Result: the heart of the Milan Symphony Orchestra community beats, and beats strong. In just a few months, a record €55,124.52 was reached from 438 donors. Figures that once again attest to the profound added value represented by the cohesive community of the Milan Symphony Orchestra, at the centre of which are its Supporters.
These are the words of Ambra Redaelli, President of the Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Choir Foundation of Milan: “For such an important project, for the beating heart of our orchestra and the stage, we have decided to launch an appeal to our great community, and not to turn to a single sponsor of ours, because we wanted our audiences and supporters to feel a little’ protagonists and increasingly proud of their orchestra.”
A circle closes. In June, the campaign “A Vital Beat” featured the open dress rehearsal of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, a prelude to the summer tour of the Milan Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Choir under the guidance of Music Director Emmanuel Tjeknavorian.

Thanks to the great hearts of the 438 donors, today the new timpani arrived at the’ Auditorium in Milan, and are being used for the first time in two productions featuring the new Musical Director in November: the concert on Friday 15th and Sunday 17th November, with Emmanuel Tjeknavorian on the podium for Hector Berlioz's Marcia Rákóczi, the Piano Quartet No. Brahms 1 orchestrated by Arnold Schönberg and Frédéric Chopin's Concerto No. 1, with Kiron Atom Tellian on piano, and the appointment on Friday 22nd and Sunday 24th November, with Daniel Lozakovich soloist in Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto, together with Felix Mendelssohn's Overture The Hebrides and Franz Schubert's Symphony No. 6.