Franco Donatoni

His participation in some of our events, a dinner in his honour on the occasion of ATEM in 1985, but most of all his intelligence, sharpness of mind and irony: this is the thread tying Amici della Scala with the memory of Franco Donatoni; besides, naturally, the great friendship and cordiality he demonstrated. We do not have any audio or video of Franco Donatoni, yet in these jovial images (in one, with Zoltán Peskó and President Anna Crespi) the composer’s great humanity is revealed.