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Extraordinary night openings of Santa Maria delle Grazie (Leonardo’s The Last Supper) and Brera Gallery for WCN2009 registered delegate on May 23 and May 25.

Adjoining the fifteenth – century church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, the refectory of the ancient Dominican convent contains one of the world’s most celebrated paintings, The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. Painted between 1494 and 1498, in the reign of Ludovico il Moro, it has suffered because of the technique adopted. Restoration, completed in May 1999, revealed areas of the original paintwork.
Despite its decayed state, the figures of Christ and the twelve apostles preserve a strangely moving power, both dramatic and sacred. On the wall opposite The Last Supper, is the Crucifixion (1495) by Giovanni Donato Montorfano. This impressive fresco extends into the lunettes as well.

The Brera Gallery is located inside the homonymous building which hosts other cultural institutions, such as the Brera Library, the Astronomic Observatory, The Botanical Garden, The Lombard Institute for Science and Art and the Academy of Fine Arts. The building, constructed on the site of a 14th century convent of the Umiliati order, was subsequently taken over by the Jesuits, who founded a school there.  It acquired its current aspect at the beginning of the 17th century, thanks to the work of Francesco Maria Ricchino, with some additions by Giuseppe Piermarini in the following century. The greater part of the collection – which were originally intended as study materials for the students of the Academy – is made up of paintings from churches and monasteries closed, above all, during the Napoleonic period, but has been steadily enriched through exchanges, donations and purchases. The Gallery has acquired even more stature since 1882 when it was separated from the Academy of Fine Arts and opened to the public.
WCN2009 delegates will be given highlights of the Brera Gallery’s most famous partings expressively named the 12 pearls of Brera. Mantegna (Cristo morto), Giovanni e Gentile Bellini (La predicazione di San Marco), Tintoretto (Il ritrovamento del corpo di San Marco),  Raffaello (Lo Sposalizio della Vergine), Crivelli,  Correggio (Adorazione dei Magi),  Piero della Francesca (Pala di Montefeltro), Bramante (Cristo alla colonna),  Caravaggio (Cena in Emmaus),  Hayez (Bacio), Pelizza da Volpedo (Fiumana),Canaletto.

Tickets are available at the CULTURAL EVENTS desk located close to the registration area at Milan Convention Centre (Fiera Milano City) from May 22 to May 25 from 8.00 to 18.00.
SANTA MARIA DELLE GRAZIE (Leonardo’s The Last Supper): 8,00 €
BRERA ACCADEMY: 11,50 €
CASH SALE ONLY
Tickets are restricted to the visiting hours below.
From 19.30 to 20.30
From 20.30 to 21.30
From 21.30 to 22.30

IMPORTANT
PLEASE, READ CARFULLY THE VISITING TIME-SLOT REPORTED ON YOUR TICKET. Delegates who will show up without paying attention on the assigned visiting hours will not have access to Santa Maria delle Grazie/Brera Gallery.

MUSIC
WCN2009 is also organizing an extraordinary night dedicated to Italian music on May 24. Two outstanding music events will be organized respectively in the famous Opera House Teatro Alla Scala and in S. Ambrogio Church, one of the most symbolic sites of the city of Milan.
Special performance of ‘Assassinio nella cattedrale’ (Murder in the cathedral) by Ildebrando Pizzetti will be held at 8.00 pm at Teatro Alla Scala (Opera House).

TICKETS ON SALE FROM MAY 8!

The link for the purchase of tickets is http://www.wcn2009.org/sites/0/IT/ticketForm.tpl

Price list for tickets will be available on the website. You will be asked to enter a USERNAME and a PASSWORD corresponding respectively to your REGISTRATION NUMBER (you have been given once registered for WCN2009) and your FAMILY NAME.
Eg.     USERNAME: 19963
          PASSWORD: smith

Chamber Music concert dedicated to ‘The Great Venetian Music’ will be performed at 9.00 pm in the suggestive S. Ambrogio Church (11th century basilica constructed in the Romanesque style) that, for one night only, will be filled by the evocative notes of Antonio Vivaldi.

Click here to read the full Music Programme.

One-price ticket: 25,00 € Seats for this concert are not pre-assigned.

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!  

For reservation email: amministrazione@musicaclassica.it

Read more about S. Ambrogio Church (click here), one of the symbols of historic Milan

Remaining tickets from the online pre-sale will be available at the CULTURAL EVENTS desk located close to the registration area at Milan Convention Centre (Fiera Milano City) from May 22 to May 23 from 8.00 to 18.00 and on May 24 from 8.00 to 13.00.

IMPORTANT
Tickets for ‘Assassinio nella cattedrale’ and ‘The Great Venetian Music’ purchased online must be collected at the Cultural Events’ desk. WCN2009 Congress office informs that delegates will be entitled to enter both venues with valid ticket(s) ONLY, collected at the appointed desk (see above). Printouts or copies of payment receipts will not be accepted.

Local Organizing Committee

Chair: Diego Brancaccio
Co-chairs: Giovanni Cancarini and Piergiorgio Messa

Members:
Antonio Dal Canton, President of the Italian Society of Nephrology
Giuseppe Bianchi
Claudio Borghi
Gherardo Buccianti
Giacomo Colussi
Ferruccio Conte, President of the Lombard Section of the Italian Society of Nephrology
Daniele Cusi
Alberto Edefonti
Giorgio Graziani
Fabio Malberti
Luciano Pedrini
Giuseppe Remuzzi
Andrea Stella
Renzo Tarchini
Ugo Teatini