Where to celebrate Thanksgiving in Florence, Italy

Since few years even in Florence it's possibile to celebrate Thanksgiving. many clubs, restaurants and bar offer the possibility to have a Thanksgiving lunch with a huge turkey.  Apart for the food there is a special event you can attend. On Saturday, the 24th, you can enjoy orchestral and operatic conductor Zubin Mehta direct the Maggio Musicale Orchestra, while a theatre company will perform Puccini's masterpiece "Turandot". This event is supported by Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights di Washington

Canadian musician Allison Crowe live in Florence, Italy

Canadian musician Allison Crowe is delighted to return to Firenze to perform at Teatro del Sale. The concert will be in the venue of famed Chef Fabio Picchi and Artist Maria Cassi Teatro del Sale, the cultural home of the Cibreo – Teatro del Sale family. 

17.10.2012 Teatro del Sale Via dei Macci 111r, 50122 - Firenze, Italia 

Once famously described as possessing a style akin to 'Elton John meets Edith Piaf', the Canadian singer-songwriter Allison Crowe is renowned for her ability to blend control and melodrama." (MOJO magazine, UK) 

"Ever wonder what it would have been like to listen to a gifted singer/songwriter from Saskatchewan in a small, intimate hall before she became Joni Mitchell? Don't fret the missed opportunity. There's no need to turn back the clock. Check out Allison Crowe." Robert Reid, The Record (Canada) 

"Allison Crowe has a voice to fall in love with. She is from Vancouver Island in Canada, descended from Scottish, Irish and Manx stock. She's exactly the sort of artist who can make serious headway on her own label and that's just what she's doing." ~ Record of the Day (UK) 

"Treat yourself to one of the mightiest talents on the singer-songwriter scene today." ~ Bob Muller, JoniMitchell.com (USA) "Her version of 'I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)' would give Aretha Franklin goose-bumps." ~ Robert Moyes, Boulevard (Canada)

Rik van den Bosch live for the first time in Italy

Radio Radicchio and Indietravel present Rik van den Bosch live for the first time in Italy. Two unique shows, in Florence and in Montaione, to see a musician soaked in many different influences. Rik absorbs and elaborates them during his tireless wanderings throughout the world. He's a real globetrotter-songwriter and his guitar and his harmonica will take the audience to a trip crawled by his unique folk-blues-Americana. In 2002, Rik made a journey from New Orleans to New York, with a guitar, a bicycle and a little tape recorder, to find the roots of the music he loves. The album "A Musical Impression Of A Journey From New Orleans To New York" came out of this experience. After publishing "Out Of Town" e "Blues For The Lowlands", Rik began working to "Coffee, Cigarettes And Beer", an album Rik himself defines as "folk, eclectic, old country blues style, Mexicana, emofolk, singersongsongs, country, rhythm and blues, and also mixtures between them". Rik's cover version of "Heaps Of Sheeps" is in Robert Wyatt's album "Robert Wyatt, Anthologie du Projet MW". His latest work is an EP called "Sea Side Mountain Side", recorded in Spain and featuring collaborations from many great Spanish musicians. Enjoy Rik van den Bosch live on April 24th at the NOF Gallery in Florence (start 10.30 pm) and 25th at pub Lo Strettoio at Montaione.

Free live music in Florence

In Piazza Beccaria, not far form Santa Croce, every night enjoy a different live concert on the stage close to the club "Kitsch".

At 7.30 pm have a glass of wine for 7 euros and a "all you can eat" aperitif with pasta, pizza, vegetables, ham, cheese, wurstel, potatoes and more... You may find seat inside and outiside the club.

At 9.00 pm listen to the live jam on the stage: from jazz to blues, from italian rock to latin music. You don't have to pay for the concert.

Until September, 2011.

Electric Party at Villa Romana in Florence

Electric Party is a stream of dramatic elements – songs, rhythm, dance, poetry – that emerge from a seemingly casual atmosphere, a party in which the poetic word intersects with the present circumstances in which we are living. This experiment in artistic contact explores the edges of theatrical and social behavior, and plays with the sometimes ambiguous division between them. Electric Party is an articulated game that unfolds throughout the night: songs, poems, dances and actions appear and disappear without resolution, continually playing with the rhythms of the party, riding its waves. While the guests eat, socialize, drink and dance, the gathering arrives to moments of high intensity through structured and precise sequences of action performed by the Open Program team.

