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EXHIBITONS
Agust 3 to 13
Taormina Gallery - Taormina
Linguaggi Contemporanei. Contemporary "languages". Collective exhibition with worls by the artists Tania Anile, Aandrea Arcuri, Italo
Cammarata, Antonio Caramia, Mauro di Girolamo, Josie Domingues, Anna Fiorenza, Beniamino Giannini, Rosalba Mangione, Liliana Radicevic, Salsa Signorello, Ester Sordini, Patrizia Materia Tolomeo, Dino Ventura, Jovan Vulic
Opening hours: Taormina Gallery, Via di Giovanni 36, 10.00 to 13.00 & 17.00 to 21.00 h, closed on Tuesdays
Info: taorminagallery@libero.it
until August 31
Ruffartgalery - ViaVittorio Emanuele, Patti (Messina)
Alfio Mongelli H2O, Scetches, fotos and models of the projecting of the sculture H2O, which will be the only italian sculpture amongst 20 that will be installed in the olympic parc of Beijing.
until December 31
Piccolo Teatro dei Pupi - Via della Giudecca, Siracusa
Museum of traditional sicilian marionettes and performances of puppet plays by the company of the Vaccaro-Mauceri family. In May there will be performances on May 15, and 17 (21.30 h), May 18 (18.30 h) and May 20 and 22 (21.30 h). Museum opening hours: daily except Sunday from 10.30 to 13.00 h and from 16.00 to 19.00 h. Full schedule of the 2008 performances via webpage of the theatre.
Info: www.pupari.com
EVENTS
AUGUST 2008
August 1 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Paul Simon in concert.
Info: Tel. 899 500080 and www.paulsimon.com
August 1 and 2 (21.30 h)
Palazzo dei Congressi - Taormina
Salomé. Theatre performance with texts by Oscar Wilder, Gistave Flaubert, C. Bene, Charles Baudelaire. Directed by Gianpiero Cicció, musics by Giovanni Renzo
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 1
Anfiteatro - Zafferana Etnea (Catania)
Esonemea in Jazz, Trilok Gurtu together with Johann Berby (bass) Phil Drummy (sax, flute, santoor, didgeridoo), Carlo Contini (violin, dilruba, melodica) Roland Cabezas (guitar).
Info: www.esonemea.it
August 1 (21.30 h)
Piazza Regina Margherita - Ispica (Ragusa)
Arte Sapori. Guided tour and degustation with the art historian Paolo Nifosì
Info: www.comune.ispica.rg.it
August 1 and 2
Piazza Peculio - Castroreale (Messina)
Castoreale Jazz 2008. Augsut 1: Joey Calderazzo quartet, August 2: Marco Tamburini quintet
Info: www.castrorealejazz.it
August 1 to 3 (18.00 h)
Centro Storico - Randazzo (Catania)
Randazzo Arte 2008. Painters, sculptors and photographers show their works along the streets of the historic center of Randazzo. This Art?s feast is accompanied by jazz an classical concerts and a handicraft market at the Piazza Municipio.
Info: www.prolocorandazzo.it
August 1 to 3
Centro Storico - Scicli (Ragusa)
Festival Cadmium 2008. International Contemporary Dance and Music Festival. With the Cadmium Compagnie (Paris) and other companies from France, Great Britain, Mexico, Italy and Sicily.
Info: www.cadmiumcompagnie.com
August 2 (from late afternoon)
Streets of the town center - Scicli (Ragusa)
Nightly meeting of the Vespa Club Sampieri. Under the slogan l'odore della notte (Scent of the night) owners of Vespas from all over Sicily will come together.
Info: www.vespaclubsampieri.it
August 2
Complesso Monumentale San Pietro - Marsala (Trapani)
Tinturia. Ethnic Rock concert.
August 2
Marina di Riposto - Riposto (Catania)
Premio Nazionale Artemare. L'uomo e il mare. Awarding of the Artemare Contest in different disciplins such as song, photography, video documentary, gastronomia, journalism, writing, painting etc.
Info: www.artemare.it
August 2 (21.30 h)
Porto piccolo - Pozzallo (Ragusa)
La Festa del Vento. Antonio Calogero Ensemble. Antonio Calogero (acustic guitar), Michael Rosen (sax), Andrea Piccioni (tamburi), Davide Barbaro (ethnic percussions). Music between Folk and Jazz
August 2
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele - Sant'Angelo Di Brolo (Messina)
Sagra Mercato del Salame Santangelo.
Info: www.comune.santangelodibrolo.me.it
August 2 (21.00 h)
Centro - Calatafimi Segesta (Trapani)
Sagra del Maccherone. Culinary feast dedicated to the Maccherone, a tipical dish of the region.
Info: www.comune.calatafimisegesta.tp.it
August 2 (21.30 h)
Palazzo Duchi di S. Stefano - Taormina
La Spartenza. Theatre project by Enzo Toto
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 2 (21.30 h)
Compl. Monumentale San Pietro - Marsala
Tinturia in concert
Info: www.tinturia.it
August 2 to 3
ParcoMuseo Jalari - Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Messina)
Espressivamente. 3rd Street Arts Festival. Music, theatre, dance, arts.
