Music and Poetry for IAUS255

On the evening of 17 June, in the Clarisse Auditorium, the Province of Genoa offered the Symposium participants a private concert (by Dario Bonuccelli, pianist) and poetry reading (by Rachele Ghersi, actress, in Italian with written English translation). The program, entitled "Starry Nights" (Notte delle Stelle), was compiled by Dr. Giorgio Devoto, the Cultural Attache' from the Province of Genoa, and dedicated to poetry and music with astronomical themes. An extraordinary musical piece for piano entitled "Big Bang + Low Metallicity" was composed by Bonuccelli for the occasion of IAUS255, and performed by him that night as a world premiere.