Filarmonica di Modena S.R.L.

What Filarmonica di Modena S.R.L. does

Filarmonica di Modena S.R.L. (also operating as "Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Modena" or "MOF") is an Italian social enterprise (SRL Impresa Sociale, RUNTS number 31075) that operates a symphonic orchestra established in May 2022 through an agreement with the Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena. The orchestra fields 120 musicians (93 employees plus 27 autonomous workers as of 2024) plus a single administrative employee, and performs a repertoire spanning symphonic, operatic, and ballet productions at the Teatro Comunale di Modena Pavarotti-Freni and on tour across Italy and internationally (Japan 2023 and 2025, Abu Dhabi 2023, Egypt). Music Director Hirofumi Yoshida, President Giorgio Zagnoni, and CEO Benvenuto Marin lead the organization; Vice President Franco Iorio joined in December 2025 to support international representation.

The core product is live orchestral performance, anchored by the Teatro Comunale di Modena season and the annual Modena Belcanto Festival. The orchestra operates several branded programs: SonarSense, a multisensory accessibility initiative using Subpac wearable vibration devices, 3D VR headsets, digital Italian Sign Language cards, audio descriptions, and sensory labs (developed with Università degli Studi di Macerata and ALI, supported by a €37,400 COBO TECH grant); Armonia Emilia, a three-year regional circuit co-financed by Regione Emilia-Romagna; Filarmonie Future, a conservatory mentorship program run with Conservatorio Vecchi-Tonelli; and themed concert formats including silent film live accompaniment with original scores by Daniele Furlati, the "È mio padre" Morricone tribute, and the world-premiere opera "Vanishings" co-produced with Opéra de Massy and Landestheater Linz.

The business model blends earned, contributed, and grant revenue. Earned income comes from ticketed performances sold through Vivaticket and the Teatro Comunale box office. Contributed income includes multi-year grants (notably the Armonia Emilia regional funding under the S3 transition fund and the COBO TECH accessibility grant) and corporate sponsorship from a broad roster of Modena-area firms (Innovative Solutions, Consorzio Innova, MW Plast, Macron, Gruppo Romani, Fresenius Kabi, Fondazione di Modena, Consorzio Terre del Balsamico, Sawakami Opera Foundation, Sherman Advisory, Castiglione Viaggi). Customer segments include general classical music audiences, accessibility-focused audiences with sensory disabilities, emerging young musicians, and corporate/institutional sponsors. No ticket pricing or revenue figures are publicly disclosed.

Name

Filarmonica di Modena S.R.L.

Legal name

FILARMONICA DI MODENA SRL IMPRESA SOCIALE

Website

https://filarmonicamodena.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Filarmonica di Modena S.R.L. is an Italian social-enterprise symphonic orchestra (founded May 2022) performing symphonic, operatic, and ballet productions at Teatro Comunale di Modena and on international tour, serving classical music audiences, accessibility-focused audiences via SonarSense technology, emerging musicians, and corporate sponsors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts

NAICS

Musical Groups and Artists (711130), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (71111), Other Performing Arts Companies (711190)

akta.pro primary industry

Opera & Operetta (MPAGABAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Arranging & Orchestration (MPAIAHAG)

Keywords

• Symphonic concerts
• Opera productions
• Classical music
• Ballet performances
• Concert productions

Headquarters

HQ city

Modena

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Concert and Opera Ticket Sales: Revenue from ticketed performances at Teatro Comunale di Modena and touring venues, sold via Vivaticket platform and theatre box offices.
2. Public Grants and Contributions: State and regional subsidies including COBO TECH / Test Before Invest grants from Città Metropolitana di Bologna and Comune di Bologna (€37,400 in 2024-2025), and co-financing from Regione Emilia-Romagna for the Armonia Emilia project under the S3 digital/green transition fund.
3. Sponsorship and Private Support: Support from corporate sponsors including Innovative Solutions, Consorzio Innova, MW Plast, Macron, Gruppo Romani, Castiglione Viaggi, Sawakami Opera Foundation, Sherman Advisory, Fresenius Kabi, Fondazione di Modena, and Consorzio Terre del Balsamico.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Filarmonica di Modena is a symphonic orchestra and Impresa Sociale that produces and performs symphonic concerts, opera, and ballet at the Teatro Comunale di Modena "Luciano Pavarotti – Mirella Freni" and on tour. Its core offering spans season programming of symphonic repertoire, operatic and ballet productions, special-event concerts, an annual belcanto opera festival, and an accessibility multisensory initiative (SonarSense), all directed by a resident musical director and supported by a corporate sponsorship network.

Product overview

Filarmonica di Modena S.R.L. is a social enterprise symphonic orchestra established in 2022 through an agreement between Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena and the independent Filarmonica di Modena organization. The main product is the Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Modena, performing symphonic concerts, opera productions, and ballet accompaniment. Supporting offerings include SonarSense (accessibility technology for disabled audiences), Armonia Emilia (regional cultural dissemination project), Modena Belcanto Festival productions, and Filarmonie Future (youth education program). The portfolio also includes special concert formats like silent film live music accompaniment and traditional Requiem performances.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Modena (Symphonic Season)
• SonarSense
• Armonia Emilia
• Modena Belcanto Festival
• Filarmonie Future
• Silent Film Live Music Concerts (Musiche da Film)
• È mio padre — Morricone dirige Morricone
• Messa da Requiem (Verdi)
• Vanishings (Sparizioni) — Contemporary Opera Co-Production Contemporary opera co-produced with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, with orchestral accompaniment by Filarmonica di Modena. Scheduled for January 17 and 19, 2027. Targeted at contemporary-opera audiences and partner-institution subscribers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 120 musicians performing in 2024 (93 employees + 27 autonomous workers)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, minor and core.