This event takes place at Villa Romana in Florence. Please bring with you an offering to the Party of something to drink or eat.

For more information, please go to: http://www.villaromana.org/
or contact: Tel.: +39 - 055 - 22 16 54 Fax: +39 - 055 - 22 80 251 office@villaromana.org

Live jazz music with gorgeous view of Duomo

Tonight at Caffetteria delle Oblate, the bar at the top of the public Library "Le Oblate", close to Piazza Duomo, there will be a free jazz concert performed by 3 young florentine players. During the live performance you can have some finger food and a glass of wine. 

Free admission to the concert.
You pay only if you have a drink.

Jazz club live music in Florence

Program of March 2011

Concerts start at 10.15 pm - members only

For 8 euros only (renewal 5 euros) you can buy a membership card valid till 31st December 2011

Info & reservations: Vincenzo Ricchi, 335 6146115; after 9 p.m., 055-2479700

Tuesday 1st BLUES JAM SESSION + “STAY FREE BAND,” led by one of the most important blues musicians in Tuscany. Roberto Uggiosi: guitar & vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Luca Solini: drums.

Wednesday 2nd NADIA ANGILELLA GROUP. Modern arrangement of Italian 40's and 50's songs and 30's and 40's American swing, with bossa nova & more. Nadia Angilella: vocals; Mario Codacci: sax; Silvano Grandi: piano; Piero Barbetti: drums; Paolo Bulletti: bass.

Thursday 3th “Jazz new standards”. Tonight JAZZ JAM SESSION, with Marco Pezzola: piano; Carlo Bonamico: bass; Cosimo Marchese: drums.

Friday 4th PERFIDIA QUARTET. The group, whose name comes from a very famous 30's bolero, works to restore the intense and full of pathos atmosphere of bolero, son and latino music, especially the traditional Cuban. Francesco Birardi and Gianni Biondi: guitars & vocals; Paolo Casu: percussions; “Sandrito” Garbey: trumpet.

Saturday 5th Special Event! FRANCESCO SANTUCCI QUARTET. FRANCESCO SANTUCCI: sax; LUCA MARIANINI: tromba, MAX TEMPIA: Hammond; Cosimo Marchese: batteria. An ecceptional “All Star Band”.

Sunday 6th and Monday 7th closed.

Tuesday 8th CARNIVAL BLUES JAM SESSION + “STAY FREE BAND,” led by one of the most important blues musicians in Tuscany. Roberto Uggiosi: guitar & vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Luca Solini: drums.

Wednesday 9th JAZZ FROM THE VILLAGE. JAZZ ENSEMBLES OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. Every two weeks, a night dedicated to new talents in Jazz! The best jazz students of New York University of Florence on stage at Jazz Club with other musicians; after the concert, Jam Session!

Thursday 10th “Jam triorganic electric style” - JAZZ JAM SESSION (Jazz funk free style) with Franco Santarnecchi: Hammond; Luca Gelli: guitar; Cosimo Marchese: drums.

Friday 11th SCIABADOGA. Leonardo Galigani: vocals, drums and trumpet; Folco Tredici: guitar and h armonica; Emiliano Tozzi: vocals, bass and clarinet. Three skilled musicians for a lively rock-swing night.

Saturday 12th I.F.S (Italian Funky Sound). Franco Baggiani, Cosimo Boni, Gianni Ciapetti: trumpet; Andrea Coppini & Giacomo Downie: sax; Roberto Beneventi: accordion; Leonardo Passigli: guitar; Filippo Poggi: bass; Gerard La Torraca: percussions; Fabio Ferrini: drums; Vincenzo Genovese: keyboards. A sound inspired by the jazz- rock of Miles Davis and Herbie Hanckock.

Sunday 13th and Monday 14th closed.

Tuesday 15th BLUES JAM SESSION + “STAY FREE BAND,” led by one of the most important blues musicians in Tuscany. Roberto Uggiosi: guitar & vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Luca Solini: drums.