Info: www.parcojalari.com
August 2 and 3
Centro - Monterosso Almo (Ragusa)
Festa della Musica 2008. Meeting and contest for bands. Degustations of tipical local food. Info: gianluca.ferraro@alice.it
August 2 and 3
Parco Museo Jalari - Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (Messina)
Espressivamente. Street Art Festival. Arts, Music, Theatre and Dancing performances.
Info: www.parcojalari.com
August 3 (11.30, 6.30 and 19.45 h)
Centro - Rometta Marea e Rommetta Centro (Messina)
Corteo storico 2008. Historical reenactment of the story of Federico III and Queen Bianca, an episode of the conquest of the arab stronghold Ramtah (now Rometta) by the normans in the year of 1061.
Info: Comune di Rometta www.comunedirometta.it
August 3
Velodromo Borsellino - Palermo
Zucchero in concert
Info: www.zucchero.it
August 3 (21.00 h)
Auditorium Mediterraneo - Marina di Modica (Ragusa)
Si cunta, si rici e si canta. Performance of the Compagnia del Piccolo Teatro di Modica togethe rwith the Metamorfosi Band. Musical, based on Sicilian music traditions, with Marcello Sarta, Fatima Palazzolo, Sofia Sarta, Ornella Fratantonio and Antonella Palazzolo.
Info: www.ilpiccoloteatromodica.com
August 3 (21.30 h)
Palazzo dei Congressi - Taormina
Le ceneri di Gramsci by Pier Paolo Pasolini, performed by the Compagnia Sandro Lombardi and the Compagnia Virgilio Sieni. Based on the work of Pasolini, the theatre company and the dancing company collaborated together to create this unique evening, a meeting of poetry and movement.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 3 (21.30 h)
Palazzo Duchi di S. Stefano - Taormina
Ferragosto. Multimedia performance with Emanuela Mulè and Giuseppe Moschella
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 3 to 10
Centro - Sorrentini, Patti (Messina)
S. Teodoro Martire. One week of feasting the patron saint San Teodoro. A religious and folkloristic event, including the ballo del santo, during which the people let the statue of the saint dance to the music of the brass band. Other accompaniments of the feast are culinary events like the sagra del castrato, pane cunzatu and a spaghetti competition, the spaghettata co' pipareddu.
Info: www.pattiedintorni.it
August 4
Chiostro di San Domenico - Noto (Siracusa)
23th Festival Internazionale Noto Musica 2008. Parole di mare e d'amore. An evening with the actor and imitator Luca Ward and the composer and singer Vincenzo Spampanato with the quartet Giovanni Anastasio (violin), Joana Pavlik (violoncello), Giuseppe Scavo (flute) and Alessandro Strano (piano) and the dancers Luana Occhioni, Andrea Condorelli, Germana Grech and Federica Musumeci. Musics by Bacalov, Chaikovsky, Debussy, Piazzolla, Porpora, Satie, Sibelius and Spampanato and texts and poets by Baudelaire, Conrad, Dickinson, Gibran, Hesse, Hikmet, Joyce, Leopardi, Lorca, Neruda, Prevert, Shakespeare and Tagore.
Info: www.notomusicafestival.com
August 4 (21.30 h)
Palalive - Fontane Bianche (Siracusa)
Zucchero in concert
Info: www.zucchero.it
August 4 (21.30 h)
Azienda Agricola Gli Aromi - Scicli (Ragusa)
Note di Notte. Chiara Civello Trio. Isola. Chiara Civello (voice, guitar, piano), Pino Derado (piano, accordion) Jamey Haddad (percussions) a misture of Jazz and Latino.
Info: www.notedinotte.it
August 4
Ex Convento del Carmine - Marsala (Trapani)
50 Anni di Bossa Nova. Marco Ranger (guitar) in concert. An evening dedicated to the Bossa Nova.
August 6 (21.30 h)
Cantina Planeta, Contrada Dorilli - Acate (Ragusa)
Note di Notte. Agricantus in concert. Luna Khina. The Sicilian world music band with Rosie Wiederkeher (voice), Tonj Acquaviva (percussions) Mario Crispi (archaic flutes), Paola Caridi (drums) Michele Frontino (bass), Massimo Garritano (guitar).
August 6 to 10
Riposto (Catania)
Volcano Film Festival. Festival for artistic and experimantal films and movies.
Info: www.volcanofilmfestival.net
August 7 to 10
S. Maria la Stella (Catania)
Feast in honour of S. Lorenzo diacono e martire. 1750 years after his martyrdom.
Info: www.santamarialastella.it
August 8 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Tosca, Opera by Giacomo Puccini. With Martina Serafin (Tosca), Marcello Giordani (Mario Cavaradossi), Renato Bruson (Conte Scarpia), the Coro Lirico Francesco Cilea and the Orchestra del Teatro Vittorio Emanuele di Messina. Conductor: Eugene Kohn, director: Enrico Castiglione.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 8 (21.30 h)
Chiesa S. Pancrazio - Giardini Naxos
Concert with Anna Elena Masini (soprano) and Antonio Maria Pergolizzi (piano) del Teatro dell?Opera di Roma
August 8
Santa Lucia del Mela (Messina)
Alternativa. With the group Akkura. An evening with musics, arts and entertainment, organized by the association Mediterranèo.
