Orme Festival is heading towards its seventh edition and it does so by extending its route, going from a weekend to a ten-day event. The event will take place in Fai della Paganella (Tn) from 6th to 15th September and it will be an opportunity to make the area better known through a cultural proposal new and engaging. ‘Dialogue between man and nature’. This is the theme chosen for the 2024 edition of the Festival. Ten days to tell the story of the relationship between “man and nature” from multiple points of view. You will immerse yourself in music and theater while walking, in Fai della Paganella, with a long series of events in the most beautiful places in the country: open and suggestive spaces that transform to become temporary stages where you can learn, share, discover and get excited.
An important focus will be the immersive one in the Parco del Respiro, with activities related to natural well-being, forest bathing, and the care of the mind, body and spirit. During the week, moments of discussion and study will be proposed with those who, in the forest, seek a deep re-creation of themselves and with those who make this their professional life. Orme is a project dedicated to walking at a slow paceto discover those emotions that often blossom again when we move away from the frenzy of everyday life. Many musical moments, on September 6, Davide Locatelli: emerging artist will entertain participants with a pop concert for piano, Saturday 7: ‘In the mood for love’ a path at sunset between love notes with the quintet ‘Le fil rouge’ and then, in the evening, the protagonist will be the singer-songwriter and musician Ron, with the concert ‘Al Centro giusto della Musica’.
Always the September 6ththis time at 6:30 pm, will be the turn of the presentation of what has become a small publishing case for the success achieved in 2024: Stories of fathers. Stories of sons (Pesi editions), largely set in Fai della Paganella, will be told by Andrea Polo, author of the book and great lover of these lands. Tuesday 9 ‘Meeting and Music’ with Cristiano Godanoleader of Marlene Kuntz to talk about art and sustainability. Friday 13th Musical Reading with voice and cello ‘Of the moon, stars and other wonders’: a journey through time that crosses space and history to tell the mysteries, wonders, and immensity of the Universe. Saturday 14th will be the turn of ‘Anima’: the project to create a string quartet in silver fir from Avez del Prinzep, a story to be discovered with the narration and artistic direction of Giovanni Costantini. In the evening, ‘Cinepiano’, a unique audiovisual experience in the presentation of great cinema classics. At the piano, Tony Berchmans, an international artist, improvises the soundtrack live.
The whole family has been thought of with activities ranging from stationary theatre to teatrekking to tell the most famous fairy taleslike Little Red Riding Hood or Jack and the Beanstalk, looking for fantastic beings, giants and elves in the Parco del Respiro. Workshops to learn how to make Strudel, picnics to relax, the Petra box to discover the secrets of dry stone walls with the Sassi association and more. You will go up to Paganella to discover how mountain pine is distilled with Fior di Mugo, to explore the ‘Doors to the forest’ route talking about climate change, a project created with the scientific contribution of climatologist Luca Mercalli.
Relationship between man and nature also in the performance of (S)legati: based on a true story of extreme mountaineering, a story of survival. There will be Yanez Borella, just back from 4 months of travel with the project ‘Waterhighway’, who will talk about another of his adventures: ‘Soul bears’, literally bears of the soul. Moments of reflection on the relationship between the well-being generated by careful frequentation of the forest and the responsibility and ability to ‘take care of the forest’. ‘The forest that heals’ is therefore inseparably connected to the ‘care of the forest’ and its potential relationship with bio-psycho-social well-being.
There will be plenty of activities every dayorest bathing at the Parco del Respirowith various insights thanks to the most important experts in the field from all over Italy: moments dedicated to nutrition with the expert Marco Bo, to traditional medicine through Shinrin Yoku with Luigi Gatti, an expert in Japanese culture who meets Leonardo Paoluzzi, an expert in traditional Chinese medicine. Also: yoga, meditation, metaphysical orienteering, Nordic Forest Walking, the barefoot walking workshop with the expert Andrea Bianchi.