Wednesday 16th C.A.M. ON! Concert with the teachers of C.A.M. (Centro Attività Musicali) in Florence. With Cosimo Marchese, Alessandro Di Puccio, Stefano Rapicavoli, Leonardo Volo, Massimiliano Calderai.

Thursday 17th Cool & Be Bop JAZZ JAM SESSION. Tonight “cool jazz jam session” with Silvano Grandi: piano; Maurizio Bozzi: bass guitar and double bass; Cosimo Marchese: drums.

Friday 18th MUSICHERIA. Claudio Giovagnoli: sax; Leonardo Volo: electric piano, keyboards; Carlo Bonamico: bass; Bernardo Guerra: drums. A super-band playing best contemporary jazz.

Saturday 19th Special event! From New York STEVE HUDSON CHAMBER ENSEMBLE. A group dedicated to performing original music that seeks to inspire. The ensemble's roots are in jazz and classical music however their sound has no boundaries and is influenced by genres such as tango, folk, and indie rock music. The quartet features violinist Zach Brock, cellist Jean-Philippe Feiss, percussionist Martin Urbach, and Steve Hudson on piano and melodica. Keyboard Magazine writes of Hudson's unique sound, “Exquisitely beautiful compositions…there is a quest for beauty in his lines that evoke the masters.”

Sunday 20th and Monday 21st closed.

Tuesday 22th BLUES JAM SESSION + “STAY FREE BAND,” led by one of the most important blues musicians in Tuscany. Roberto Uggiosi: guitar & vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Luca Solini: drums.

Wednesday 23th JAZZ FROM THE VILLAGE. JAZZ ENSEMBLES OF NEW YORK UNIVERSITY. Every two weeks, a night dedicated to new talents in Jazz! The best jazz students of New York University of Florence on stage at Jazz Club with other musicians; after the concert, Jam Session!

Thursday 24th MODERN JAZZ JAM SESSION + “Quartet House Band”. Tonight jazz jam session with Simone Marrucci: guitar; Nicola Cellai: trumpet; Francesca Taranto: bass guitar; Cosimo Marchese: drums.

Friday 25th. THE BEERS BROTHERS. SOUL BAND. Ten musicians with the passion of the Blues Brothers and the vitality of The Commitments.

Saturday 26th CLAUDIA TELLINI QUARTET “Kind of standard”. Claudia Tellini: voce; Mauro Avanzini: sassofono, flauto; Nicola Vernuccio: contrabbasso; Andrea Melani: batteria. Four exceptional musicians play famous standard, with personal arrangement and style.

Sunday 27th and Monday 28th closed.

Tuesday 29th BLUES JAM SESSION + “STAY FREE BAND,” led by one of the most important blues musicians in Tuscany. Roberto Uggiosi: guitar & vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Luca Solini: drums.

Wednesday 30th VINTAGE PEOPLE. Giovanna Andreani ed Elena Sarti: vocals; Roberto Sarti e Alessandro Calabrò: guitars; Franco Agresti: bass; Fabio Poggiali: drums. Pop cover band.

Thursday 31st Mr. BANANA BAND. Marco “Mr. Banana” Pieraccini: guitar and vocals; Marco Polidori: bass; Alessandro Solenni: keyboards; Marco Confetti: drums. Original compositions of “Mr. Banana” Pieraccini, inspired by all the nuances of black music. Presentation of new CD Come from Here.

Los Angeles Singer-Songwriter perfoming in Florence!

Don’t let the demure face fool you. When judging Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter Jacqueline Becker by her cover, key in instead on that mass of black hair cascading down in an unmanageable frenzy as the best physical allegory of just what this girl’s voice is capable of, because in her case, big hair certainly means big voice. A music degree from Yale and a lifetime of study no doubt form the foundation for her talent, but when Becker sings, it’s easy to forget about the more formal elements of composition in the absolute rush of emotion her music inspires. Perfect pitch, astounding range, and sheer vocal muscle have all combined on what can only be described as an epic scale to lend her voice its uniquely thrilling factor; couple that with her carefully-crafted songs that boast the soul-plucking rhythms of the best kind of jazz, and clever lyrics that impressively succeed at echoing both the spunk and the emotional capacity of their writers, and you’ve got an artist that effortlessly walks the fine line between being a throwback to a better era and someone refreshing and original in her own right. She has the surging power of an Alicia Keyes and the delicate restraint of a Norah Jones, a deft navigation of the balance between might and tenderness.