Info: www.medi-terra-neo.eu
August 8 to 11
Piazza Rimebranza - Pozzallo (Ragusa)
Sagra del Pesce. Culinary feast dedicated to fish. Degustations and market with local poducts and dishes.
Info: Pro Loco Tel. 0932 797220
August 8 to 26
Centro - Vizzini (Catania)
Manifestazioni Verghiane. Open air theatre programm durino the month of August. The first 3 evenings (August 8 to 10) there will be performed the stry of the chiseller Gramigna and his wife L'amante de Gramigna, adapted and directed by Giovanni Ielo. August 11 to 13 is scheduled I Malavoglia, in a version by the artistic director of the festival Pasquale Scimeca.
During the night from Ausut 13 to 14 will be dedicated to local food, musics and theatre performances in the historic center. August 18, the spectators can see a calssic like Cavalleria rusticana, an adaption of the famous Sicilian opera into a theatre piece with musics by Turi Mancuso and Turi Giordano. There will be also a series of film screenings from Augsut 20 to 26, beginning with Mastro don Gesualdo by Giacomo Vaccari
Info: www.infovizzini.it
August 8 to 28
Piazza - Castellana Sicula (Palermo)
Raduno Folkloristico da Coffa a Visazza. Meeting and fest with folkolristic groups from Ital and other countries, degustation of local products and dishes.
Info: www.gruppodellacordella.it
August 9 (20.00 h)
Lungo Mare - Giardini Naxos
Rievocazione storica Naxos tra mito e storia. Performance about the origins of the town Giardini Naxos, who has been founded by the greek Teocles
August 9
Chiostro di San Domenico - Noto (Siracusa)
Festival Internazionale Noto Musica 2008. 23th edition of the International Noto Music Festival. L'Ensemble Notomusicafest with musics by Schubert, Beethoven and Mozart.
Info: www.notomusicafestival.com
August 9 to 11
Piazza Rimebranza - Pozzallo (Ragusa)
Sagra del Pesce. Local feast dedicated to fish dishes. Degustation of tipical Sicilian dishes made with fish.
Info: Pro Loco Pozzallo, Tel 0932 797220
August 10 (18.00 h)
Centro - San Salvatore di Fitalia (Messina)
Sagra del miele. Feast dedicated to the honey, the local delicacy. Degustation and live music
August 10 (18.00 h)
Cantiere dell'Ecomuseo del Mediterraneo, Strada Pachino- Marzamemi
Guided visit to the antique cellars, in honour of the 100 year anniversari of the death of the Marchess Antonio Rudinì.
August 10 (19.00 h)
Lungo Mare - Giardini Naxos
Rievocazione dello Sbarco di S. Pancrazio V. Reenactment of the arrival of S. Pancrazio at Naxos.
August 10 (20.30 h)
Cortile del Palazzo Villadorata - Marzamemi (Siracusa)
Calici di Stelle 2008. Degustation and music, organized by the association Strada del Vino del Val di Noto. The great wines of the South will be presentated by the winemakers: Eloro DOC, Moscato di Noto DOC, Moscato di Siracusa DOC. Also other tipical products of the region can be tried. There will be also the opportunity to watch the nightly universe guided by astromes of the astronomic center of Siracusa.
Info: Tel 0931 597700
August 10 (21.30 h)
Castello di Carini - Carini (Palermo)
Iano Anzelmo and Antonello Messina with a music performance
August 10 (21.30 h)
P.zza della Vittoria - Marsala
Antonello Venditti in concert
Info: www.antonellovenditti.it
August 10 (22.00 h)
Piazza Matteotti - Capo d'Orlando (Messina)
Capo d'Orlando in Blues. Good luck blues night with the Doctor Sunflower Jug Band.
August 10 to 12
Centro - Francavilla di Sicilia (ME)
Carnevale estivo dell'Acantara. Summer Carnival.
Info: www.associazionenovalba.it
August 11
Centro - Brolo (Messina)
Marco Carta. Concert of the winner of the 2008 edition of the programm "Amici"
Info: www.brolo.it
Agust 11 (21.30 h)
Antica Tenuta del Nanfro - Caltagirone (Catania)
Note di Notte: Amanda Sandrelli. Storie di Tango e di Passioni. Tango evening with amanda Sandrelli (voice), Giampaolo Bandini (guitar), Cesare Chiacchiaretta (bandoneon).
