2014 Calendar of events
Friday 13th June 6.30pm
Palazzo Malaspina: Festival Opening Ceremony and
Exhibition Vernissage with music by Benko Brothers
at 9pm Badia a Passignano: Piano Concert, pianist Bruno Canino
Saturday 14th June 5.30pm
Prize-giving Ceremony
at the Antinori wine cellar Auditorium (Bargino)
Sunday 15th June 4pm
Badia a Passignano: guided
visit to the medieval abbey (booking required); inauguration of the
installation "Radici" by Giovanna
Lysy
Monday 16th June 5pm
Fattoria Montecchio: guided
visit at the agritourism farm and terracotta kilns.
at 9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina: Lecture “From
Schubert to De André: mysteries
of the voice in music”
by Prof. Luigi Dei
Tuesday 17th June 9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina: Lecture “the
secret geometry of Florentine monuments” by Prof. Giuseppe Conti
Wednesday 18th June 9.30pm Chianti Observatory: Conversation about space “StarTea” by Emanuele Pace (in English and Italian)
Thursday 19th June 8.30pm Palazzo Malaspina: Lecture “The
History of the Grapevine” by Prof. Giovanni
Mattii (in English and Italian)
at 10pm Palazzo Malaspina: Lecture “Tango: The partner
dance from a medical-scientific viewpoint” by Maria Grazia Giovannini (in English and Italian), tango session
with Giorgio Jr Giorgi and Daniela Conte from the dance company ‘LiberandoTango
Nuevo’
Friday 20th June 9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina: Lecture “
Travelling in the Cosmos” by Emanuele
Pace
(in English and
Italian)
Saturday 21st June 6.30pm San Donato in Poggio: Itinerant
concert directed by Hans Kristian
Edvardsen with the Norwegian Band,
Brønnøysund Musikkorps.
at 6.30pm at the Chianti Observatory:
Exhibition vernissage “Galileo in Accademia”
at 9.30pm at the Fattoria Montecchio: Lecture
given by architect, Prof. Massimo Ricci “The
construction of Brunelleschi's Dome”
Sunday 22nd June from 6.30pm at the Badia a Passignano: Lecture, classic music concert
and star-gazing to celebrate the 450th Anniversary of the birth of
Galileo Galilei
Wednesday 25th June
9.30pm Chianti
Observatory: A Conversation
about space “StarTea”
Thursday 26th June 9.30pm San Donato: Performance “Thence we
came forth to rebehold the stars” a recital of the Divine Comedy cantos with
harp accompaniment
Friday 27th June 9.30pm Philharmonic Society Cinema:
“Bruscello”, a typical Tuscan show
Saturday 28th June from
4pm San Donato:
“Bruscello”
Sunday 29th June all day San Donato: Local craft Fair and
historical parade
at 5.30pm; 9.30pm; 10.30pm Chianti Observatory: Open day
Visits
at 6.00pm “Bruscello”, a typical Tuscan show
Wednesday 2nd July 9.30pm
Chianti Observatory: Conversation about space “StarTea”
Thursday 3rd July 8.30pm Chianti Observatory: “CineScience”
at 9.30pm at the Philharmonic Society Cinema:
“Bruscello”, a typical Tuscan show
Saturday 5th
July 10pm San
Donato: "Quartagramma Vocal Project", vocal quartet concert
Sunday 6th
July from 9am San
Donato: Local craft and local products
Fair
at 5.30pm Chianti Observatory: Open Day visits
at 9.30pm and at
midnight: at the Philharmonic
Society Cinema: “Bruscello”, a typical Tuscan show
Wednesday 9th
July 9.30pm Chianti
Observatory: Conversation about space “StarTea”
Thursday 10th July 8.30pm
Chianti Observatory:
“CineScience”
Friday 11th
July 9.30pm San Donato, Fondazione Cianti Orselli, “Incanto notturno” Opera
aria in concert
Saturday 12th July 9.00pm Chianti Observatory: Lecture
“Conversation with Nature” by Isabella
Devetta
Sunday 13th
July 6.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina: Concert ‘Chianti in Musica UECA’
at 5.30pm; 7.30pm;
10.30pm Chianti
Observatory: Open Day visits
9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina: Lecture "From Giotto to Pontormo. A restorer's journey through
masterpieces" by restorer Daniele
Rossi
Monday 14th
July 6.30pm Palazzo Malaspina: Concert ‘Chianti in Musica UECA’
Tuesday 15th
July 9.30pm Chianti
Observatory: Concert ‘Chianti in
Musica UECA’
Wednesday 16th
July 9pm Palazzo
Malaspina: Concert ‘Chianti in Musica dei Maestri UECA’
at 9.30pm Chianti Observatory: A
Conversation about space “StarTea”
Thursday 17th
July 6.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina: Concert ‘Chianti in
Musica UECA’
at 8.30pm Chianti Observatory: “CineScience”
9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina: Lecture "From Italy to the Antartica: a journey to a natural laboratory at the disposal of humanity" by Luca Palchetti and connection to the Concordia base on the Antartica
Friday 18th July 6.30pm Palazzo Malaspina: Concert ‘Chianti in Musica UECA’
at 9.30pm Chianti Observatory: ’Pills of Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet’
Saturday 19th July
6.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina: Concert ‘Chianti in
Musica UECA’
Sunday 20th
July 6.30pm San
Donato: Concerto Tino Andersen
(classical guitar)
at 5.30pm; 9.30pm;
10.30pm Chianti
Observatory: Open Day visits
Saturday 29 June 7pm Palazzo Malaspina, Vernissage of the international Art Exhibtion.