Acoustic guitar, violin, bass, and various percussion with an incredibly clean and natural voice.
Following the release of her new album, the Los Angeles singer -together with her band from California- will make Florence the base of her Italian tour. Original songs coming from jazz, eclectic pop rhytms and a soul personality with a California flair.
Check her beautiful melodies on her Myspace page!
Jacqueline will be at the Soccer Stadium Franchi (Estate Viola) on July 6th, at Teatro del Sale on July 7th and at the Limonaia di Villa Strozzi on the 13th of July.
See below for all dates and venues of her shows:

* LUGLIO 2010 * JULY 2010 * LUGLIO 2010 * JULY 2010 *
4 Sunday S.Vincenzo, Livorno - Fronte del Porto
[8.00pm & 11.30pm - Piazza del Porto, 2 - rooftop terrace - website]
5 Monday Follonica, Grosseto - Congo Bar
[10.00pm - via Spiaggia di Levante, 17 - beach stage - website]
6 Tuesday Florence - Lady radio showcase & interview
[daytime, broadcasting on Lady Radio and RDF Radio - website]
6 Tuesday Florence - "Franchi" Soccer Stadium / Estate Viola
[10.30pm - Viale M.Fanti / Curva Ferrovia - concert after World Cup semi-final - website]
7 Wednesday Florence - Teatro del Sale
[dinner starting at 7.15pm - Via de' Macci, 111r - acustic show - website]
8 Thursday Rome - Rock City Festival
[opening act Roberto Billi - via Lemonia, Parco degli Acquedotti/Cinecittà - website]
9 Friday Rome - Conte Staccio
[12pm - via Monte Testaccio 65b - website]
10 Saturday Riotorto, Livorno - Nano Verde
[6pm - Parco della Sterpaia, Riotorto - beach stage - website]
11 Sunday *album release private party*
12 Monday La spezia - Loggia dei banchi
[7.00pm - via Mazzolani, 32 - website]
13 Tuesday Florence - ControRadio Interview & showcase
[5.40pm broadcasting on Contro Radio - website]
13 Tuesday Florence - Limonaia di Villa Strozzi
[10pm - Villa Strozzi, via Pisana 77 /@ Polimoda - website]
14 Wednesday London - The Troubadour
[8.15pm - 263-265 Old Brompton Rd, London SW5 9JA - website]
15 Thursday London - Icarus Club
[8.15pm - The Station Hotel: 14 Staplehurst Rd, Hither Green, London SE13 5NB - website]

16 Friday London - Cavendish Arms
[8.00pm - 128 Hartington Rd, SW8 2HJ- website]
17 Saturday London - Club333
[8.15pm - 333 Old Street, Shoreditch, UK EC1V 9LE - website]

Concerts in August

Concerts in August

Here you have some great ideas for your summer evenings in Florence from 8pm until 10pm

“ContemporaneaMente in Santo Spirito” live music and video in Piazza Santo Spirito, from 8pm to 10pm.

- Friday, Jul 31st at 8pm the Half of Mary with voice, keyboards, guitar, bass. The music is between pop and rock

- Wednesday august 5th at 8pm COOKS NO PROFIT. Funkand jazz, rock and bossanova

- Friday august 7th at 8pm FERITOIE DELLA NOTTE in “Homage to Fabrizio De André”. Fausto Billi: voice; Stefano Naldi: guitar.

- Friday august 21st at 8pm THE MEETINGS MIND. Quartetto jazz sperimentale strumentale.

- Wednesday august 26th at 8pm CLEOPATRAS, all a girl band!

- Friday august 28th TOO MUCH BLOND, opening concert, the Velvet

Music and wine at Grevepesa

Tomorrow evening at Castelli Grevepesa, close to Greve in Chianti, there will be the live concert performed by folk singer and player Clara Sanabras and Harvey Brough.

