On Wednesday 17 June 2026, at 6 pm, the Teatro di San Carlo hosts "A Napoli la musica cambia", the major event that brings the energy and talent of the region's youth orchestras to the stage of the Naples opera house. Four ensembles alternate with a programme of about twenty minutes each: the Orchestra a Plettro della Penisola Sorrentina directed by Michele De Martino, the ChamberCelli Ensemble by Aurelio Bertucci, the Duæ Siciliæ Sax Ensemble by Gianfranco Brundo and Giuseppe Galiano, and the Piccola Orchestra di Forcella directed by Paolo Acunzo.
The Orchestra a Plettro della Penisola Sorrentina brings the sound of plucked instruments to the San Carlo, between tradition and international openness: The Song of Japanese Autumn by Yasuo Kuwahara, the Allegro from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and Viaticum by Salvatore Della Vecchia. The other ensembles move through the great European repertoire, from Bizet to Grieg, from Dvořák to Saint-Saëns and Márquez.
In the finale, all 150 young musicians come together in a single large orchestra directed by Gennaro Cappabianca, in the Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. Promoted by the Arciconfraternita dei Pellegrini and the Pio Monte della Misericordia and produced by the Fondazione Il Canto di Virgilio, the event is part of the "Pellegrini di Pace" International Prize and turns music into a gesture of community, education and peace.