Abbeys - The Abbeys are open to visitors:
Abbey of MountOliveto Maggiore - every day from 9:15am till 12:00am and from 3:15pm till 5:00pm (till 6:00pm in summer)
Abbey of S.Antimo - Weekdays from 10:15am till 12:30pm and from 3:00pm till 6:30pm
On Sundays and holidays from 9:15am till 10:45am and from 3:00pm till 6:00 pm
Abbey of S. Galgano - is always open
MARKETS
Asciano - Local food products, local handicraft , little antiques. Every 2ns Sunday of the month and on Mondays at Easter.
Arezzo - Antiques, downtown, Every 1st weekend of the month, the whole day.
Buonconvento - Antiques, P.zza Garibaldi. Every last Sunday of the month, excluding December.
Buonconvento - "Things from the past", P.zza Garibaldi. At Easter.
Certaldo - Antiques. Every 3rd Sunday of the month.
Chiusi - Ceramics, bronze objects, embroideries, cheese, oil and wine. Every last Sunday of the month, the whole day.
Firenze - Handicraft objects and little antiques. P.zza Santo Spirito. Every 2nd Sunday of the month, the whole day, excluding August.
Firenze - Antiques, Giardino della Fortezza da Basso. Every 3rd weekend of the month..
Grosseto - Grosseto Antiqua. Every last Sunday of the month.
Livorno - Antiques, p.zza Cavour, downtown. Every 1st Sunday of the month from September till June.
Lucca - Antiques, p.za Antelminelli S.Giusto e S.Giovanni. Every 3rd weekend of the month, the whole day.
Montepulciano - Art and Handicraft, P.zza Grande. Every 2nd weekend of the month.
Pienza - Prodotti bio, 1° domenica del mese
Radicofani - Antiques, hobbies. Every 1st Sunday of the month.
Siena -
The Collector's Market, P.zza del Mercato. Every 3rd Sunday of the month, the whole day, excluding August.
Viareggio (LU) - Antiques, P.zza Nieri e Paolini. Every 4th weekend of the month, the whole day.
M A Y
May 1/ June 29 - Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
Painting exhibition, artist Bernardino di Betto, named il Pintoricchio
May 1/18 - Palazzo Piccolomini, Pienza
Sculptures, water color paintings by Claudio Vicoli
May 10/11 - Pienza
Pienza downtown: Pienza and the flowers: XXIII Market of plants and flowers
May 11 - Asciano
from 9:00am Market of the Clay Hills: Pecorino Cheese
May 17 - Buonconvento
MILLE MIGLIA pit-stop in Buonconvento
18 Maggio - Buonconvento
Market of food products, and clothing, the whole day
May 23 till June 15 - Palazzo Piccolomini, Pienza
Exhibition of water color paintings by Massimo Tosi
May 25 - Buonconvento
Market
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J U N E
June 1/29 - Perugia, Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria
Painting exhibition, artist Bernardino di Betto, named il Pintoricchio
June 13 - Abbey of San Galgano (Chiusdino - Siena) at 9:00 pm
Carmina Burana - Bolero Carmina Burana by Carl Orff: cantata per soli, coro, coro di voci bianche e orchestra
Bolero by Maurice Ravel: per orchestra
June 14 -
Buonconvento
"Prima Luna d'Estate" dinner in the open air. You should not miss it! Ticket sto be bought in advance.
June 29 - Buonconvento
Market
June 18, 21 28 - Abbey of San Galgano (Chiusdino - Siena) at 9:00pm
Il Flauto magico - Die Zauberflote Opera in due atti Music by W. A. Mozart
June 25 - Il Giardino dei Boboli, Firenze
Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini
June 27 till July 27 - Palazzo Piccolomini, Pienza
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J U L Y
July 1/27 - Palazzo Piccolomini, Pienza
Paintings, ceramics and bronzes by Carlo Pizzichini
July 2
The Palio
July 4 - Abbey of San Galgano (Chiusdino - Siena) at 9:00pm
Il Flauto magico - Die Zauberflote Opera in due atti Music by W. A. Mozart
July 5 - Abbey of San Galgano (Chiusdino - Siena) at 9:00pm
Paolo Poli - Fairy Tales, in Italian
Performing Paolo Poli, at the piano Antonio Ballista
Summer Music Festival, Piccola Accademia di Montisi
07/07/08 at 9:00pm - ENSEMBLE ARTE MUSICA - Francesco Cera
08/07/08 at 12:00pm - BOB VAN ASPEREN Recital at 9:00 pm - MENNO VAN DELFT and PIETER WISPELWEY
..................................... suites per violoncello
09/07/08 at 12:00pm - MAHAN ESFAHANI Recital at 9:00 pm - CAMERATA SERAFINA with Matthew Truscott
10/07/08 at 12:00pm - GUSTAV LEONHARDT Recital at 7:00pm - CANTAR LONTANO with Marco Mencoboni
July 10/30 - Il Giardino dei Boboli, Firenze
Il Barbiere Siviglia by Rossini
July 11-20 - Perugia, Umbria Jazz.