At 8 pm dinner, then music until midnight. Drinks and red wine in the break. Don't miss the Summer Festival at Grevepesa castels.

INFO Castelli del Grevepesa +39 (0)55 821911
info@castellidelgrevepesa.it
http://www.castellidelgrevepesa.it
Amici del Vino Toscano (friends of tuscan wine) 333 3355962
Tickets: 25 euros dinner included.

Concert in Florence

A friend of mine informed me that on Thursday April 16th at 9pm in the church of San Frediano in Cestello there will be a charity concert to help a foundation that helps a family home in Zambia.
The tickets cost € 15, 00 or € 10, 00 for students. You can buy the tickets directly that night or email to Angela Oberer (a.oberer@web.de)
This is a real opportunity to see also the church of San Frediano in Cestello which is always closed to public.

Chamber orchestra Ebingen, chorus, Philarmonia“ di Reutlingen Germania
Solisten: Julia Galic, Violino
Martin Künstner, Oboe
Anja Walter, Soprano
Director: Dietmar Oberer
Program:
G. Fr. Händel: Gros concert op. 6 Nr. 12, si-minor
J. Sebastian Bach: Concert for oboe, violin and chamber orchestra re-minor BWW 1060
Fr. Schubert: „Salve Regina“ for soprano and chamber orchestra, op. 153 la major
J. Pachelbel: Canone
Fr. Schubert: Mess si sol-major per singers, chorus e orchestra

A tribute to Ireland

Every spring Ireland in feasts comes back to Florence. From Tuesday March 17th to March 21st at Sashall, you can taste Guinness and Murphy's and listen to Irish music or stroll in a small market.

Please check out always the dates and music players because it can be altered.

Tuesday march 17th: 8,30pm CISALPIPERS, at 9.30pm CLIFFS OF MOHER (dance), at 10,00pm PADRAIG RYNNE GROUP, 11,30pm CISALPIPERS.
Wednesday March 18th: at 9pm NUALA KENNEDY, GILLES LE BIGOT, GERRY O'CONNOR, MARTIN QUINN, at 10,15pm MODENA CITY RAMBLERS.
Thursday March 19th: at 9pm NUALA KENNEDY, GILLES LE BIGOT, GERRY O'CONNOR, MARIN QUINN, at 10,30pm WHISKY TRAIL.
Friday March 20th: at 8,30pm NUALA KENNEDY, GELLES LE BIGOT, GERRY O'CONNOR, MARTIN QUINN, at 9,15pm CLIFFS OF MOHER (dance), at 10,20pm DAVIDE VAN DE SFROOS at 12am CAREELON.
Saturday March 21st: at 8,30pm MASSIMO GIUNTINI & BAND, at 9,15pm CLIFFS OF MOHER (dance), at 9,45pm DERVISH
At 10,45pm CLIFFS OF MOHER (dance), at 11,30pm ALTROSUONO, at 00.45am STORY TELLERS.
The price can be different: between €5, 00 to €15, 00. (Reductions are available)

see here then video of last year edition>>

Live concert for free

Next Saturday, the 14th, at Leopoldine, Piazza Tasso, 7, the Florentine Association for Music, will be performing a free concert from 9.15 pm.

This is the program:
A.MARIANO, Briosetta, marcia militare
GEORGE GERSHWIN, But Not For Me (da 'Girl Crazy') - arr. Marco Mangani
SCOTT JOPLIN, The Ragtime Dance - arr. Marco Mangani
G.VERDI , Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio - sinfonia
E. SABATINI, Novara – marcia
RICE –WEBBER , Dont’Cry For Me Argentina
VINCENZO DI LIO, Chiaruccia, marcia brillante
HANS ZIMMER, Pirati dei Caraibi - arr. Michael Brown

