The competition was created with the aim of keeping alive the memory of the victims, but at the same time to overcome the concept of mere commemoration, turning the day of August 2 in a creative and artistic response to the act of terrorism.
The winners will see their work performed live in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna on the evening of August 2, as the final event of the commemorations of the Massacre.
Some examples: Riccardo Muti, Ennio Morricone, Michelangelo Zurletti, Riccardo Chailly, Semyon Bychkov, Eliot Fisk, Federico Mondelci, Robert Beaser, Tania Leon, Michel Portal, Jacob Ter Veldhuis, Jesus Villa Rojo, Aurelio Samorì, Marco Tutino, Klaus Ager, Detlev Glanert, Domenico Nordio, Jesus Rueda, Gianvincenzo Cresta, etc.
The Organizing Committee of the Competition August 2 consists of: Pieces commissioned by the International Composing Competition “2 agosto” from 1995 to now: Salvatore Accardo Alberto Caprioli Azio Corghi Fabrizio Festa Tito Gotti Gioacchino Lanza Tomasi Hubert Stuppner Luisa Castellani Renato Rivolta Claudio Scannavini Alessandro Solbiati Walter Tortoreto Fabrizio Festa Giuliano Carmignola Riccardo Chailly Fabrizio Festa Jerzy Maksymiuk Michelangelo Zurletti Massimiliano Messieri "Virus" Leonid Klinitchev Renee Jonker Danilo Grassi Carlo Galante Vincenzo Palermo Fabrizio Festa Tomaso Lama Giovanni Sollima Gimpierro Martirani Matteo D'Amico Fabrizio Festa Federico Mondelci Carlo Pedini Fabrizio Festa Ada Gentile Dragana Jovanovich Ivano Battiston Fabrizio De Rossi Re Richard Galliano Fabrizio Festa Salvatore Accardo Barbara Doll Kamran Khancheh Paolo Maragoni Aurelio Samorì Fabrizio Festa Françoise Choveaux Jesus Villa-Rojo Dimitri Nicolau Guido Arbonelli Fabrizio Festa Nuno Guedes De Campos Berislav Šipuš Enrico Cocco Francesco Di Mauro Fabrizio Festa George Dulin "Scene from a Living Dream" and Eddy Serafini Dimitri Nicolau Gianvincenzo Cresta Wing-Wah Chan Ivano Ascari Mario Ancillotti Filippo Bulfamante Bryan Johanson Riccardo Piacentini Fabrizio Festa Filippo Bulfamante Nicola Campogrande Bryan Johanson Peter Athony Monk Francesco Pepicelli Fabrizio Festa Henri-Claude Fantapié Tomi Räisänen Per Rundberg Gianvincenzo Cresta Massimiliano Messieri Fabrizio Festa Thüring Bräm Osman Gioia Detlev Glanert Gianni Nazzareno Francia Massimo Priori Fabrizio Festa Fabrizio Festa Thüring Bräm Luca Cori Angelo Inglese Massimo Priori Fabrizio Festa Silvia Colasanti Antonio Tinelli Davide Masarati Zaid Jabri Annelies Van Parys Fabrizio Festa Andrej Goricar Amir Eslami Annelies Van Paris Roberto Molinelli Gianvincenzo Cresta Dragana Jovanovich Virginia Guastella Andrej Goričar Alfredo Rugeles Virginia Guastella Victoria Harmandjieva Tomi Räisänen Barbara Rettagliati (Svizzera) Marco Taralli (Italia) Victoria Harmandjieva (Svizzera/Bulgaria) Fabrizio Festa (Italia) - Artistic Director Francesco Nappa (Italy) Günay Mirzayeva (Azerbaijan) Girolamo Deraco (Italy) Fabrizio Festa (Italy) - Artistic Director Alessandro Castelli (Italy) Andrea Portera (Italy) Enzo Filippetti (Italy) Ivano Battiston (Italy) Fabrizio Festa (Italy) - Artistic Director Angelo Valori (Italy) Mario Rosini (Italy) Michele Corcella (Italy) Fabrizio Festa (Italy) Yoichi Sugiyama (Japan) Javier Torres Maldonado (Mexico) Fulvio Macciardi (Italy) Clara Iannotta (Italy) Beat Furrer (Austria) Silvia Colasanti (Italy) Michele dall'Ongaro (Italy) Bruno Mantovani (France) Marco Angius (Italy) Claudio Ambrosini (Italy) Unsuk Chin (Korea) Augusta Read Thomas (USA) Charlotte Seither (Germany) Pasquale Corrado (Italy) Malika Kishino (Japan) Fabio Nieder (Italy/Germany) Raquel García Tomás (Spain) Pedro Halffter (Spain) Jaume Santonja (Spain) Francesco Filidei (Italy) Some of the commissioned pieces by the organizers and performed out of Competition during the Concerto in Piazza Maggiore On the occasion of the XX Edition, the competition has undergone a restyling of the image that led to the creation of a new corporate logo and a new website through which users around the world can participate in the competition via internet.
The work becomes the symbol of the edition and it is on the cover of the libretto of the big final concert, which is held every year in Piazza Maggiore on the evening of August 2.