From June 11 to 18, the Tuscan Sun Festival will bring
the world’s best to Florence for a jam-packed week of art and culture that
promises to delight all tastes. Proudly celebrating its 10th anniversary, the
festival is relocating from the intimate medieval hamlet of Cortona to
Florence, Tuscany’s capital city and Italy’s Renaissance city.
The move to Florence promises exciting new
opportunities, among them partnerships with some of the city’s most prestigious
institutions: the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Pergola Theatre, and Palazzo Strozzi. The Renaissance
city also connects the festival to an international community of art- and
culture-lovers.
From Cortona to Florence, the
world-class artists of the Tuscan Sun Festival’s 10th edition will help
Florence shine this June. The partnership with the city makes the Tuscan Sun Festival a unique
celebration. The roster of events includes not only music, film and theater but
also events focused on food, wine and literature. Incorporating traditions old
and new, this year’s program features beloved musicians who have been with the
festival since its beginning and Michelin-starred chefs giving food and wine
demonstrations in unusual venues. The Tuscan Sun Festival offers something to
visitors and locals alike.
The centrepiece of the Tuscan Sun Festival is its
music programme, which features an array of world-renowned artists, among them
flautist Sir James Galway, who will open the festival on June 11 with violinist
Maxim Vengerov and the Orchestra della Toscana at the Pergola Theatre. Both
long-time opera-lovers and those new to the art will be dazzled by the voices
of Angela Gheorghiu and Susan Graham. Other well-known artists on the roster
include actor John Malkovich, who will take to the stage with Nina Kotova on
the cello, and violinists Maxim Vengerov and Anna Tifu on June 17; British
violinist Nigel Kennedy on June 16; and co-founder of the festival Nina Kotova,
who will play the cello with the Orchestra della Toscana on June 14.
TUSCAN SUN FESTIVAL
June 11 to 18
Various Florence venues. Tickets for individual events
on sale soon. Visit the website for the entire program:
CONCERT ITINERARY
Monday, June 11
Sir James Galway (flute)
Maxim Vengerov (violin/conductor)
Orchestra della Toscana
Tuesday, June 12
Angela Gheorghiu (soprano
Saimir Pirgu (tenor)
Eugene Kohn (conductor)
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Wednesday, June 13
Anna Tifu (violin)
Valentina Lisitsa (piano)
Sergei Nakariakov (trumpet)
Giuseppe Lanzetta (conductor)
Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina
Thursday, June 14
Nina Kotova (cello)
Ivo Pogorelich (piano)
Orchestra della Toscana
Friday, June 15
Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano)
Malcolm
Martineau (piano)
Saturday, June 16
Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Sunday, June 17
John Malkovich (voice)
Nina Kotova (cello)
Maxim Vengerov (violin)
Anna Tifu (violin) and friends
Monday, June 18
24-hour plays Gabriele Lavia
and Maurizio Scaparro