List of participating artists: Hervé
Bindefeld Franco Bonelli Emmanuel De Brito de Hansi Shaila Patricia de la Fuente
Antonio Díaz García Hernan Guiraud Agneta Gynning Sharina Gumbs Evelyne Huet Sumio Inoue
Hilde Klomp
Roy Lawaetz Don Lisy Else Pia Martinsen Erz Marie Miramont Tomonori Nishimura
Sara Palleria Marco Aurelio Rey Eugenio Riotto Tiril Hannu Uusluoto Candace Wilson
Open every day from 9.30am-12.30pm | 4pm-11pm (except for 29 July - 2 August when it is open from
6.30pm-11pm). Free entrance for Palazzo Malaspina. Events at the
Observatory cost between 5euros and 10 euros.
The inauguration will be accompanied by a live music
performance by the Benko Brothers
Sunday 30 June, 11am Chianti Observatory,
opening of two separate exhibitions entitled: La scienza vista dall’arte
and Il giovilabio, organised by the
‘Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze’ and the ‘Associazione LUDICA onlus’. Open Day at the Chianti
Observatory: 4.30pm visit to the Chianti Botanical Gardens; 9:30-10:30pm astronomical observation
8pm Entrance to San Donato, dance performance
choreographed by Valentina Seghi and Isabella Lorenzi around the monumental sculpture by Antonio Díaz García made for the
Festival
Monday 1 July 8.30pm Palazzo Malaspina, the
artist de Hansi presents: A groundwater lover’s ode to the
water cycle - from shared risks to ambiguous future
9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina,
lecture by Prof. Alberto Righini: Favelleran di te sempre le stelle: Galileo,
stars and wine
Tuesday 2 July 8.30pm Palazzo Malaspina, the artist Candace Wilson
presents: Chakra paintings: healing art for hospitals
9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina, Elaine Poggi presents the project Healing Photo Art
Wednesday 3 July 9.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina, lecture by Prof. Donatella
Lippi Ciencia y caridad (Picasso): science and art in medicine
Thursday 4 July 9.30pm Chianti
Observatory, Fantacinema: “This Island Earth”; followed by astronomical
observation
Friday 5 July 9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina, show
by Prof. Luigi Dei Revealing
Ravel: science explains Bolero
Saturday 6 July 9.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina, the actor Ennio Fantastichini
will be present at the showing of the film “I
ragazzi di via Panisperna”
Sunday 7 July 8pm
Palazzo Malaspina, live music performance by Benko Brothers
9pm ‘Filarmonica
Giuseppe Verdi’ cinema: meeting the astronaut Paolo Nespoli;
Monday 8 July in the olive grove
of the ‘Pieve of San Donato’: First Symposium of Carrara marble sculpture
(until 23 July)
9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina,
lecture by Prof. Roberto Casalbuoni Symmetry in Escher’s art
Tuesday 9 July 9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina,
lecture by Prof. Riccardo Pratesi From the Pythagorean theorem to the
Fibonacci series (the beginnings of scientific thought)
Wednesday 10 July 9.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina, lecture by Prof. Riccardo
Pratesi Newton and friends (from the
world of approximation to the universe of precision)
Thursday 11 July 9.30pm Chianti
Observatory, Fantacinema: "Close
Encounters of the Third Kind” followed by astronomical observation
Saturday 13 July 9.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina, showing of the film “L’orizzonte
degli eventi”
Sunday 14 July Open Day at the Chianti Observatory: 4.30pm visit to the
Chianti Botanical Gardens; 9:30-10:30pm
Astronomical observation
Tuesday 16 July 8pm Palazzo Malaspina,
live music performance by Benko Brothers
9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina, lecture by
Prof. Riccardo Pratesi From Napoleon to Einstein and beyond (the
second industrial revolution and the atomic age)
Wednesday 17 July 9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina,
presentation of Antinori‘s new wine
cellar, designed by Archea Associati: architecture for the promotion of the