Calendar s not available yet
July 11-22 - Montalcino
Jazz & Wine - Calendar is not available yet.
July 12 - Abbey of San Galgano (Chiusdino - Siena) at 9:00pm
Le Stagioni Music by Antonio Vivaldi
July 15 and 19 - Abbey of San Galgano (Chiusdino - Siena) at 9:00pm
La Traviata Melodramma in tre atti Music by Giuseppe Verdi
July 20 - Buonconvento
Sharecropping Festival close to the medieval walls
....Jazz Festival in Montalcino
July 23 - Abbey of San Galgano,at 9:00pm
Laudario di Cortona (Quintetto polifonico italiano) Quintetto polifonico italiano "Clemente Terni"
July 24 - Abbey of San Galgano, at 9:00 pm
Sulle tracce di Diaghilev. La Sagra della Primavera.
Jeux - Lo Spettro della Rosa. (Music by I.Stravinski, C. Debussy, Von Weber. Junior Ballet di Toscana)
Pienza
Musicale Chigiana, Courtyard of Palazzo Piccolomini, at 9:00 pm Concerto by Giuliano Carmignola and Orchestra della Toscana
July 26 - Abbey of San Galgano, at 9:00 pm
Carmina Burana - Bolero Carmina Burana by Carl Orff: cantata per soli, coro, coro di voci bianche e orchestra Bolero by Maurice Ravel: per orchestra
Pienza - Courtyard of Palazzo Piccolomini at 9:30 pm
"La Barca" Theatrical performance in Italian by Mario Luzi
July 27 - San Francesco (Asciano)
08:00 pm Quartetto Edding with Baptiste Lopez, Caroline Bayet, Paul De Clerck, Ageet
Zweistra. L. v. Beethoven opus 95 in f minore & Haydn opus 77 n°2 in F maggiore
Break
Recital Sarah Connolly - programme is still to be defined
July 28 - Santo Stefano (Castelmuzio)
08:00 pm Christine Busch and Patricia Kopachinskaja duetto di violino by Bela Bartok,
Luciano Berio & James Dillon
11:30 pm Damien Guillon, alto e Mathias Spaeter, liuto songs by John Dowland
July 29 - Sant'Anna in Camprena (Pienza)
08:00 pm Solisti Colllegium Vocale Requiem by Thomas Luis Victoria
11:30 pm Santo Stefano (Castelmuzio)
Christine Busch J.S. Bach Partita in h-moll BWV 1002
July 30 - Santo Stefano (Castelmuzio)
08:00 pm Anna-Maria Pammer, soprano and Patricia Kopachinskaja, violino György
Kurtag Kafka Fragmente'
11:30 pm Quartetto Edding con Nicola Boud, clarinetto quintetto di clarinetto by Johannes
Brahms
July 31 - San Francesco (Asciano)
08:00 pm Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, violoncello e Martin Helmchen, pianoforte. Programme is
still to be defined.
11:30 pm Aldo Baerten, Dirk De Scheemaecker, Baptiste Lopez, Paul De Clerck, Fabrice
Johan, Jean Philippe Collard-Neven, Gérard Grisey 'Vortex Temporum'
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A U G U S T
August 1 - Abbey of San Galgano (Chiusdino - Siena) at 9:00 pm
La Traviata Melodramma in tre atti Music by Giuseppe Verdi
August 1 - San Francesco
12:00 pm Aldo Baerten, Marie Elisabeth Hecker & Martin Helmchen, F. Schubert piano sonata & trio di C.M. von Weber
08:00 pm Solisti Collegium Vocale e Concerto Palatino
Claudio Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Virgine
August 3 - Abbey of San Galgano (Chiusdino - Siena) at 9:00 pm
La Traviata Melodramma in tre atti Music by Giuseppe Verdi
..........................."Festival of The Clay Hills"
August 14 - Pienza
Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Courtyard of Palazzo Piccolomini, at 9:00 pm, Concert by Christophe Rousset and Ensemble Barocco
August 16 - Siena
The Palio |
S E P T E M B E R
September 6 and 7 - Pienza
Market of Pecorino Cheeses
September 13 / October 12 - Pienza
Palazzo Piccolomini, opening September 13, Homage to the paintings by Romea Ravazzi
September 13 - Pienza Courtyard of Palazzo Piccolomini, at 9:00 pm
Concert InChanto Città Sottili
September 20 till 28 - Buonconvento
The 40th Festival of Val d'Arbia
Septemebr 28 - Buonconvento
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O C T O B E R
October 9 till 12 - Buonconvento, P.zza Garibaldi
International Wine Festival
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