The Garden
Opening days
The Garden is open to the public
from April 2 to November 1, 2026
• Opening days:
- Tuesday
- Thursday
- Saturday
- Sunday
• Opening hours:
from 9.00 am to 7.00 pm
(last entry at 6.00 pm)
ph: +39 081-986220
Via Francesco Calise, 45
80075 Forio (NA), Italy
Lady Walton 100
2026 marks the centenary of the birth of Lady Susana Walton, a woman of extraordinary charisma, a patron, a creative soul, and the guardian of one of the most enchanting places in the Mediterranean: the La Mortella Gardens in Forio. Born in Argentina in 1926, Susana Gil Passo met and married the English composer Sir William Walton in 1948.
History of Gardens
La Mortella Gardens were created in 1958 by Lady Susana Walton , the wife of Argentine origin of the English composer Sir William Walton . Today La Mortella belongs to Fondazione William Walton La Mortella, that manages the garden, opens it to the public, takes care of the administration , and is in charge of cultural activities.
Sir William Walton
Is considered as one of the greatest English composers of the twentieth century. A determining factor in the development of his career was the patronage of the eccentric Sitwell family (the siblings Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell) who took him under their wing in 1919 when he left Oxford.
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Photo of the month
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Trio LisztMusiche di Haydn, Schumann, Dvorak
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Trio LisztMusiche di Schubert, Rihm
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Daniele MartinelliMusiche di Beethoven, Schumann, Kurtàg
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Daniele MartinelliMusiche di Beethoven, Schumann, Kurtàg
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Duo M. Righi - I. MaliboshkaMusiche di Brahms, Prokofiev
Music activities
During the year there are three different concert seasons: in Spring and in Autumn the chamber music recitals are held on Saturdays and Sundays in the indoor Recital Hall; in Summer the Festival of Youth Orchestras with symphonic concerts held every Thursday evening in the Greek Theatre.
Duo A. Papenkova - V. Merkulyeva
AVVISO CAMBIO PROGRAMMA CONCERTO 3 LUGLIO
Il concerto del 3 luglio "Trio Quaranta, Baroni, Capoferri" sarà sostituito dal Duo Mezzosoprano e Pianoforte: Aleksandra Papenkova e Victoria Merkulyeva, che eseguiranno musiche di Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc, Rachmaninov, Chopin
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Programma domenica 3 luglio 2022 - ore 17:30 :
M. Ravel - Shéhérazade
C. Debussy - Trois chansons de Bilitis
F. Poulenc - C’est ainsi que tu es, Paganini
F. Chopin - Scherzo n. 1
P.I. Tchaikovsky - Meditation
S. Rachmaninov - In the silence of the night
S. Rachmaninov - Oh, do not sing to me, my beauty
S. Rachmaninov - He has taken everything from me
Aleksandra Papenkova - mezzosoprano
Victoria Merkulyeva - pianoforte
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