Youth Orchestra Festival in Piazza Signoria

Youth orchestras from across the world will come to Italy, with countries such as the USA, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany represented, during the annual the Festival Internazionale delle Orchestre Giovanili.

The festival, which organizes 50 to 70 concerts every July, was founded in Florence in 1999 with the intention of fostering the international musical community in Tuscany. The main venue is Loggia dei Lanzi, located in Florence’s Piazza della Signoria, but concerts will also take place all through the regions of Tuscany and Umbria in cities such as Lucca, San Gimignano, Montecatini Terme, Prato, Perugia and Assisi.

The following is the schedule for this year’s performances at the Loggia dei Lanzi.  Admission is free and the public is welcome. For more information, see www.florenceyouthfestival.com.  (shiri gross)

Saturday, July 8 (10:30 pm)

ORCHESTRA SYMPHONIQUE DES ETUDIANTS DE LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE 

Music of E. Chabrier, J. Rodrigo, G. Bizet, M. de Falla

Tuesday, July 11 (8:30 pm)

MARYLAND CLASSIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA & THE DELAWARE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

Music of G. Rossini, F. Kreisler, L. Bernstein, A. Simpson, A. Dvorak

Tuesday, July 18 (8:30 pm)

BOCHUM YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Music of F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, R. Vaughn-Williams, C. Gounod

Friday, July 21 (9:15 pm)

DUSIKA YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Music of N.W. Gade, D. Lovreglio, C. Nielsen, A. Dvorak

Sunday, July 23 (9:15 pm)

BRITTEN YOUTH STRING ORCHESTRA

Music of  A.Piazzolla, M. Arnold, M.Bruch, G.B. Pergolesi, G. Rossini, A. Dvorak

Friday, July 28 (9:15 pm)

CENTRAL SWISS YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 

Music of  G. Rossini, R. Wagner, A. Dvorak, Coldplay

Sunday, July 30 (9:15 pm)

ORCHESTRA GIOVANILE IST. MUSICALE SANMARINESE 

Music of A. Vivaldi, M. Messieri, L. Mozart, J. Haydn

MONDAINO YOUTH ORCHESTRA 

Music of V. Giordano, A. Sisters, A. Shaw, T. Layton, D. Ellington, C. Porter, C. Mingus, B. Goodman