Live jazz festival in Florence

Pinocchio live jazz 2009

Pinocchio live jazz opens next Saturday, January 10th 2009 with the come back Riccardo Tesi (in the picture), one of the most appreciable accordion player; the repertoire is a mix between Brazilians like Guinga and Luiz lima with Tuscan music tradition and Mediterranean folk. The Pinocchio Live jazz goes on until March with the following dates:
In January:
Saturday, January 17th, Paul McCandless and his saxophones, already part of the Oregon who signed the modern jazz. This time he is accompanied by Antonio Calogero, guitar player and by two percussionists.
Saturday, January 24th, Stefano Cocco cantini quartet
Saturday, January 31st The New York Crew quintet with the famous Nasheet Waits e Mike Moreno and the fantastic Italian Saxophonist, Gaetano Partipilo
Then in February:
Saturday, February 7th the duo Enrico Pieranunzi/Rosario Giuliani
Saturday February 14th The Magnolias quartet
Saturday February 21st in This Time Trio with the virtuous sax of Daniele Scannapieco, the brilliant organ of Luca Mannutza and Roberto Gatto
Saturday, February 28th The trio, Mauro Negri, clarinet man, Aldo Zunino and Alfred Kramer
And in March:
Saturday March 7th Jazz with a fusion of flamenco, the quintet Alkord with the guitar player Alberto Capelli
Saturday March 14 There will be two artists from NYC like the singer Rachelle Garniez and the guitar man Matt Munisteri
Saturday March 21st a happy come back to Florence by the outsider piano man Stefano de Bonis
Saturday March 28th Big closing party with a fantastic quartet by the Tuscan saxophonist Daniele Malvisi

PINOCCHIO Live JAZZ XV edition 2009
Associazione Vie Nuove v.le Donato Giannotti, 13 50126 - Firenze www.pinocchiojazz.it info: 055 683388 / 680362

Christmas Concert

Wednesday, the 24th, the Traditional Christmas Concert at the "Verdi Theater" (via Ghibellina 99). Songs from popular tradition for a vocal quartet and orchestra, such as the famous "Adeste Fideles". Songs from the choral traditions from Mediterranean countries, from Northern Europe, from America. Plus the Concerto Grosso n.8 and a composition by Niccolò Castiglioni, the Concertino per la notte di NATALE (that means little concert for Christmas evening). Concert starts at 9.00 pm.

New year's eve celebration in Florence, italy

Yesterday on a local newspaper I read the bad news: no more free concerts in Florence for New Year's Eve celebration. For those who love to listen to the new years eve concerts in classical music, there will be only 2 concerts.

The Classic Chamber Concert in Piazza Signoria, on December, the 31st, directed by Giuseppe Lanzetta, with a repertory of classical music.
The concert of "scuola di musica di Fiesole" (music school of Fiesole) in the morning of the New Year, at Teatro Comunale, the main theater in Florence. From the 11.30 am. This is the repertory:
R. Wagner (1813-1883) from I Maestri Cantori di Norimberga, Ouverture
G. Bottesini (1821-1889), Variations by Nel cor più non mi sento
Alberto Bocini, contrabbasso
N. Rota (1911-1979) from Concerto per contrabbasso, Marcia
Alberto Bocini, contrabbasso
W.A. Mozart (1756-1791), from L’impresario teatrale, Ouverture
E. Satie (1866-1925) Jack in the box
J. Sibelius (1865-1925) from Karelia Suite, Marcia
A. Ponchielli (1834-1886), from La Gioconda, Danza delle ore

Free admission.

This saturday don't miss the free Christmas concert in piazza Tasso, 7: from 9.30 pm there will be the "big band" performing GEORGE GERSHWIN, HANS ZIMMER, IRVING BERLIN and Christmas songs. Free entrance.

Florence Italy events october 2008

Santa Croce international market has finished... but don't worry! the little woody stand will come back at the end of November for the Xmas Market (the Heidelberg Christmas Market is one of the events in Florence for Noel). In the meanwhile what's going on in Florence?

We all are waiting for the 23/26 of October, for the big Festival of Creativity. 4 days of events, exhibitions, workshop, performances. (Free entrance). At Fortezza da Basso.

On this thursday (9, october) Rock Contest competition will start again at OMI. Discover new tuscan bands like Clevergroup , tenthousandnames or Neuromantik.. OMI music club Via Tevere 100, Sesto Fiorentino (Fi) 055308462

“Musica dei Popoli” at Flog Auditorium (via Michele Mercati, 24/b) 8 live concerts with 8 female singers. On saturday, the 11th, ANA MOURA from Portugal. More info here>>

Music in Piazza della Passera

Music, theatre, art, photography during the September in Piazza della Passera, one of the nicest and most characteristic corners of Florence organized by the owner of the “4 Leoni “ restaurant, Stefano di Puccio.