• Opéra de Massy (France) and Landestheater Linz (Austria)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026International co-production of 'Vanishings' (Janáček/Adès), a world premiere coproduced with Opéra de Massy and Landestheater Linz. Follows their earlier Crossopera European project (2022).
• Consorzio Le Terre del BalsamicominorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Supporting partner for Verdi's 'Messa da Requiem' (October 2026) and other Modena Belcanto Festival events. Also sponsor of 'La Bohème' production with Acetaie Aperte initiative.
• Conservatorio Vecchi-Tonelli di ModenacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Collaboration for the 'Filarmonie Future' program where conservatory students perform alongside Filarmonica professionals under conductor Matteo Parmeggiani during Modena Belcanto Festival.
• Ambassador of Italy to TokyoflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Patronage of the September 2025 Japan tour (Italian Week) under the auspices of the Italian Embassy in Tokyo.
• Regione Emilia-RomagnacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Cofinancing the three-year 'Armonia Emilia: Note che uniscono' project — bringing symphonic, operatic, and ballet productions to theatres across Emilia-Romagna and beyond, promoting cultural access, sustainability, and internationalization. Funded under the regional S3 transition fund.
• Sawakami Opera Foundation (Japan)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Strategic partner facilitating the Japan tours (2023 Nara, 2025 Osaka) and ongoing Japan-Italy musical exchange. Hirofumi Yoshida is Artistic Director of the Japan Opera Festival under this foundation.
• TAM Ballet / Accademia Ucraina di BallettocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Co-production of classical ballets 'Don Quixote' and 'Il Lago dei Cigni' at TAM Teatro Arcimboldi di Milano, with live orchestral accompaniment by the Filarmonica.
• ATER (Emilia-Romagna Theatre Asset Management)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2025Partner for distribution of the 'My Cousin' silent film concert in Emilia-Romagna venues (Modigliana, Castell'Arquato, Castel di Casio).
• Università degli Studi di Macerata and ALI (Accessibilità Lingue Inclusione)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024Academic and accessibility-specialist partners in the SonarSense project. The university team (led by Prof. Elena Di Giovanni and Prof. Francesca Raffi) developed the digital accessibility tools including LIS cards, audio descriptions, and sensory labs.
• Fondazione Pergolesi SpontinicoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Co-production partner for Mozart's 'Così fan tutte' (2024) alongside Teatro Verdi di Pisa, Teatro Sociale di Rovigo, and Opéra-Théâtre Eurométropole de Metz — an Italian-French co-production.
• Fondazione Cineteca di BolognaflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Ongoing collaboration for silent film music projects, including 'Ma l'amor mio non muore!' (Lyda Borelli 1913) and 'My Cousin' (Enrico Caruso 1918) with original scores by Daniele Furlati, screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato festival.
• Fondazione Teatro Comunale di ModenacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2022The primary founding partnership. The orchestra was established through an agreement between Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Modena and the Filarmonica di Modena. The orchestra takes the Teatro's name and performs regularly in its season. The Teatro provides its hall for symphonic concerts. This is the orchestra's core institutional anchor.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fondazione Arena di Verona: Verona-based opera foundation running one of the world's largest open-air opera festivals. Comparable as an Italian opera festival operator that combines symphonic programming with opera productions and corporate sponsorship, in a similar regional-theatre/festival model.
• Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo: Naples' historic opera house orchestra. Comparable as a long-established Italian opera-house orchestra with a resident ensemble performing symphonic concerts, opera productions, and ballet, serving a regional Italian theatre partnership similar to Modena's.
• Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna: Bologna's resident symphonic orchestra. Directly comparable as an Italian regional theatre-resident symphony orchestra; both Zagnoni (President, 2010-2021) and Yoshida (Artistic Director, 2014-2021) led this orchestra before founding Modena's, making it the closest operational and personnel twin.
• Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino: Florence-based symphonic orchestra resident at the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Comparable as an Italian regional opera-and-symphony orchestra serving a major Tuscan theatre with a comparable mix of symphonic season, opera productions, and festival programming.
• I Pomeriggi Musicali: Milan-based symphonic orchestra with a regular concert season. Comparable as a mid-sized Italian regional symphonic orchestra that combines subscription concerts, opera productions, and educational outreach for a metropolitan Italian audience.
• Filarmonica della Scala: Orchestra affiliated with Teatro alla Scala but operating as a separate symphonic ensemble for symphonic and chamber programming. Comparable as a standalone Italian symphonic orchestra drawing on the Scala brand for symphonic concerts and international tours.

Broad incumbents

• Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala: Milan's flagship orchestra at Teatro alla Scala. A larger incumbent in the same Italian theatre-resident orchestra category; not a direct head-to-head competitor, but the dominant benchmark for artistic prestige, touring demand, and sponsorship in the Italian classical market.
• Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai: Italy's national broadcast orchestra based in Turin. A larger incumbent symphonic ensemble in the same national market with broader resources and media exposure; comparable on artistic activity though not on regional theatre anchor model.
• Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia: Rome-based symphonic institution with a long-established orchestra and concert season. Operates broadly in the Italian symphonic space with a wider repertoire, larger budget, and stronger international brand than regional peers like Modena.

Emerging players

• Orchestra Giovanile Italiana: Italian youth orchestra focused on integrating young conservatory graduates into professional performance. Overlaps with Modena's Filarmonie Future and Armonia Emilia youth-insertion missions, making it the most thematically aligned emerging peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles6 records

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