Events

Friday 5. August at 9 pm S. Caterina Cloister, Real Collegio Lucca Dance Italia gives a free performance  At the end of an international advanced training contemporary dance workshop, from New York under the Artistic Direction of Stefanie Nelson. Every year more than 50 dancers, teachers, choreographers and artists on the national and international contemporary … Continue reading Dance Italia – From New York to Lucca -Free Performance

Summer Music Review Real Collegio - Cloister of Santa Caterina 06/08/2022 - 9pm Solo piano Francesco Xaverio Geminiani  Pièces de clavecin (I. Prélude-Lentement; II. Gayment; III. Vivement; IV. Tendrement; V. Vivement); César Franck - Prélude, Choral et Fugue; Fryderyk Chopin - Barcarolle op. 60; Franz Schubert - Impromptu, op. 142, n. 3; Georg Friedrich Händel … Continue reading Summer Music Review

Make a note of the weekend of 6 and 7 August: Appointment in Capannori with the "Goblets in the square" initiative! In Piazza Aldo Moro, in front of the town … Continue reading Goblets in the Square

MADAMA BUTTERFLY July 30 August 6 Torre del Lago -open-air theatre on the shores of Lake Massaciuccoli Giacomo Puccini spent three long years documenting and minutely studying the customs and traditions of Japan to shape Cio Cio San, his heroine who, 117 years after her first performance (Milan’s Teatro alla Scala on 17 February 1904) … Continue reading Puccini Festival – Madama Butterfly

Solo Piano Concert - Cristian Monti Place Cloister of Santa Caterina - Real Collegio - 9pm Categories Concert Solo piano Francesco Xaverio Geminiani - Pièces de clavecin (I. Prélude-Lentement; II. Gayment; III. Vivement; IV. Tendrement; V. Vivement); César Franck - Prélude, Choral et Fugue; Fryderyk Chopin - Barcarolle op. 60; Franz Schubert - Impromptu, op. … Continue reading Classical Concert

Drusilla Foer in  ELEGANT SUMMER the recital written and performed by Drusilla Foer, which has now become a cult.  A name, that of Madame Foer, which La Versiliana has known … Continue reading Drusilla Foer

 ORGAN CONCERT BY FRANZ JOSEF STOIBER August 7, 6:30pm A rich program of concerts by Choirs and Organists in the Cathedral of San Martino from June 3 to November 22, with world-renowned names and established musicians, holders of famous cathedrals and churches.   FLAM - Lucchese Federation of Musical Associations www.musicaincattedralelucca.com www.maurus1958@virgilio.it

Sagre Season -Various dates throughout July and August. Check website for details. It is Sagra season and there is no shortage in the Garfagnana, from Maccheroni, to Porchetta to Beer … Continue reading Various Sagre in Garfagnana

August 8. 2022 Villa Bertelli - Forti dei Marmi The historic English progressive band Jethro Tull will be in Italy for a series of unmissable events. Jethro Tull have carved out a space in the history of music with their folk-rock-prog characterized by the unmistakable transverse flute of Ian Anderson.   Link to buy tickets … Continue reading Jethro Tull concert in Forte dei Marmi

Le Rinascenze Culture Festival By Night 9-10.August 2022 On 9 and 10 August  The "Rinascenze" art event is about to return to Villa Reale in Marlia in the "By night" … Continue reading Le Rinascenze Culture Festival By Night – Art Under the Stars

The promenade, bulwark by bulwark, note by note, association by association ... The access and the route are free, but starting the walk from the cafe delle Mura, as the architect Nottolini had thought when in the nineteenth century the Urban Walls were transformed from a military building into an original urban park, the welcome … Continue reading And the Stars Were Shining – Walk along the Walls with Music performances & Associations opening their doors

Lucca Jazz Donna is a festival dedicated to showcasing female musicians. The frequency is annual and its purpose is to identify, select and enhance women in jazz: in singing, in composition and arrangement, in the use of various instruments and musical styles. It was born in March 2005 to fall in the period in which … Continue reading Lucca Jazz Donna – Female Jazz Festival