Info: www.notedinotte.it
August 12 (21.30 h)
Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano - Taormina
Midnight Summer Music. Vincenzo Pavone (piano) plays musics by Chopin & Rachmaninov
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 12
Chiostro di San Domenico - Noto (Siracusa)
Festival Internazionale Noto Musica 2008. 23th edition of the International Noto Music Festival. Masataka Takada percorrerà un esaltante itinerario pianistico da Beethoven (Sonata n.2 op.2) a Liszt (Rapsodia ungherese n.12), da Rachmaninov (Variazioni su un tema di Corelli op.42) a Stravinsky (Tre movimenti di Petruska).
Info: www.notomusicafestival.com
August 12
Anfiteatro Provinciale - Partanna (Trapani)
Gigi D'Alessio. Concert of the singer from Naples
Info: www.gigidalessio.com
August 12
Teatro Valle dei Templi - Agrigento
Max Pezzali in concert.
Info: Teatro Valle dei Templi Tel 0922 401129
August 12 and 13 (16.00 to 24.00 h)
Spiaggia antistante la Filanda - Roccalumera (Messina)
Roccarock Festival for young Italian bands at the beach in front of the old spinnery of Roccalumera
Info: www.roccarock.it
August 12 to 14
Centro - Piazza Armerina (Enna)
Il Palio Dei Normanni. Historical procession with more than 300 participants, on foot or on horseback. Reenactment of the entering of Ruggero the Norman into town. There will be parades, music, markets and an joust with the cavaliers representing and fighting for the four historical neighbourhoods of the town.
Info: www.comune.piazzaarmerina.en.it/paliodeinormanni.asp
August 13 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Tango Sensual. Anzelika Cholina Dance Theatre Company.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 13
Castello di Donnafugata - Ragusa
Fabri Fibra in concert
Info: www.fabrifibra.it
August 14 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Beatlesymphony. Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Accademia Musicale di Palermo and the soprano Carmen Avellone, directed by Salvatore Percacciolo
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 14
Chiostro di San Domenico - Noto (Siracusa)
23th Festival Internazionale Noto Musica 2008. 23th edition of the International Noto Music Festival. Orchestra da camera dell'OMC di Palermo. The Four Seasons from Baroque to the 19th Century. Musics from Vivaldi to the Randazzo Four Seasons Upgrade, Fantasy on themes by Piazzolla (for violin, accordion, fouble bass and orchestra).
Info: www.notomusicafestival.com
August 14
Spiagga (Beaches) - Capaci (Palermo)
Fabri Fibra in concert
Info: www.fabrifibra.it
August 14 (21.00 h)
Scala Santa Maria del Monte - Caltagirone (Catania)
La Scala Illuminata. Illumination of the staircase, a traditional local event full of atmophere. The famous staircase of Caltagirone will be illuminated by thousands of lights, showing this year a design by Giacomo La Puzza. The event begins with live music. At 21.30 h the staircase will be illuminated.
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
August 15 (20.30 h)
Centro - Caltagirone (Catania)
Feast in honour of the Madonna Maria Ssma del Ponte. Processione dell?Icona della Madonna. Procession with the staue of the Virgin Mary. At 21.30 h will be again the illumination of the staircase (see also August 14) and at 22.30 h fireworks and music at the Piazzale dell?Aparizione.
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
August 15 (21.30 h)
Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano - Taormina
Tribute to Miles Davis. The St. Luke Big Band Orchestra
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 15
Marina di Ragusa
Festa di Santa Maria di Portosalvo. Feast dedicated to the patron Saint and protector of the fishermen and the sea. Procession on sea with the statue of the Madonna.
August 15
Centro - Randazzo (Catania)
A Vara. Feast of the Assumption.
Info: www.comune.randazzo.ct.it
August 15 to 17 (Friday from 18.00 h, Saturday and Sunday 8.00 to 24.00 h)
Centro - San Marco D'Alunzio (Messina)
Il Fascino del Ferro Battuto. 4th Sicilian Forger's Contest and Market. Demonstration and presentation of the old art of wrought-iron craft. Degustations of local products and dishes. Music and folkloristic preformances.
Info: www.ferroearte.it
August 16 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Noche Flamenco. El Cafè de Chinitas. Compania de Baile Flamenco de Madrid. Flamenco night with the Flamenco company of Madrid
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 16 (all day)
Centro storico and Castello - Sperlinga (Enna)
Sagra del Tortone. A full day of medieval atmosphere, with a market offering local food and products, fun, music, street artists, medieval knights and degustation of the tortone, a tipical local sweetie made from yeast dough, olive oil and sugar. At the end of this day will be elected "la Dama delle terre Gallo-Italiche", the prettiest woman in town, representing the region.
Info: www.comune.sperlinga.en.it/
August 16
Centro - Motta D'Affermo (Messina)
Festa di San Rocco. Feast of the patron Saint of the village.
Info: www.comune.mottadaffermo.me.it/
August 16 and 17
Centro - Antillo (Messina)
20th Sagra del Granturco. A culinary local feast emphasizing the dishes, that are made from the grain being grown in this area. Polenta, bread of sweet corn flour, boiled and grilled sweet corn. There will be presented also other local products such as mushrooms, oil, wine, honey, cheese, herbs an others.
