Thursday, June 30, 2011

For the first time ever in Florence Maestro Zubin Mehta and the Orchestra of Maggio. Live in streaming!

Photo: Zubin Mehta - Piazza della Signoria - Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

Florence, Thursday June 30th 2011 For the first time ever in Florence, Maestro Zubin Mehta and the Orchestra of Maggio Live in streaming!

Thanks to the collaboration with Fondazione Sistema Toscana Live by web, the concert of July 2nd!  The program will start at 9 p.m. at the following web-sites:


In the most astonishing scenario in Florence, Piazza della Signoria, in front of the famous Loggia dei Lanzi and close to the very well-known David of Michelangelo, in the heart of Renaissance, Zubin Mehta will perform with the Orchestra and Chorus of the Maggio Musicale Opera House, and the concert will be broadcasted through streaming technology.  This is possible thanks to the partnership and efforts of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Fondazione Sistema Toscana.

The program will start at 9 p.m. with interviews and special features, the concert at 9.30 p.m..  Special guest will be the famous Russian violinist Vadim Repin, who will play the Concert for violin and Orchestra op. 35 by Pëtr Il'ič Čajkovskij (composed in 1878). At the beginning the Orchestra will play the Symphony of Vespri Siciliani by Giuseppe Verdi (composed in 1855), followed by the Va’ Pensiero from Nabucco by Verdi (composed in 1842), interpreted together with the Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
The concert will end with the Ouverture 1812 op. 49 by Čajkovskij, played together with the Band of the Carabinieri’s Academy, conducted by the Maresciallo Aiutante Ennio Robbio. This is the first appointment of the partnership between Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and Fondazione Sistema Toscana, that aims to promote the various activities of the Opera House, in order to capture the attention of new audiences all around the world, through the use of new technologies.

Further information are available at the following web-sites:



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