These are the details OF THE PROGRAM:
September 8t: Gipsy Jazz with Jacopo Martini & Lollo Meier, a quartet band coming from Italy, Germany and Holland playing with 2 guitars, violin and double bass.
Tuesday, September 9th a multi-media concert with video and stories…
Alkord quintet, a band with elements who come form both classical and jazz studies, will play on September 10th with a mix of jazz and flamenco.
Thursday September 11th it’s the time of Giua directly from Sanremo, one of the most eclectic personalities of our music. She goes from Portuguese Fado to popular Italian and foreigner music.
Last day is September 12th with a show called “After the war arrived the music” project by Alessandro di Puccio and his orchestra Les Italiens, which re-discovered the ancient musical past of our Italian tradition. Boogie boogie with tarantella fusion, rumba, Mediterranean melodies and also Italian. The evening will be presented by the funny David Riondino.
In Piazza della passera there will be also a wine and food stand with a fair trade and economic solidarity. The proceeds will go to Friends of Angal. The festival is free of charge.

Nextech Festival, electronic music in Florence

The third edition of the Nextech Festival, dedicated to the world of electronic sound, will be held in Florence at the Stazione Leopolda, from September 18th to 20th, 2008.

The festival aims to document the broad spectrum of electronic sound for audiences interested in new musical trends and cutting edge experimentation, as well as 'beat' dance enthusiasts, who enjoy music as a source of entertainment.
For three days, the Nextech Festival will accompany participants from the aperitif hour right through to the early hours of the morning, combining various expressions of electronic music, in conjunction with the surrounding area, with the passage of time, as well as with different arts and techniques.
The venue for the festival is of particular interest: it is a 19th century railway station, which has been turned into an arts center. The imposing aisles of the Stazione Leopolda will be filled with the atmosphere of a big event, just like a party, where it will be possible to participate, to ‘play’ with the events, concerts, performances and layouts.
From 6.00 p.m. every day, the Nextech Festival will offer an exploratory itinerary through today’s wide variety of electronic music, from the rhythms of the dance floor to more advanced sound research, to music as an element of environmental architecture; providing recognition, within various expressive spheres, of an interdisciplinary and innovative proposal, amidst constantly alternating sounds ranging from vibrant techno beats to delicate minimal atmospheres.
The complete programme of the festival is avaliable on the Nextech Festival website: www.nextechfestival.com
Where: Stazione Leopolda - Viale Fratelli Rosselli 5 - Florence
Starting time: 6 p.m. until late night
The Nextech Festival will be organized by Musicus Concentus, Intooitiv, Stazione Leopolda Srl and Controradio, with the contribution of the Councilor’s Office for Culture of Florence as part of the FirenzEstate ’08 events.
For further information: Nextech Festival Ph.: +39 055 287347
Email: info@nextechfestival.com

ORIENTE OCCIDENTE

ORIENTE OCCIDENTE

This is the festival of the wandering cultures, musical mixes and traditions in movement. For the fourth consecutive year the Valdarno valley and the province of Arezzo organize this festival. This year is dedicated to Latin American and India so Brasil, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba and Caraibi

Complete program:

August 6th Bucine
At Piazza di Capannole
TOPAZIO (Brasil) Capoeira and Maculelé

August 7th Montevarchi in Piazza Varchi
Araukania Kuintet (Chile)

August 29th Terranuova Bracciolini in PIazza Liberazione
Helena Ruegg (Germany)
Javier Girotto&Aires Tango (Argentina-Italy)

Sunday, August 31st Castelfranco di Sopra, Piazza V. Emanuele
RUBEN Chaviano y Cuba
Reunion an orginal production West-East

Orienteoccidente 2008
Province of Arezzo
City council of Montevarchi, San Giovanni Valdarno,
Teraranuova Bracciolini,cavriglia, Bucine, Castelfdi Sopra, Figline
Valdarno and Arezzo
Concerts starts at 9,30pm - Free entrance