XX International Festival
ITALIAN BRASS WEEK 2019
THE SUBLIME BEAUTY OF GENIALITY
FLORENCE- VINCI, 21-28 JULY 2019
Press release n.12
Florence, September 2019
The numbers of the Italian Brass Week 2019
A real numerical pyramid marked the extraordinary success of the 20th edition of the International Festival Italian Brass Week that took place in Florence, Fiesole and Vinci between the past July 21 and July 28. Here are the numbers, top down:
1 dynamic Artistic Director, M° Luca Benucci, first horn of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, professor at the Music School of Fiesole and the state Conservatory of Music ‘C. Monteverdi’ of Bolzano.
1 super efficient organisational staff- composed by Derrick Atkinson, Giulia Antongiovanni, Sabrina Malavolti Landi, Paride Canu, Federico Caponi, Andrea Beggio, Giada Ionà, Claudia Di Gaeta, Giacomo e Niccolò Benucci, Anika Persiani, Franca Zani, Yedidya Koffi, Maria Elisabetta Santoro, Antonio Fausto Corona, Anton Marashi, Davide Bini, Niccolò Bini, Sofia Ferrara, Christian Di Meola, Iacopo Alinari, Yulien Ciobano.
2 world première ‘ The Great Leap' by Francesco Traversi for the opening night called Lunar Love at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre, a tribute to the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission moon landing and ‘500 Brass in parade…in Leonardo’s footsteps’, also entrusted to the pen and creativity of the composer Francesco Traversi – already winner of a gold medal for composing at the San Diego Global Awards – to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci.
2 radio and television broadcasts - Rai Radio 3, this year’s media partner for the whole Festival, with Oreste Bossini and Rete Toscana Classica ‘Musical Chronicles’ with Luca Berni.
3 national dailies that echoed the Festival: La Repubblica, il Corriere della Sera-Corriere Fiorentino, La Nazione;
6 institutions gave their patronage to the Festival : Florence City, Vinci City, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany Region, Apulian Region, Unione Europea Piiil Cultura (strategic plan for culture of the Apulian Region)
7 Italian and international institutions: Agenzia spaziale italiana (Italian Space Agency), Canada Embassy in Rome, Denmark Embassy in Rome, Denmark Consulate in Florence, Kingdom of the Netherlands Embassy in Rome, Kingdom of the Netherlands Consulate in Florence, General Consulate of the United States of America in Florence.
8 organisational partners: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre, Estate Fiorentina 2019, Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina (Florentine Chamber Orchestra), ANBIMA, Music School of Florence, OrchestrAcademy Apulian Youth Symphony Orchestra, Puglia Sounds, the not-for-profit The Precious Hands.
14 top-level companies of the city that collaborated to the setting up of the master classes and the nigh concerts from the Friends of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre, to the Opera per Santa Maria Novella, Buoneria, Fiat 500 Club Italia, A.Gi.Mus Florence, the Student Hotel, Toschi Pastry shop, Probios, St. Regis, Villani’s butchery, Rangers, Querceto’s Castle, Westin Excelsior Florence, Get Lucky Florence
15 sponsors: Yamaha, Bach, Cornford, AR Resonance, Dm Brass, Fides, Fior di Risorse, Conn-Selmer INC, Oberrauch KG, Gewa Winds, Buffet Crampon, Onerati Strumenti Musicali Sas, Besson, Melton Meint Weston, Antoine Courtois Paris;
16 morning, afternoon and evening concerts, 13 of which were free, offered to the citizens and the tourists in the most suggestive locations of Florence: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Theatre, SantaMaria Novella Basilica, San Miniato al Monte Abbey, National Museum of the Bargello, Buoneria, Villa Vittoria, the churchyard of the Florence Misericordia in Duomo Square, the historical centre of the city, Piazzale Michelangelo (Michelangelo Square), Hospital-Foundation Don Gnocchi, the Aula Magna of Careggi Hospital and three that took place in Vinci in the Santa Croce Church and at Leonardo’s birth house.
18 media partner that contributed to the broadcasting of the events’ calendar : Rai Radio Classica, Amadeus, Suonare news, Rivista Musica, Risveglio Musicale, Toscana Tascabile, Florence Daily News, Florence News, Firenze Spettacolo, Rete Toscana classica, Radio RAI 3, TGMusic, Teatrionline, GoGoFirenze, Lungarno, Firenze Notte, Firenze Today, The Florentine
19 international professors all engaged in the master classes at the Music School of Fiesole and in the evening concerts: Dale Clevenger, ex Chicago Symphony Orchestra and professor at the Indiana University, Luca Benucci, artistic director of the festival, first horn of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and professor at the Music School of Fiesole and at the ‘C. Monteverdi’ Conservatoryof Music in Bolzano, Eric Terwilliger from the Bayerische Rundkunks Symphonieorchester, Arkady Shilkloper, Giovanni Hoffer and Zoltán Kiss, international soloists, Omar Tomasoni from the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rubén Simeó, Andrea Tofanelli and Rex Richardson, international soloists, Andrea dell’Ira, Claudio Quintavalla and Emanuele Antoniucci from the trumpet section of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, Peter Moore from the London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Sicoli, first part of the Rome Opera, the Brass Legend Roger Bobo, founder of the Festival, Daniele Perantoni, international soloist, Jens Bjørn Larsen from the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Mario Barsotti from Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
37 countries of the world reunited in Florence, 5 continents of our planet united in the flory city : Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Iran, Israel, Turkey, Switzerland, Spain, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Cuba, Argentina, USA, Ireland, England, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Finland, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Slovenia, Mexico, Panama, Brazil, Canada, Australia, Portugal, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Singapore, China, Taiwan
more than 8000 spectators of the events on site, in the different stops of the Festival, in town and at Vinci
350.000 people reached and interacting with the posts on Facebook and with the Facebook live streaming on the Italian Brass Week page.
This was the pyramid of the new and great Florentine edition of the Festival that registered “sold out” for every concert and in every splendid scenery of the city. The pillars of the event were high professional profile performances and shows, creative intelligence, emotions, sensations, projects and the sharing of musical choices between the artistic Direction and the staff.
We give you appointment in 2020 for a new edition even more authentic and spectacular, both didactically and musically.
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