Stresa Festival is one of the most important events of the entire Lake Maggiore. The festival was born in 1961 and hosts internationally renowned artists and ensembles, who perform in places of great beauty such as the Palazzo Borromeo on Isola Bella, the Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso, the Rocca Borromeo of Angera.

 
The events of July 2012:

Midsummer Jazz Concerts
Friday, July 20 - 9 pm
Palazzola lakefront - Stresa
Jan Garbarek Group featuring Trilok Gurtu
€ 25

Saturday, July 21 - 9 pm
Palazzola lakefront - Stresa
Brad Mehldau Trio
€ 25

Sunday, July 22 - 9 pm
Palazzola lakefront - Stresa
Abdullah Ibrahim, Piano
€ 25

Meditations in Music
Friday, July 27 - 8.30 pm
Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso - Leggiuno
Suite for cello
J.S. Bach
Miklós Perényi, cello
€ 50

Saturday, July 28 - 8.30 pm
Hermitage of Santa Caterina del Sasso - Leggiuno
Suite for cello
of J.S. Bach
Miklós Perényi, cello
€ 50

Sunday, July 29 - 8.30
Church of the Assumption - Orta San Giulio
Divine Harmony
Gregori, Vivaldi, Handel, Sammartini
Vera Milani, soprano
Lorenzo Ghielmi, organ, harpsichord and direction
€ 20