Premio Vigna d’Argento
After seven editions Salentine and two in the capital, the Premio Vigna d’Argento debuts for the first time in the Lombard capital.
Represented by one of the symbols of the Apulian territory, created by Maestro Leccese Ugo Malecore, since 2011 he has been assigned to personalities of culture, entertainment, institutions and civil society that have contributed to the growth of the country.
The ceremony was conducted by Elisabetta Invernici and Alberto Oliva, who has long been active in Milan with cultural initiatives and founders of the Galleria & Friends historical shops network and was held in the Testori Auditorium of the Lombardy Region Palace.
Among the winners in the first Milanese edition, Massimo Boldi actor, Iva Zanicchi singer, Professor Silvio Garattini president and founder of the “Mario Negri” pharmacological research institute, Stefano Ranzani, conductor currently among the most appreciated internationally, Margherita Palli, scenographer and costume designer for decades at the center of the European scenes, Roberto Alessi, journalist and director of important national newspapers, Emmanuel Conte, new councilor for the budget and heritage of the Municipality of Milan, the entrepreneurs Augusto Mazzolari and Tomaso Trussardi, the Honorable Cristina Rossello, the councilor for security of the Lombardy Region Riccardo De Corato, of Apulian origins, has always been committed.