. This will be followed by DJ sets and listening selections by Gaspare Caliri, a trained semiologist and co-founder of CUBE (Centro Universitario Bolognese di Etnosemiotica) and Kilowatt.

On Sunday, June 29, based at Circolo Kayak in Cervia but involving areas of the Pineta and Salina, Elementi proposes a participatory and performative journey between sound and movement, usable by the public in a canoe, curated by the multidisciplinary artist Canedicoda. This will be followed by two live performances by emerging French artists Megabasse, with an ambient solo on double-handled guitar, and Romain de Ferron, a multi-instrumentalist who explores electronics, ambient and experimental music.

On Sunday, July 13, the salt dunes of Cervia’s Salina Hague become the “lunar” backdrop for a sunset live performance by Brussels-based young emerging Mexican artist Vica Pacheco in a dialogue between sound, nature and cultural heritage. Event by reservation at riservaree@gmail.com.

On Friday, July 18, the picturesque Rocca di Bagnara di Romagna will be the setting for a live concert by Antonina Nowacka. As a side activity, guided tours of the Pietro Mascagni Museum will be organized, with the activation of the museum’s piano through a site-specific performative intervention by Giovanni Battista de Pol. Event by reservation at email riservaree@gmail.com.

For the last event of the festival, on Sunday, July 27, Cervia’s North Pier will be the stage for a dawn concert and installation of Renato Grieco ’s (KNN) Pungilingua project, a spoken word performance for tapes, voice and laptop.

The sixth edition of ELEMENTI is made possible thanks to the contribution of the Fondazione del Monte, the Municipality of Cervia, theUnion of Municipalities of Lower Romagna and the Municipality of Bagnacavallo; in collaboration with the Emilia Romagna Region, theUnion of Romagna Faentina, the Municipality of Bagnara di Romagna, the Cervia Salt Pan Park, the Municipality of Faenza, the Municipality of Ravenna and the MAR Museum.

Media partners: Radio 3, ZERO.

For all information, you can visit the official MAGMA website.

Pictured: farmyard of the Cervia salt marsh. Parini Secondo (2020)

Kicking off sixth edition of Elements, traveling festival of contemporary music, performance and visual arts

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