…The meeting had a lively and participatory tone. Canonici at the piano didn’t just play: he underlined key passages, highlighted modulations, and explained the most complex moments with gestures… Thanks to Canonici’s expert guidance, the video projections, Augias’s ironic and witty interventions, and the complicity of the speakers, the music regained its original power: not simple entertainment, but an experience capable of speaking to the soul and allowing one to perceive, even if only for a few hours, the infinite… The audience reacted with thunderous applause when Canonici also performed one of his own compositions, “Aura,” demonstrating how technique, intuition, and poetry can coexist in a single musical gesture… The Sala Santa Cecilia, the largest in the Auditorium, chosen this year over the Sala Petrassi, was almost full: the audience had responded enthusiastically, selling out in record time. The vibrant atmosphere amplified the experience, transforming listening into a collective moment of wonder and contemplation.
Roberto Buono, February 9, 2026, Pagina Tre