Info: www.sagrediantillo.135.it
August 17 (21.30 h)
Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano - Taormina
Souvenirs. Igor Begelman (clarinet) playing musics by Daruis Milhaud, Igor Stravinskij, Leonard Bernstein and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 17 (21.30 h)
Complesso Monumentale S. Pietro - Marsala (Trapani)
Max Gazzè in concert
Info: www.maxgazze.it
August 17 (21.30 h)
Castello di Donnafugata - Ragusa
Concerto in Quintetto Nicala Piovani. The Nicola Piovani Qintet with Nicola Piovani (piano)
Marina Cesari (flute, clarinet and sax) Pasquale Filastò (violoncello, guitar and keyboard) Gianluca Pallocca (double bass) Christian Marini (drums, percussions and acordion) playing film musics accompanied by a screening.
Info: www.notedinotte.it
August 18
Centro - Ispica (Ragusa)
La Notte dei Sapori. The night of flavours and savours. Desgustation of tipical local dishes and products.
August 19 (18.30 h)
Centro - Valguarnera Caropepe (Enna)
Il Festino di San Giuseppe. The summer edition of the popular relegious feast, said to be the most beautiful of the Sicilian feasts in honour of San Giuseppe. The feast begins with a procession of all horses and horsemen of the region. It continues with a mass, the procession of the Saint Family, the exhibition of the Tavolata Espositiva, musics and dancing and fire works.
Info: www.festasangiuseppe.it
August 19 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Le Nove Sinfonie. The Nine Symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1 and 3 (Eroica), conducted by Lorin Maazel. Together with the Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini he will perform all symphonies by Beethoven. An extraodinary series of events at the Teatro Antico of Taormina. A production of the Festival Euro Mediterraneo 2008. Next dates: August 20, 21, 22 and 23.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 19
Chiostro di San Domenico - Noto (Siracusa)
23th Festival Internazionale Noto Musica 2008. 23th edition of the International Noto Music Festival. Carlos Duarte Chamber Group Caracas, conducted by Rodolfo Saglimbeni. Works by Villa Lobos (Bachianas brasileiras n.5), Duarte, Berio (Folk songs). See also August 20!
Info: www.notomusicafestival.com
August 20 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Le Nove Sinfonie. The Nine Symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven, 2 and 5, conducted by Lorin Maazel. Together with the Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini he will perform all symphonies by Beethoven. A production of the Festival Euro Mediterraneo 2008. Next dates: August 21, 22 and 23.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 20
Chiostro di San Domenico - Noto (Siracusa)
23th Festival Internazionale Noto Musica 2008. 23th edition of the International Noto Music Festival. Second evening with the Carlos Duarte Chamber Group Caracas, conducted by Rodolfo Saglimbeni. Works by Stravinskij (Berceuse du chat), Gerulewicz (Trio per violin, clarinet and piano), Palacios-Nunez (Valses) and Piazzolla (Tangos).
Info: www.notomusicafestival.com
August 21 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Le Nove Sinfonie. The Nine Symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven, 4 and 6 (Pastorale), conducted by Lorin Maazel. Together with the Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini he will perform all symphonies by Beethoven. A production of the Festival Euro Mediterraneo 2008. Next dates: August 22 and 23.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 21 (21.30 h)
Eremo di Croce Santa - Rosolini (Siracusa)
Note di Notte. Enzo Avitabile & Bottari: Festa, Farina e Forca. Band of 15 members gathered aroung the great singer and saxophonist from Naples, playing a worldmusic fusion.
Info: www.enzoavitabile.it and www.notedinotte.it
August 22
Chiostro di San Domenico - Noto (Siracusa)
23th Festival Internazionale Noto Musica 2008. 23th edition of the International Noto Music Festival. Gran finale with Antonella Ruggiero, amd the Ensemble "I Pomeriggi musicali di Milano", conducted by Valter Sivilotti. Musics by Gershwin, Dowland, Ellington, Piovani, Venuti, Fernandez and Antonella Ruggiero.
Info: www.notomusicafestival.com
August 22 to 24
Porticciolo della Balata - Marzamemi (Siracusa)
Tuna Fish Fest. Festival of the tuna fish with conferences, screenings of old documentaries on the tuna fishing, degustations, open air dancing and music. Marzamemi is a small town at the seaside in the province of Siracusa. It looks back to a long tradition of tuna fishing and has a charming port area. The old tuna fish factory at the small harbour now is closed, but the village still partly lives on tuna products and cultivates the tradition.
Info: www.marzamemi.com
August 22 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Le Nove Sinfonie. The Nine Symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven, 8 and 7, conducted by Lorin Maazel. Together with the Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini he will perform all symphonies by Beethoven. A production of the Festival Euro Mediterraneo 2008. Next date: August 23.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 22 (22.30 h)
Margarita Beach, Lungomare Andrea Doria - Marina di Ragusa
Canzoni con il contrabasso with Filippo Tantino and Valeria Bruniera
August 23 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Le Nove Sinfonie. The Nine Symphonies by Ludwig van Beethoven, 9 (Corale), conducted by Lorin Maazel. Together with the Orchestra Symphonica Toscanini he will perform all symphonies by Beethoven. A production of the Festival Euro Mediterraneo 2008.
