Recercare ETS Cultural Association promotes the knowledge, preservation, and enhancement of the musical, historical, and documentary heritage of Rome and the Lazio region. As a non-profit organization, it pursues civic, cultural, and social-interest objectives.
Through research, education, and public outreach, the Association is committed to:
- promoting musicological research and the study of musical sources;
- preserving and enhancing bibliographical, archival, and organological heritage;
- surveying, cataloguing, and documenting musical archives, libraries, and collections;
- producing scholarly publications, databases, and research tools;
- organizing concerts, conferences, exhibitions, courses, seminars, and other cultural initiatives;
- encouraging the dissemination of musical culture and the education of students, scholars, and professionals;
- collaborating with public authorities, cultural institutions, universities, and national and international organizations to preserve and promote musical heritage.
The Association works to make musical heritage accessible to the widest possible audience by supporting scholarly research, cultural dissemination, and the development of future generations of scholars and musicians.
Our news
«Amor quando fioriva». Giornata di studi sulla produzione profana di Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Mercoledì 22 ottobre ore 9:00-17:00. Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma
Also for 2025, the Associazione Culturale Recercare and the Istituto di Bibliografia Musicale are once again offering training activities aimed at SBN cataloguers, with particular attention to the handling of musical materials.
The course, of a preparatory nature, is the result of the long-standing collaboration with ICCU – Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico – and the National Central Library of Rome; it will take place on Monday 13 and Tuesday 14 October at the National Library of Rome.
«Amor quando fioriva…». Giornata di studi e Concerto dedicati a Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Mercoledì 22 ottobre 2025. Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Roma
Ore 17:00 – Concert: “Spiegherò il mio enigma sulla cetra (Sal 48,5)”. Mysteria e ministeria dell’arte musicale nel Rinascimento. Elena Bianchi – dulciana e flauto dolce, Federico Del Sordo – clavicordo
Winning Compositions of the 2024 Andrea Ceraso Rome Award Composition Competition in Concert
Cappella Sacri Cuori di Gesù e Maria, Roma, 11/05/2025 ore 20.45
Project “Let's learn about musical instruments”
Concert Lectures: strings and brass
Concert Lectures addressed to IC Segni
Segni, 28/02/2025 e 28/03/2025
Concert by the Ensemble "Il Dialogo Armonico"
Sabato 8 marzo 2025
Chiesa di S. Maria Assunta, Roccasecca
Presentation of volume
Primo libro dei Mottetti di Giovanni Animuccia
Sabato 14 Dicembre 2024 ore 11:00
Sala Conferenze del Museo Civico, Via della carità 1, Tivoli
Presentation of volume
Tientalora
Studi per Francesco Luisi in onore del suo 80° compleanno
Lunedì 18 Novembre 2024 ore 17:30
Salone della Chiesa Evangelica Metodista, Roma, via Firenze 38
"Canto d'anime" Ritratto di un uomo
27/10/2024
Sala dei Lecci - Bioparco di Roma
BECOME A MEMBER
Musicologists, musicians, music librarians and all those who have an interest in working in the field of bibliographic and musicological research are welcome to apply to become members of Recercare Association by sending an email of interest to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Your application will be considered by the Steering Committee.
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Cost for subscription: € 25,00.
With a minimum donation of € 150,00 you will be given a Meritorious Membership.
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