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EVENTS MAY 2004

Montone Film Festival 2004 "Beautiful and Invisible"

The following information has been provided by Marisa Berna.

This series of four films is entitled "Beautiful and Invisible", and is dedicated to international and national films that for some obscure reason have not been shown or distributed in Umbria. The films are in English with Italian subtitles and viceversa. When it is possible an expert will be present. To make the viewing of the film all the more enjoyable a dinner will follow, thus giving us all the possibility to continue to discuss the film and for you to participate actively in the preparation of next year's Film Festival 2003.

The first film of the festival has already been shown, on Friday 26 March. It was TANDEM, directed by Patrice Leconte. Leconte is considered one of the best European directors. In Italy it has not had a good distribution. However, it has had enormous success in France and everywhere in the world.

The next films to be shown are:

April l6: L'uomo del Treno, directed by Patrice Leconte, in French with Italian subtitles
April 30: Goodbye Lenin, best European film for 2003
May 14: Lost in Translation, directed by Sofia Coppola

All films will be shown at 7:30 pm at the Audiovisual Centre in Montone, located in

The Public Library,
via A. Caseti No. 21.

A dinner will follow at the restaurant of the Bar Erba Luna in Piazza Fortebraccio, Montone. The cost for each evening is € 20.00. This includes film, dinner and a small contribution towards the Film Festival. The Audiovisual Centre has a limited capacity. Therefore, I ask you to please book as soon as possible.

Call me, Marisa Berna, on 0759410934/0759410931, or by email to info@umbriafilmfestival.com


Festival di Primavera - XV Edizione

Sabato 1 maggio - Umbertide - S. Croce - ore 21:00

"Le Stagione delle Musica ... da HAYDN a ... BEETHOVEN ... e PIAZZOLLA" Trio "Frank Bridge": Roberto MAZZOLA, violino, Giulio GLAVINA, violoncello, Mariangela MARCONE, pianoforte

Sabato 8 maggio - Montone - S. Francesco - ore 21:00

"SINCOPATO ... con GARBO"

Maurizio di Fulvio Trio: Maurizio di Fulvio, chitarra, Corrado Ciancaglini, contrabbasso, Davide La Rovere, batteria

Sabato 15 maggio - Umbertide - S. Croce - ore 21:00

"I FIATI e il PIANOFORTE" Gruppo Strumentale "La Camerata del Perugino", Quintetto di strumenti a fiato e pianoforte: Monica FAGIOLI, flauto, Ivano RONDONI, clarinetto, Filippo PIAGNANI, fagotto, Simone FRONDINI, oboe, Eolo PIGNATTINI, corno, Alessandra GENTILE, pianoforte

Venerdi 21 maggio - Umbertide - S. Croce - ore 21:00

"LA SCUOLA EUROPEA NEL MONDO DELLA MUSICA CLASSICA" Duo ANFOSSI/GLAVINA: Giulio GLAVINA, violoncello, Massimo ANFOSSI, pianoforte

Vernedi 28 maggio - Umbertide - S. Croce - ore 21:00

"I GRANDI DELL'800: BRAHMS e SCHUMANN" Quartetto d'archi "J HUBAY" con clarinetto e pianoforte: Stefano RONDONI, Giovanni NUCCIARELLI, violino, Elga CIANCALEONI, viola, Ermanno VALLINI, violoncello, Ivano RONDONI, clarinetto, Matteo ANDREINI, pianoforte

Martedi 1 giugno - Umbertide - S. Croce - ore 21:00

"IL SOLISTA e L'ORCHESTRA" Orchestra d'archi "Guido d'Arezzo" Dir. Ivano RONDONI Solisti: Stefano RONDONI, Gianfranco CONTADINI, violino Musiche di A. VIVALDI e W. A. MOZART

Domenica 6 giugno - Montone - S. Francesco - ore 21:00

"L'ARPA e la MUSICA FRANCESE NELL'OTTOCENTO" - Trio: Francesca BOEM, arpa, Riccardo LIPPI, flauto, Ladislavo VIENI, viola