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 23 to September 6
Isola di Stromboli (Messina)
International Firedancing Festival. Artists from Austria, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia and Italy show all their skills in dealing with fire. The island under the vulcano is the right place for such anevent.
August 24
Fiera Emaia - Vittoria (Ragusa)
Pino Daniele in concert
Info: www.pinodaniele.com
August 25 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Bernstein on Broadway. The New World Symphony Orchestra Kore with the Sinfony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety,the serenade per violin and orchestra from Simposio of Platon, the West Side Story Suites No. 1 and 2, the Candide Ouverture and Finale. An event at the occasion of the 90th birthday of Leonard Bernstein. A production of the Festival Euro Mediterraneo 2008
Info: www.taormina-arte.com
August 26 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Pino Daniele and Super Band in concert
Info: Tel. 899 500080 and www.pinodaniele.com
August 26
Teatro di Verdura - Palermo
Amedeo Minghi in concert.
Info: www.amedeominghi.it
August 26 (21.30 h)
Stadio Selvaggio - Ragusa
Gianna Nannini in concert
Iinfo: Tel 348 1404190 and www.giannanannini.com
August 27 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Gigi Proietti. An evening with the popular Italian actor, director, dubber and singer
Info: Tel. 095 7225340
August 27 to September 9
Santuario S. Maria la Stella (Catania)
Religious feast in honour to the Madonna della Stella. With masses, pilgrimage, processions.
Info: www.santamarialastella.it
August 28 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Gianna Nannini in concert
Info: Tel. 095 7222327 and www.giannanannini.com
August 28
Palalive - Fontane Bianche (Siracusa)
Antonello Venditti in concert.
Info: www.antonellovenditti.it
August 28
Teatro di Verdura - Palermo
Giovanni Allevi (piano) in concert
Info: Tel 091 335566 and www.giovanniallevi.com
August 28 to 30
Arena Comunale - Belpasso (Catania)
Lennon Festival 2008. 10th edition of the festival for young singers, instrumentailists and bands. Free inscription until June 15, 2008
Info: www.lennonfestival.com
August 29 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Giovanni Allevi. An evening with the composer, piano player and conductor. Allevi performes his own compositions and other contemporary classic musics.
Info: Tel. 0935 502161 and www.giovanniallevi.com
August 30 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Antonello Venditti in concert
Info: Tel. 095 7222327 and www.antonellovenditti.it
August 29
Teatro di Verdura - Palermo
Renzo Arbore, the Jazz clarinettist and the Orchestra Italiana in concert.
Info: www.arboristeria.it
August 31 (21.15 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Renzo Arbore. Evening with the Italian entertainer, TV Star, actor and singer Renzo Arbore
Info: Tel. 095 942849
SEPTEMBER 2008
September 1
Centro - Acireale (Catania)
Magma Mostra di Cinema Breve. International Film Fest.
Info: www.magmafestival.org
September 2
Teatro di Verdura - Palermo
Patty Pravo in concert.
Info: www.coltempo.it
September 1 to 8
Centro - Acireale (Catania)
Magma - Mostra di Cinema Breve. 7th edition of the Magma Short Film Festival at Acireale. The Film festival will take place in 4 different categories, fictional, documentary, experimental and animated short films. Inscriptions possible until May 15, 2008.
Info: www.magmafestival.org and info@magmafestival.org
September 4 (21.30 h)
Piazza Duomo - Carini (Palermo)
Franco Sabani in concert Neapolitan music
September 5
Teatro di Verdura - Palermo
Mario Biondi in concert
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
September 5 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Maurizio Crozza. An evening with the comedian and imitator from Liguria.
Info: Tel. 095 942849
September 6 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Mario Biondi in concert
Info. Tel. 095 942849
September 6 and 7 (20.30 h)
Piazza Pio XI - S. Maria La Stella (Catania)
Sagra degli antichi sapori. Culinary feast dedicated to traditional flavours and savours. Degustations, market and musics. September 7 there will be also a concert with Antonello Costa.
Info: www.santamarialastella.it
September 6 to 9
Santuario della Madonna del Piano - Grammichele (Catania)
Festa della Madonna del Piano and Sagra della Salsiccia. Local religious and culinary feast.
September 7 (21.30 h)
Piazza Duomo - Carini (Palermo)
Vadya, rock band from Monreale in concert
September 7 to 13 (17.00, 21.00, 23.00 h)
Museo del Mare and Arena del Mare - Isola di Lampedusa (Agrigento)
Vento dal Nord & Italia di Notte. Filmfestival dedicated to great films from nothern Europe and from Italy Among others a retrospective of the film Berlin Alexanderplatz by Rainer Wernder Fassbinder, films form Russia, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Canada and Italy.
