Patrimonio culturale dell'Emilia-Romagna

Casa Rossini is one stop on a tour of the places that testify to Rossini’s link with Lugo, the birthplace of his father Giuseppe Antonio, and where Gioacchino Rossini himself lived and received his first musical education from the Malerbi brothers between 1802 and 1804. Other significant traces of his stay in Lugo include the two organs – Gatti (1750) and Callido (1797) - that a young Rossini practiced on, both of which are now held in the Carmine church; family portraits (that of his parents is the only one in existence) and autographed documents held in the municipal building (Rocca Estense); and the marvellous 18th century theatre, which bears his name since 1859. All are stops on the Rossini tour route.
Casa Rossini was opened to the public during the cycle of contemporary art exhibitions "Fuori di sé", organized by the Municipality of Lugo’s Councillorship for Culture, whose aim was to solidify and increase local interest in the visual arts.
The cycle comprised six events over the course of 2006, with the intention of providing a look at contemporary art through the prism of a generational comparison between young artists. The cultural project also included an additional two exhibitions: "opere per il passante", which installed works of art in public institutional facilities that do not generally host art exhibitions, with the aim of allowing art to burst into everyday places, where the casual public can enjoy it through their own personal interpretations; and "sinergie", an exhibition staged in collaboration with the city’s private art venues to make it possible to prolong the exhibitions held at Casa Rossini, and to promote a dialogue between the city, the artists exhibiting at Casa Rossini, and their works.
The "Fuori di sè. Rassegna d'arte contemporanea" project curated by Stefania Vecchi featured a series of monographic and collective exhibitions by artists such as Rosario Fontanella, Andrea Pironi, Alberto Zamboni, Ana Cecilia Hillar, Oscar Dominguez, Fiorenza Pancino e Alessandro Neretti, Matteo Soltanto, Germano Sartelli, Federico Guerri, Pietro Meletti, Maria Chiara Zarabini, Muky, Aldo Ambrosini, Roberto Cornacchia, Daniele Ferroni, Nicola Samorì, and Stefania Galegati Shines. In addition, the "Domus con vista” cycle featured works by Marco Campanili, Simona Gavioli, Leonardo Greco, Pietro Iori Roberto Pagnani, Giancarlo Scagnolari and Federico Zanzi, while “Animalia” featured works by Federico Capitani, Federico Civolani, and Antonello Paladino along with a personal exhibition by Matteo Monti; the "Disegnosogno: 14 artisti s'incontrano" festival featured works by Marit Amesz, Gaetano Blaiotta, Alberto Casiraghi, Piero Dosi, Agneta Falk, Marco Gurtner, Jack Hirschmann, Gaetano Orazio, Giancarlo Ossola, Sandro Sardella, Nando Snozzi, Vanni Spazzoli, Stefania Vecchi, and Cassandra Wainhouse.