Grand opening

Drinks / Reception

We toast the birth of this cultural festival with Prosecco & Co. – in what is perhaps Italy's smallest cultural village.

Official opening

Welcome and opening statements

Imogena Doderer
Elena Vezzoli
Guest of honour

Opening concert & reading

THE TEMPLE OF NOTHING – THE MAGIC

Thoughts, poems, songs and piano music

Texts: Gundi Feyrer (Österreich) and Nanar Vorperian (Armenien)

Music: Nanar Vorperian (vocals) and Ara and Suren Vorperian-Smith (piano)

A collaboration between STORIE – Festival under the Olive Tree and the Monticello Amiata Writer-in-Residence programme.

Avò

Avò „Le Storie de ‘na ninna e de ‘na nanna“

„Ninne nanne del Mediterraneo – Lullabies as cultural memory“
A musical and narrative journey through the lullabies of the Mediterranean region.

Written and performed by:
Roberto Panzanelli
Samantha Papetti
Francesco Vitillo

Directed by: Carla Gariazzo

Musical director: Carlo F. Buonaurio
Choreography: Sara Marinelli

Dinner together

We will round off the opening evening with a communal dinner on the square in front of the church.
A celebration for everyone! Please reserve your place.
office@preggiofestival.com

Matinee in the olive grove

Literature in the morning

From 9:00 a.m. Coffee, tea and croissants

9:00–10:00 a.m.
Readings



Austrian writers (invited) with partial translation into Italian

10.00–11.00
Reading:

Cornelius Hell – The Austrian author, literary critic and translator reads texts written in Umbria/Preggio. .

11.15–12.15 Uhr
Reading & Music:
Words like music
Teresa Indjeinreads poems by Renzo Gheradini
(Deutsch & Italienisch)
Musik: Harpe

Reading and concert in collaboration with the Austrian Cultural Forum in Rome.
Words like Music/ Parole come Musica
(2011, zweitraumverlag – translated from Italian by Teresa Indjein)

Cipressino – Pinocchio of Preggio

A story for children and adults

A new literary character, rooted in Preggio and its landscape.
Narrated by Maria Doderer, with illustrations by Christine Gluch and a ceramic figure by Alberto Bufali, which can also be played as a pipe.
Themes include humanity and nature, truth and fantasy.

Consciously drawing on the great Italian storytelling tradition surrounding Pinocchio, a contemporary, site-specific figure has been created that is permanently linked to Preggio.

Lunch together

Lunch together in the shade – with cool drinks.
Please reserve in advance.
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Lunch break

13:00 -16:00

Drinks stand open, small snacks
Free time, children's programme

Children's programme: Scavenger hunt through the village in the footsteps of Cipressino – for adventurers of all ages! Prizes await at the end.

Roberta Dapunt

Reading

Roberta Dapunt with readings from the book "il verbo di fronte" (Folio Verlag, autumn 2026. Translated from the Italian by Alma Vallazza)
Reading: in Italian & german

Roberta Dapunt
is one of Europe’s most distinctive poetic voices. Raised in the multilingual culture of South Tyrol—between Ladin, German, and Italian—this linguistic richness profoundly shapes her writing.

Concert - Ensemble Micrologus

Early music ensemble playing in the original style

The Micrologus ensemble brings music full of spirituality and medieval sounds
– a special experience for the 2026 anniversary of St Francis of Assisi.

Joint dinner


Closing ceremony of the festival

Joint dinner to mark the festive conclusion of the first edition of the festival – let's celebrate together!
Please reserve in advance.
office@preggiofestival.com