Info: www.ilventodelnord.it
September 9 (21.30 h)
Anfiteatro - Caltavuturo (Palermo)
Michele Zarrillo in concert
Info: www.michelezarrillo.com
September 9 (21.30 h)
Piazza Dante - Carini (Palermo)
The Group Brasilian Quintet
September 10
Centro - Castelvetrano (Trapani)
Gino Paoli in concert
Info: www.ginopaoli.it
September 11
Piazza Duomo - Carini (Palermo)
Raduno Bandistico. Meeting of brass bands to mark the 25th jubilee of the band V. Bellini of Carini
September 11 (21.30 h)
Castello di Carini - Carini (Palermo)
Marco Giliberti & Silvia la Fata
September 11 to 14
Via Lionardo Vigo - Ficarazzi (Acicastello, Catania)
Sagra dell?Arancino. 7th edition of the culinary feast dedicated to the Arancino, a local speciality. A kind of ball made from rice, pices and different ingredients, with many various flavours ranging from salty to sweet. Last time there have been eaten 22.000 Arancini in the corse of 4 evenings
Info: www.lisolachenonce.sicilia.it
September 13 (20.30 h)
Tempio della Concordia - Agrigento
Gala Internazionale di Danza Roberto Bolle and Friends. Benefit event in favour of the FAI (Italian Environment Foundation)
Info: FAI, Tel. 02 467615220 and cozzi@fondoambiente.it
September 13 (21.30 h)
Teatro Antico - Taormina
Francesco Guccini in concert
Info: Tel. 095 7222382 and www.francescoguccini.it
September 13 (21.30 h)
Piazza Duomo - Carini (Palermo)
Max Pezzali in concert.
September 13
Acquedolci (Messina)
Acquedolci Independent Film Festival. International short film festival.
Info: www.prolocoacquedolci.it
September 18 to 21
Giardino Pubblico - Caltagirone (Catania)
Sapori Mediterranei. Salone del gusto città di Caltagirone. Sicilian Food Fair.
Info: www.comune.caltagirone.ct.it
September 19 to 21
Ristoranti di San Vito Lo Capo
Tempu Ri Capuna. A week end dedicated to the tastes and stories around blue fish like caponi, sardines, sgombri and anchovy. Accompanied by concerts and dancing parties.
Info and programm: www.tempuricapuna.it
September 21 (20.30 h), 23, 24, 25, 26 (18.30 h), 27 (20.30 h) and 28 (17.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
I Puritani (The Puritans). Opera by Vincenzo Bellini, conducted by Friedrich Haider, directed, scene and costume design by Pier Alli
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
September 22 to 28
Malfa, Santa Mrina and other locations - Isola di Salina (Messina)
Salina Doc Fest. Film Festival dedicated to the narrative documentary, including a homage to Pier Paolo Pisolini, artistic direcotor Giovanna Taviani.
Info: www.salinadocfest.org/2008/
September 23 to 28
Centro - San Vito Lo Capo (Trapani)
Cous Cous Fest 2008. Big international culinary festival dedicated to the cous cous, with tastings, world music and other preformances. In the region the cous cous is prepared with fish, but there will be also presented the finest variations from other countries. But this feast will not only be about cous cous but also about other specialities and delicacies from all over Sicily, not to forget the wine.
Info: www.couscousfest.it
September 25 to 27
University of Catania, Ex Monastero dei Benedettini - Catania
Trailerfilmfest and TrailersLab. The only film festival in Europe that deals about film trailers. Among others there is held a high level workshops in creating a trailer and lectures with trailer directors and film producers.
Info: www.trailersfilmfest.com
September 29 to October 4
Agrigento
Efebo D?Oro 2008. Filmfest dedicated to films dealing with literary subjects at its 30th anniversary
Info: www.efebodoro.com
OCTOBER 2008
October 5
Centro - Zafferana Etnea (Catania)
Ottobrata Zafferanese. Every Sunday in October the small town of Etnea Zafferana at the hills of Mount Etna changes into a gigantic open air market. The streets and places are filled with stands where the visitors can taste and buy the local products such as honey, mushrooms, wine, grapes, cheese, chestnuts and tipical dishes and sweets of the region. There will be also lots of stands handicraft items and other goods. Thousands of people from all over Sicily love this event.
Info: www.ottobratazafferanese.net
October 10 to 19
Teatro Massimo Bellini - Catania
Werther, Opera by Jules Massenet, conducted by Fabrizio Maria Carminati, directed by Franziska Severin.
Info: www.teatromassimobellini.it
October 12
Centro - Zafferana Etnea (Catania)
Ottobrata Zafferanese. Every Sunday in October the small town of Etnea Zafferana at the hills of Mount Etna changes into a gigantic open air market. The streets and places are filled with stands where the visitors can taste and buy the local products such as honey, mushrooms, wine, grapes, cheese, chestnuts and tipical dishes and sweets of the region. There will be also lots of stands handicraft items and other goods. Thousands of people from all over Sicily love this event.
Info: www.ottobratazafferanese.net
October 16 (20.30 h), 17 (18.30 h), 18 (20.30 h), 19 (17.30 h), 21 and 22 (18.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Da una casa di morti.(From the House of the Dead) Opera by Leos Janácek after a novel by Dostoevsky, conducted by Gabriele Ferro, directed by David Pountney, set and costume design: Maria Björnson.
