Festival, Music, Theatre
October events in Florence and Tuscany.
Maggio Musicale
Piazza Vittorio Gui, 1 - 055 2001278 - ticket office hours: Tue-Fri 10am-1pm / 3pm-6pm, Sat 10am-1pm - at 8pm, Sat and Sun at 3.30pm - www.maggiofiorentino.com
Sat 3 Edita Gruberova and Peter Valentinovic in music by Strauss, Dvorak, Rachmaninov, Donizetti, Bellini.
Sun 4 Verdi's Nabucco, with Placido Domingo, conducted by Paolo Carignani.
Wed 6 in Palazzo Vecchio at 5.30pm, Zubin Metha conducts in music by Haydn.
Sun 11 Eliahu Inbal, conducts in music by Mahler, Bruckner, Sostakovic and Bruckner.
Thu 15 Adam Fischer, conducts in music by Mozart and Haydn.
Thu 22 Beethoven Cycle, conducted by Zubin Metha.
Fri 23 Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, with Visilisa Berzhanskaya conducting Michele Gamba.
Sat 24 in Teatro Goldoni at 6pm, Veronica Simeoni recital.
Wed 28 Zubin Metha, conducts in music by Beethoven, Schubert and Scönberg.
Sat 31 Zubin Metha in music by Beethoven.
Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina
Auditorium Santo Stefano al Ponte, piazza Santo Stefano al Ponte 3; Orsanmichele Museum - via dell’Arte della Lana - 339 1632869 - at 9 pm - 10 euros - presales in the Boxoffice and Ticketone circuits - www.orchestrafiorentina.it
Sat 17 Ramin Bahrami, piano soloist performing the BWV 1052 concert, conducting the Mario Ruffini orchestra.
Sun 18 Giulia Schifani on flute and the string trio in music by Dvorak, Mozart and Van Delden.
Mon 19 Trio Claudia Gori piano, Daniele Scala clarinet and Leonardo Bartali viola, in music by Schumann.
Wed 21 Massimiliano Damerini and Mattia Fusi on the piano with Angela Camerini and Stefano Margheri on the flute in music by Bach.
Sat 24 Mario Ruffini conducts the Orchestra in music by Bach.
Mon 26 at Orsanmiche, Caterina Bevacqua: music by Handel, Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven.
Orchestra della Toscana
Verdi Theater - Via Ghibellina, 99 - 055 0681726 - 9pm - Tickets from 15 to 17 euro - www.orchestradellatoscana.it
Wed 7, Thu 8 Nuno Corte-Real conducts music by Mozart, Pessoa, Mendelssohn and his works.
Wed 21, Thu 22 Michele Campanella in music by Mozart and Beethoven.
Thu 29, Fri 30 Jin Ju piano, Daniele Provenzani cello, Daniele Giorgi, conducts John Axelrod in music by Beethoven and Dvorak.
Florence Guitar Festival
Sala Vanni - Piazza del Carmine - info 055 3860572; info @ florenceguitarfestival - concerts 9 pm - 13 euro; 50 euro subscription (reductions for CSMA members and children under 14) - www.florenceguitarfestival.it - FB: @florenceguitarfestival
Fri 9, Sat 10, Sun 11, Second edition of the International Florence Guitar Festival Competition, international online competition for soloists up to 12 years old, soloists from 13 to 18 years old, without age limits, ensemble with guitar without age limits . Even if in a different formula there are concerts.
Teatro Verdi of Pisa
Pisa - Via del Palestro, 40 - 050 941111 - 9 pm - Advance ticket sales from Tue 6, by telephone and Vivaticket circuit - www.teatrodipisa.pi.it
Sun 18 Opening Concert of the 54th Season of the Normal Concerts.
