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“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent”
Victor Hugo

Rome abounds with the sound of music. Take a guided tour through the Auditorium-Parco della Musica. Inaugurated on December 21, 2002, the Auditorium Parco della Musica has become a consolidated reality on the cultural scene of both the city of Rome and trh entire country, a resounding success in terms of the quality of its programmes and the consistently high aucience turnout. Every year more than one milion people, including audience and participants in the verious events, have visited the complex run by the Musica per Roma Foundation. The Auditorium is getting more e multi-functional arts complex and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Sicilia has finally made the Audutorium its "home". The facility's concerts of symphonic and chamber music are intertwined with the most varied and versatile of concert programming, from jazz to pop, to rock, world music and beyond; as well as film premiers, stage plays, art exhibits and literary performances. The festivals and other events have become "musts" on the cultural calendar, while the various spaces host more and more fashion shows, conferences, conventions and meetings at an institutional level.

Top clubs include Beba do Samba - live world music, ethnic music and jazz followed by a DJ, Caffè Latino – one of the oldest Roman clubs with music ranging from jazz to funk, Caruso-Caffè de Oriente for some salsa and Latin American, Circolo degli Artisti – Romes must popular small and medium scale band venue, Rashomon for an underground fix, The Place – which offers vibrant music for the thirty and forty something crowd and Traffic Drink’n’Roll Live Club – We rock They don’t s the motto of Rome’s hottest life stage.
If you would like to indulge in a laugh session head to the Teatro Ambra Jovinelli which has a school for comic writing and acting and puts on regular high quality shows. The Teatro Ghione has recitals by legendary and ancient performers within a daintily lush red and gold theatre.
Classical music and Opera lovers have a long list of possible venues as well. The Teatro dell’Opera of Rome – Teatro Costanzi has lavish 19th century Italian décor, the Teatro Romano di Ostia Antica has prestigious productions of Roman and Greek classics as well as concerts and ballets.