Unique formula of the Festival. Celebrated concert artists and emerging talents converge in Garfagnana to give life to intense master classes.
In the late afternoon and evening, the great artists and their students perform in the charming spaces dedicated to live concerts of the highest artistic level in a unique atmosphere that worth about Castelnuovo with the name of "City of Music".
Today's program Saturday, July 1st
21:30 Pieve Fosciana Church of Sillico – Concert of Teachers Linda Nussbaum Veleckis, violin; Ben Capps, Cello and Gena Rapsa at the piano perform the "Dumki Trio op.90" by A. Dvorak. Hansgeorg Schmeiser, flute and Riccardo Pieri, piano perform "Sonata in Do Major" by G. Donizetti; Francesca Girardi, violin and Rossella Piegaia, piano ply L.van Beethoven's "Sonata in B minor n.4 op.23"; Virginia Ceri, Angel Andrea Tavani, violin; Elisabetta Sciotti, cello and Rossella Piegaia, piano performs 5 tracks by D. Shostakovich.
The festival continues until 9 July. Full program is available on the official website www.iamitalia.com
The International Academy of Music Festival is one of three European festivals affiliated to the famous Summit Music Festival in New York, the international benchmark in which classical musicians and teachers among the most prestigious in America, in Europe and beyond gather to give life to summer festivals in which they find space for both concert series from the top artistic quality, both of master classes. The same great artists who founded the Summit Music Festival have created three sister events in Europe: in St. Petersburg in Russia, in Burgos in Spain and the most important and the largest by number of involved artists and students, in Castelnuovo di Garfagnana.
A shuttle bus will be available for the public who can reach places not known but of great charm, such as the Church of San Pantaleone in Villetta, the Church of Santa Maria Assunta in Vitoio and the Church of Sant'Agostino in Vagli Sotto, To be able to listen to the music performances of the concertists
IAM Festival – XV edition
Castelnuovo Garfagnana, various locations
23 June- 9 July 2017