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
October 18
Contrada Madonna del Lume - Piraino (Messina)
Sagra della Castagna e della Porchetta a Forno. Local feast dedicated to the chestnut and to the ferrow.
Info: www.comune.piraino.me.it
October 19
Centro - Zafferana Etnea (Catania)
Ottobrata Zafferanese. Every Sunday in October the small town of Etnea Zafferana at the hills of Mount Etna changes into a gigantic open air market. The streets and places are filled with stands where the visitors can taste and buy the local products such as honey, mushrooms, wine, grapes, cheese, chestnuts and tipical dishes and sweets of the region. There will be also lots of stands handicraft items and other goods, musics and entertainment programm. Thousands of people from all over Sicily love this event.
Info: www.ottobratazafferanese.net
October 22 and 25
Palazzo dei Congressi - Taormina
Sinopoli Festival. Concorso Arturo Toscanini. Premio Giuseppe Sinopoli. Arturo Toscanini Competition and Giuseppe Sinopoli Award. Concerts and Awarding of the winners of the pregious competition for youg conductors. In 2008 the competition and award will return in collaboration with the Festival Giuseppe Sinopoli and Taormina Arte.
Info: www.fondazionetoscanini.it and www.taormina-arte.com
October 26
Centro - Zafferana Etnea (Catania)
Ottobrata Zafferanese. Every Sunday in October the small town of Etnea Zafferana at the hills of Mount Etna changes into a gigantic open air market. The streets and places are filled with stands where the visitors can taste and buy the local products such as honey, mushrooms, wine, grapes, cheese, chestnuts and tipical dishes and sweets of the region. There will be also lots of stands handicraft items and other goods. Thousands of people from all over Sicily love this event.
Info: www.ottobratazafferanese.net
October 29 (20.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Missa Solemnis. Mass by Ludwig van Beethoven interpreted by Anna Katherina Behnke (soprano), Elena Zhidkova (mezzosoprano), Robert Holl (bass) and the Choir of the Teatro Massimo, conducted by Gabriele Ferro.
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
NOVEMBER 2008
November 4 (20.30 h), 5 (16.00 and 21.30 h), and 6 (17.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Carmen. Dancing performance with Rossella Brescia e Josè Perez, choreography by Luciano Cannito, musicy by Georges Bizet and Marco Schiavoni
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
November 8 (18.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Orchestra del Teatro Massimo and Giuseppe Andaloro (piano). conducted by Lothar Koenigs, performing musics by Sergej Rachmaninov Sinfonia and Robert Schumann
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
November 9 (18.30 h)
Palazzo Grimaldi - Modica
Note di Notte. Favola sentimentale, d?Annunzio e la musica. Anna Toccafondi and Luca Scarlini Spettacolo in concert.
Info: www.theentertainer.it
November 11 to 14
Ficarazzi - Acicastello (Catania)
Sagra dell'Arancino. Culinary feast and fair dedicated to the arancino, a tipical sicilian snack, which is a ball of rice which occurs in many different tastes, salty or sweet, spicy or mild, with sauce, butter, mushrooms or vegetables, with cicken, meat, fish or even with nutella. Last year's event there have been consumed more than 22.000 arancini. The event is accompanied by a comedy and music program.
Info: www.sagradellarancino.it and www.lisolachenonce.sicilia.it
November 23, 24 and 25
Ridotto dell Spasimo - Palermo
Carolyn Breuer, the german saxophonist in concert.
Info: www.thebrassgroup.com
November 26 (20.30 h), 27, 29 (18.30 h) and 30 (17.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Aida. Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, conducted by Maurizio Benini
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
November 30 (18.30 h)
Palazzo Grimaldi - Modica (Ragusa)
Note di Notte. Giovan Pietro Grimaldi, ritratto inedito. Concert with Marco Cascone and Alessandro Romano
Info: www.theentertainer.it
DECEMBER 2008
December 2, 3, 4 (18.30 h), 5, 6 (20.30 h) and 7 (18.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Aida. Opera by Giuseppe Verdi, conducted by Maurizio Benini, directed and scene design by Franco Zeffirelli, costume design by Anna Anni.
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
December 2 to 14
Teatro Massimo Bellini - Catania
Don Gregorio, Opera by Gaetano Donizetti, conducted by Fabrizio Maria Carminati, directed by Franziska Severin.
Info: www.teatromassimobellini.it
December 12 (22.00 h)
Foro Umberto I - Palermo
Mauro Schiavone & Giuseppe Milici
December 18 (20.30 h), 19, 20 (16.00 and 21.30 h) 21 (17.30 h) and 23 (16.00 and 21.30 h)
Teatro Massimo - Palermo
Il Lago dei Cigni. Swan Lake. Ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, choreography by Vladimir Dereviako, performed by the new russian stars of ballet Anastasia Matvienko and Denis Matvienko
Info: www.teatromassimo.it
LAST UPDATE August 6, 2008
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