territory and wine production. Speakers: Albiera Antinori, vice-president, "Marchesi Antinori Srl"; architect Marco Casamonti, founding partner of Archea Associati and designer of the winery Antinori; Pietro Roselli, Agriculture Department of the Province of Florence; Sestilio Dirindelli, Mayor of Tavarnelle Val di Pesa
Thursday 18 July 9.30pm Chianti
Observatory, Fantacinema: “Minority report” followed by astronomical observation
Friday 19 July 9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina, Ruggero Stanga, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of
Florence: Science for us: from the
laboratory to everyday life
Saturday 20 July 9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina, Irene Balzani and Luca Carli Ballola, Education Dept. of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation present: In more than one voice: a Palazzo Strozzi project for people with
Alzheimer's disease and their carers
Sunday 21 July Open Day at the Chianti Observatory: 4.30pm visit to the
Chianti Botanical Gardens; 9:30-10:30pm
Astronomical observation
Monday 22 July 9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina,
showing of the film “Galileo”
Tuesday 23 July 9.30pm Palazzo Malaspina,
Magnificent Matter, meeting and
debate on life and existence. Speakers: Marco
Rustioni (teacher); Prof. Vincenzo
Millucci (Professor of physics at the University of Siena) Prof. Alessandro Biotti and Andrea Giraldi (publisher). Paths between science and literature, in collaboration with ARSenale delle ARTI
Wednesday 24 July 9.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina, live music performance by Benko
Brothers
Thursday 25 July 9:30pm Chianti
Observatory, Fantacinema: “Fahrenheit 451”
followed by astronomical observation
Friday 26 July 6.30pm Palazzo Malaspina: Greg Palusa, Pink Floyd: a Space
Odyssey multimedia conference with video projection
10pm ‘Filarmonica
Giuseppe Verdi’ cinema: Pink Noise Pink Floyd Tribute in concert
Saturday 27 July
9.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina, showing of the film “Morte di
un matematico napoletano”
Sunday 28 July Open Day at the Chianti Observatory: 4.30pm visit to the
Chianti Botanical Gardens; 9:30-10:30pm
Astronomical observation
6.30pm Palazzo Malaspina: Chianti in Musica – Concert with
musicians from UECA (United European Culture Association) - followed by complimentary olive oil & wine tasting in the main
square
Monday 29 July 9pm Palazzo Malaspina, Chianti
in Musica - Concert with the
UECA music teachers
Tuesday 30 July 6.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina, Chianti in Musica – Concert with musicians from UECA - followed by
complimentary Wine Tasting in the Square
Wednesday 31 July 9.45pm Chianti
Observatory, Chianti in Musica – Concert with musicians from UECA; followed by astronomical
observation
Thursday 1 August 9:30pm Chianti
Observatory, Fantacinema: “The Fifth
Element”; followed by astronomical observation
6.30pm Palazzo Malaspina, Chianti
in Musica – Concert with musicians of UECA - followed by complimentary olive
oil & wine tasting in the main square
Friday 2 August 6.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina, Chianti in Musica – Final concert
with music students from UECA - followed by a party in the main square with Tuscan cuisine and music
by ‘Pro Loco’ of San Donato
Saturday 3 August 9.30pm Palazzo
Malaspina, showing of the film “Giordano
Bruno”
Sunday 4 August 9.30pm ‘Filarmonica
Giuseppe Verdi’ cinema, conference / show: A
star told me with Emanuele Pace
(script) and Angela Tomei (violin)
Thursday 8 August 9:30pm Astronomical
Observatory, Fantacinema: “Contact”
Friday 9 August 9:30pm Palazzo Malaspina,
Fabrizio Pivari (marketing consultant), The world seen from above: new technology
and communication strategies in tourism and art
Saturday 10 August 9:30pm Astronomical
Observatory, Calici di Stelle - “Star Gazing” with a toast to the stars
