VCR receives many small or large donations. These are gestures that cannot be measured in numbers, but in the light they carry within them. Silent acts, born of a love for music, which find their deepest meaning especially during the Christmas season: to be shared. And once given, to continue sounding and generating beauty. Today we would like to share the story of a special donation.

On Sunday, 18 January 2026, the fifteenth edition of the Filarmonica della Scala Open Rehearsals will open, marking a milestone that confirms the cultural and especially social value of a project that has become an integral part of the life of the city of Milan.

In the Venice of the early eighteenth century, where music permeated every street and the Ospedale della Pietà shaped generations of exceptionally trained young musicians, comes to life 'Primavera', the new film by acclaimed opera and theatre director Damiano Michieletto. Inspired by the Strega Prize-winning novel Stabat Mater by Tiziano Scarpa, the film is a powerful and visually arresting portrait of a young woman navigating talent, identity, and freedom. 'Primavera' will be released internationally after already securing distribution in more than twenty-five countries.

In Milan, inside the Deposito of Fondazione Prada, one of the most anticipated events of the musical autumn is underway: the new edition of the Riccardo Muti Italian Opera Academy, this year entirely dedicated to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 'Don Giovanni'. Until 30 November 2025, the public has the opportunity to attend lessons, rehearsals and sessions led by Maestro Muti, experiencing from within the interpretative process behind one of the great masterpieces of opera.

A new international music competition dedicated to young talents in piano, voice and musical creation is born in Arcore, near Milan: the Agnesi International Music Competition, named after Maria Teresa Agnesi, an extraordinary female figure of the Italian eighteenth century, a composer and intellectual of remarkable modernity.

Until December 5, the city of Trento hosts the 39th edition of Trento Musicantica, the international Festival dedicated to early music, promoted by the Centro Servizi Culturali Santa Chiara and the Laurence K.J. Feininger Centre of Excellence. A journey of concerts and meetings held in the city’s historic venues, this year titled Giubilar cantando.