Giovedi 10 Giugno - Umbertide - S. Croce - ore 21:00

"LA GUITARRA y LA MUSICA ESPANOLA" - Fabrizio MARSILI, Alessandro BRAVI, chitarra Special guest: JAVIER GARCIAS MORENO


Classical Music in Perugia organised by Amici della Musica

Last remaining concerts in the current season organised by this group are:

Thursday 6 May, Teatro Morlacchi, 20:30

Leipzig Gewandhaus Symphony Orchestra
Richard Strauss - Don Juan, Til Eulenspiegel
Dvorak - Symphony no. 9 - From the New World

Friday 14 May, Sala dei Notari, 20:30

Hisako Kawamura, piano
Mozart - Sonata K.576
Prokofiev - Sonata no.2, op.14
Chopin - Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise, op.22; Sonata op.58

Friday 21 May, Basilica di San Domenico, 20:30

Francesco Cera, organ

Music by Girolamo Frescobaldi, Johann Kaspar Kerll, Bernardo Pasquini, Dietrich Buxtehude, G. B. Pergolesi, Ch. Willibald Gluck, Giovanni Morandi, Amilcare Ponchielli

Thursday 26 May, Teatro Turreno, 21:00

"Goran Bregovic's Carmen Opera Tzigana"
Goran Bregovic and his "Weddings and Funerals Band"

Saturday 5 June, Teatro Morlacchi, 20:30

Closing concert for this season

ORT - Orchestra della Toscana
Orchestra Giovanile Italiana
Roberto Abbado, dirretore
Mahler - Symphony no. 6

More details of these concerts can be viewed at www.amicimusicapg.it, where you can also find booking information.


Perugino the divine painter

A major event about this artist's work and life running from February 28 to July 18.

There are six separate exhibitions.

Città della Pieve, Palazzo della Corgna, Piazza XIX giugno 1: Perugino and the landscape. Info: 0578.291.226

Corciano, Museo di San Francesco: Perugino pittore devozionale. Info: 075.5188255.

Deruta, former convent of San Francesco, Largo San Francesco: ceramic work before, during and after the life of Perugino. Opening times: April - June 10.30am-1pm, 3-6pm open every day; July 10am-1pm, 3.30-7pm open every day. Info: tel./fax 075.9711000, e-mail smuseo.deruta@libero.it.

Perugia, La Galleria Nazionale dell'Umbria, Corso Vannucci 19. Opening times: Monday to Sunday 8.30-19.30, closed first Monday of the month. Info. 075.57210009.

Perugia, underground passages of Rocca Paolina: La fortuna e il mito (fortune and myth). Info. 075.3681460.

Perugia, Benedictine basilica of San Pietro: Miniature painting at the time of Perugino. Info: 075.34770.

Go to www.perugiaonline.com for much more information.


Traditional Furniture Show

This takes place in Citta di Castello from 24 April to 2 May. Local furniture companies show off their goods and its an excellent place to see what's available, compare prices and talk to the makers. Take the old road north out of Citta di Castello towards San Giustino, and about a kilometre after the roundabout with a garden centre on the corner look out for a sign for SMAI on the left. Take this road and follow the signs.


UMBRIA JAZZ 2004

July 9
Dr. John
B.B. King

July 10
The Original Blues Brothers
George Clinton Parliament/Funkadelic

July 11
Keith Jarrett
Gary Peacock
Jack DeJohnette

July 12
Angie Stone
Giorgia

July 13
The Manhattan Transfer
The Count Basie Orchestra

July 14
Milva & Tangoseis- El Tango de Astor Piazzolla
Dee Dee Bridgewater - Latin Sound Escape

July 15
Alicia Keys

July 16
Michael Bublé
Burt Bacharach

July 17
James Brown

July 18
Hiromi
Hancock, Shorter, Holland, Blade

Plus lots of free concerts

Full details at www.umbriajazz.com


Trasimeno Blues

Lots of free concerts from 22nd July to 1st August

Full details at www.trasimenoblues.net