Since 2003 the Ariostesca Fort in Castelnuovo has been the institutional centre of the IAM festival – 25 concerts over 10 days, that features international concert artists, students and budding new musicians in the theatres, castles and piazzas of Garfagniana.
Details:
Wednesday 18 June | 21.15
Lucca, Palazzo Ducale, Sala Ademollo Jazz Prologue – Scheggie di festival
Barga Jazz Ensemble feat. Marco Tamburini and vocal group “A cumpagnia”
Sunday 22 June | 18.00
Gallicano, Guazzelli Room Jazz Prologue – Concert Arcobaleno | Suite épistolaire
Fabrizio Desideri clarinet, sax soprano, sax alto Piero Gaddi piano Marco Micheli double bass Daniele Paoletti drums Valeria Barsanti violin Ruben Chaviano violin Angela Paola Landi viola Roberto Presepi cello
music by Fabrizio Desideri inspired by the life and works of Vincent Van Gogh
Wednesday 25 June | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Alfieri Theatre Jazz Prologue | Mauro Grossi trio
Mauro Grossi pianoforte, Daniele Mencarelli double bass, Walter Paoli drums
Saturday 28 June | 17.30
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Alfieri Theatre Opening Concert
Johann Sebastian Bach, Set for violin in B minor
Johannes Brahms, Sonata for violin and piano n. 1 in G Major
Dora Swarzberg, violin – Efrem Briskin, piano
Saturday 29 June | 17.30
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Fortress of Mont’Alfonso, Casa con gli archi Student Recital
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata op. 81 in Eb Major “Les Adieux”
Franz Liszt Sonata in B minor
Maurice Ravel Gaspard de la nuit
Michael Davidman, piano
Monday 30 June | 17.30
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Ex-Archive Room Student Recital
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata op. 106 in B Major “Hammerklavier”
Sergej Rachmaninoff, Sonata n. 2
Stephen Kopp, piano
Monday 30 June | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Capuchins’ Convent Ludwig van Beethoven, Sonata op. 110 in A Major
Franz Liszt, Variations on a theme by Bach
Johannes Brahms, Variations on a theme by Haendel
George Vatchnadze, piano
Tuesday 1 July | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Capuchins’ Convent Johannes Brahms, Hungarian Dances
Rossella Piegaia, piano – Riccardo Pieri, piano
Franz Schubert, Klavierstucke D 946
Phillip Kawin, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in E minor
Jacob Gilman, violin – Gena Raps, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven, Trio op. 11 in B Major
Jacob Gilman, violin – Berthine van Schoor, cello – Efrem Briskin, piano
Wednesday 2 July | 21.15
Camporgiano, Civic Centre Ludwig van Beethoven – Franz Schubert – Robert Schumann, Lied
Nils Neubert, tenor – Yuri Kim, piano
Johannes Brahms, Sonata for violin and piano n. 2 in A Major
Henryk Wieniawski, Fantasia “Faust” for violin and piano
Hyun Mi Kim, violin – Yuri Kim, piano
Thursday 3 July | 17.30
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Ex-Archive Room Student Recital
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Fredyryk Chopin, Alexander Scriabin
Alexander Bolotin, piano
Thursday 3 July | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Capuchins’ Convent Jean-Baptiste Barriere, duo for cellos
François Couperin, duo for cellos
Suren Bagratuni, cello – Ling-yi Ou Yang, cello
Henry Duparc, Lied
Nils Neubert, tenor – Yuri Kim, piano
Johannes Brahms, Trio op. 114 in La minor
Joseph Rosen, clarinet – Yury Semenov, cello – Joanne Polk, piano
Friday 4 July | 17.30
Lucca, Palazzo Ducale, Ademolo Room Students’ Galà
Saturday 5 July | 17.30 to 23.00
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, streets and piazzas of the old town centre Students’ Concert | Open air concerts
Sunday 6 July | 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Alfieri Theatre Luigi Boccherini, Symphony in D minor op. 12 n. 2 “La Casa del Diavolo”
Luigi Boccherini, Concert for cello in D Major G479
Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite for cello in G Major
Orchestra of the International Academy of Music Festival
Suren Bagratuni, cello
Gustav Mahler, Quartet for piano and harps in A minor
Maurizio Sciarretta, violin – Flaminia Zanelli, viola – Suren Bagratuni, cello – Massimiliano Mainolfi, piano
Monday 7 July | ore 21.15
Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Alfieri Theatre – 21.15 Closing Concert | Best chamber music groups
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The IAM (International Academy of Music) is an organisation that was founded in New York in 1991 with the aim of organizing festivals that combine both high-level concerts and specialisation courses in music.
For the last twenty years it has organised the Summit Music Festival in New York, and since 2000 it has expanded this venture in Europe, giving rise to three sister events in Spain, Italy and Russia.
In Italy, the Academy has chosen the small town of Casteluovo di Garfagnana rather than a large city to host this event, that each year is graced by the presence of internationally famous artists from all over the world.