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WHERE NOW MilanENTERTAINMENTCLASSICAUDITORIUMOn stage, several timeless classicalmasterpieces: Franz JosephHaydn’s Concert for Trumpet andJohannes Brahms’s Symphony No.1 (13, 14 and 16 January); RequiemMass by Giuseppe Verdi (20, 21and 23 January); Der Tod und dasMädchen by Franz Schubert; and“Italian” Symphony No. 4 by FelixMendelssohn-Bartholdy (27, 28and 30 January) performed by theOrchestra Verdi (www.laverdi.org).CONSERVATORYA parade of soloist stars: violinistLeonidas Kavakos (10 January), pianistsAndrea Bacchetti (on 14 January) andOlli Mustonen (17 January), MarthaArgerich (29 January), and AngelaHewitt (31 January).Ask your concierge for tickets.JAZZ APERITIVOTeatro Manzoni hosts a Sunday morning Milanese ritual, a jazz concertaperitivocombo. On 23 January, don’t miss the Israeli group 3 Cohens,a group of 3 siblings (in the photo: Avishai on the trumpet, and Anatand Yuval on the saxophones). On January 30, the famous SouthAfrican pianist, Abdullah Ibrahim and his Ekaya ensemble will play.www.aperitivoinconcerto.comTEATRO DEGLI ARCIMBOLDII Grandi Pas de Deux is the titleof the ballet to be staged on 21January with choreography byLiliana Cosi and Marinel Stefanescuof the Classic Ballet Company.www.teatroarcimboldi.itTEATRO DELLA LUNAFrom 27-30 January, Swan Lake willbe performed by Moscow Ballet-LaClassique, featuring dancers fromseveral of Russia’s most prestigiousacademies including the Bolshoiin Moscow and the Kirov in St.Petersburg. www.teatrodellaluna.comFor all locations: see The Guide –Concert Venues & Theatres, p. 52.BASKETBALL: “LITTLE RED SHOES”It’s the most titled basketball team in Europe,having won as many as 25 Italian championships,three European Champions Cups and oneIntercontinental Cup. Since its inception in 1936,Olimpia Milano-ArmaniJeans has always starredin the history of basketball. Now celebrating its75th anniversary, it continues its victorious ascent,ranking at the top positions in Serie A, the highestlevel of Italian basketball. During the next few weeks,at the Mediolanum Forum Stadium in Assago,it will play against Scavolini Pesaro (16 January),Banca Tercas Teramo (23 January) and AngelicoBiella (6 February).JANUARY DATESIn Via Borsieri, at the Italian“branch” of the most famous jazzclub chain in the world, you candine and spend a delightful eveningin the company of some of theworld’s best-known artists. TheJanuary program will be enrichedby the extraordinary talent ofthe young Sicilian saxophonistFrancesco Cafiso (11 January); bythe return of the French group MattBianco (from 13-15 January); bythe Soul & R’n’B quartet headedby the keyboard player JamesTaylor (from 20 to 22 January);and by the Latin-jazz of the Cubanpianist Chucho Valdés (from 26-28January). www.bluenotemilano.com16 WHERE MILAN I JANUARY 2011