BATEAU IVRE, the modern art exhibition inaugurated in April, will remain open until September 28th.

The exhibition is located in Montepulciano, Tuscany in the Cantina Icario in an area created by the famous Architects Valle & Valle, and reviewed by famous magazines such as Domus, AD, Exibart, Lifestyle …

This contemporary art exhibition feature important Italian artists:

• Gabriele Arruzzo
• Pier Luigi Malignano
• Maurizio Cannavacciuolo
• Alberto Di Fabio
• Fulvio Di Piazza
• Nathalie Du Pasquier
• Massimo Kaufmann
• Laboratorio Saccardi
• Francesco Lauretta
• Andrea Mastrovito
• Davide Nido
• Cristiano Pintaldi
• Antonio Riello

and others.

BATEAU IVRE – Progetto Culturale Icario

Art direction: Aldo Premoli

CANTINA ICARIO
Via delle Pietrose 2
53045 Montepulciano, Siena – Tuscany
Tel. +39 0578 75 88 45

www.icario.it

The 28th edition of the Grey Cat Festival takes place in maremma, Tuscany.

An agenda of events taking place in:

• Grosseto
• Follonica
• Roccastrada
• Scarlino
• Arcidosso
• Monte Argentario
• Capalbio,
• Castiglione della Pescaia
• Massa Marittima
• Pitigliano

Beautiful locations in Tuscany and some of the greatest Italian and International Jazz musicians.

• Monday August 11th, Gavorrano Teatro delle Rocce Maceo Parker
• Tuesday August 12th, Porto Santo Stefano Piazzale dei Rioni Mauro Grossi trio, with Andrea Hopkins, Mauro Grossi, Attilio Zanchi, Marco Castiglioni – Free Admittance
• Wednesday August 13th, Follonica Piazza Sivieri Fuentes Ettore Bonafe, Brahima Dembel, Paolo Casu, Mino Cavallo, Francesca Taranto, Adama Dembele, Anna Granata, Luca Marianini, Bibeta Zabre – Free Admittance
• Thursday August 14th, Castello di Scarlino Guinga Quartet Guiga, Paulo Sergio Santos, Lula Galvão, Jorginho do trompete
• Friday August 15th, Gavorrano Teatro delle Rocce Stefano Bollani & Massimo Altomare ‘Gnosi delle Fanfole’ Stefano Bollani, Massimo Altomare, Mirco Guerrini, Miko Ambrogini, Walter Paoli, Mirio Cosottini
• Saturday August 16th, Follonica Teatro le Ferriere Stefano ‘Cocco’ Cantini, Fabrizio Bosso quintet project Original Grey Cat Festival – Prima assoluta Stefano ‘Cocco’ Cantini, Fabrizio Bosso, Manhu Roche, Michel Benita, Ramberto Ciammarughi
• Sunday August 17th, Montieri Sala Comunale Bebo Ferra 4tet con Rita Marcotulli ‘luar’ Bebo Ferra, Rita Marcotulli, Raffaello Pareti – Free Admittance
• Monday August 18th, Sassofortino Parco Fonte di Vandro, Francesco Bearzatti ‘tinissima’ Francesco Bearzatti, Giovanni Falzone, Danilo Gallo, Zeno de Rossi – Free Admittance
• Tuesday August 19th, Monterotondo Marittimo Piazza Casalini, Dominique Di Piazza trio Dominique di Piazza, Nelson Veras, Manhu Roche – Free Admittance
• Thursday August 21st, Monterotondo Marittimo Piazza Casalini, Giovanni Guidi quartet Giovanni Guidi, Dan Kinzelman, Stefano Senni, Joao Lobo – Free Admittance
• Friday August 22nd, Castello di Scarlino Roberto Gatto 4tet Roberto Gatto, Luca Mannutza, Daniele Tittarelli, Rosario Bonaccorso
• Saturday August 23rd, Caldana Centro Qube Orchestra ex Terni Jazz Big Band – Free Admittance

The 28th edition of the Grey Cat Festival is under way in Tuscany, in selected location of the Maremma with an agenda of Italian and International Jazz musicians …

The Tuscan Sun Festival is under way in the small town of Cortona, on the border between Umbria and Tuscany, in the countryside softened by hills and lakes. The 6^th edition of the Tuscan Sun Festival was inaugurated on August 2^nd and will end on August 10^{th -}

The Festival was founded by Barrett Wissman who gave life to a Tuscan Sun Festival in Napa Valley in California and Singapore, with a calendar rich in events that are divided into several sections:

• music
• art
• literature
• ballet
• oriental disciplines
• section on refined tastes

The inauguration saw the performance of the Russian dancers of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, heirs of an ancient tradition. A spectacular outdoor staging in Piazza Signorelli with the Swan Lake and The Nutcracker of Tchaicoskj, the Spartacus of Khachaturian, Prokofiev Cinderella, Don Quixote of Minkus.

Another big event is expected on August 8^th when the famous American actor Robert Redford will read some poems by Robert Frost, accompanied on piano by Nicola Luisotti, pianist and conductor recently appointed director of the San Francisco Opera.

The reading will take place in the centre of Cortona, near the historic Teatro Signorelli, a small neoclassical style theatre.

Following the Robert Redford reading is a tribute to one of the most famous poets Italian Giacomo Leopardi, whose poems will be recited by Gabriele Lavia, one of the biggest theatrical stars of the Italian theater.

During the Tuscan Sun Festival private tours to the Museum of the Etruscan Academy , wine tasting in combination with local meats and cheeses; a unique combination of cultural and gastronomical events.