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Musica Reale Festival in Montalcino and Siena

Posted on June 24th, 2010

The fourth season of the Musica Reale international festival of chamber music will take place between the 9th and 15th of July. This year’s event will host the internationally acclaimed pianist Ronald Brautigam (highly praised for his Beethoven interpretations) and the prominent documentary filmmaker Phil Grabsky.

Chamber music at the highest international level will play a leading role in this summer’s cultural activities in the Province of Siena, thanks to the 4th annual edition of Musica Reale’s festival, to take place in Montalcino and Siena between the 9th and 15th of July.

Organized by the Musica Reale Association (Chamber Music by Members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam), with contributions and patronage of the City of Montalcino, the Province of Siena and Villa di Geggiano, the festival will present a rich offering of classical and contemporary chamber music.

Programs will include works by Berio, Dvorák, Beethoven, Francaix, Dohnanyi, Lutoslowski, Schumann, Nielsen and Mozart. The concerts are performed exclusively by prominent members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam according to the conception developed by artistic director and festival founder Peter Sokole.

Each year, different members of the orchestra are invited to participate in the festival. The availability of all the instruments of the orchestra makes for a particularly varied and creative programming, the choice of repertoire being practically unlimited.

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June 19th, 2010

Shakespeare under the stars at the Ludlow Festival

The medieval ruined castle of the bustling market town of Ludlow in Shropshire, is home each summer to the thriving Ludlow Festival. Festival highlight is always the open air Shakespeare within the castle grounds, which ends under a starry night sky.

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June 17th, 2010

Horizon Field: Antony Gormley in Austria

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June 14th, 2010

Alice in Wonderland Family Festival in Shropshire

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June 10th, 2010

Richard Gere at the Aruba International Film Festival

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June 8th, 2010

32nd Copenhagen Jazz Festival, 2-11 July 2010

Denmark’s capital becomes Europe’s jazz capital during the annual 10-day Copenhagen Jazz Festival. Highlight of this year’s festival will be performances by Herbie Hancock, Martha Wainwright, Caetano Velaso, Diana Krall and many others.

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March 20th, 2010

Major Bronzino Exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence

“Bronzino. Artist and Poet”, the first exhibition devoted to the works of Mannerist artist Agnolo di Cosimo Tori, known as Il Bronzino (1503-1572), will be staged at Palazzo Strozzi in Florence from 24 September 2010 to 23 January 2011.

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