MASTERCLASSES & MUSIC to PEOPLE
Like any previous edition of the Festival, the days of the week will be marked by the Masterclasses. This year they will be open to everyone, with no limit on the number of participants, and free of charge. All you need is a good connection and a smartphone, Iphone, Ipad, pc.
For each day we will have 8 teachers - teachers, orchestra professors and international soloists - who, in the time slot 8.30-12.30 and 15.30-18.30 - will give their lessons to the world of Brass and to all fans, will educate the generations to Beauty, with a mode, so far unusual, but necessary, capable of keeping us united despite the planetary health emergency.
Every day, with a detailed calendar of appointments, over 80 of the best Brass musicians on our planet will connect from their home, from their living room, from their study, from their garden. Every corner of the world will speak Italian Brass Week; each of the 87 world stars will open their home to let out that vital breath, that 'Cosmic Breath' that will reach thousands, millions of young people and music lovers. We launch from the control room Florence a very strong and new sign of the resumption of musical life.
We will hear trumpets, horns, trombones, tube, euphonium from: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Symphonieorchester Bayerischen Rundfunks, London Symphony Orchestra, Canadian Brass, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Spanish National Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Metropolitan New York , Los Angeles Philarmonic, Teatro alla Scala Orchestra, Opera di Roma, National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome, Israel Philharmonic, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Gomalan Brass, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orquestra Sinfónica Brasileira, Wiener Philharmoniker, Orchestra del Vincenzo Bellini Theater of Catania, Mnozil Brass, Orchester de Paris, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Greek Radio Symphony Orchestra,
XXI International Festival Italian Brass Week 2020 'A Cosmic Breath: a virtual Festival with real Musicians' ©
Malaysian Philharmonic, European Union Youth Orchestra, Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Sarasota Orchestra, National Band of the State Police, Panama Brass Orchesta, international soloists and teachers of the most famous and prestigious universities on the planet, just to name a few.
Here are some world-class names in the world of Brass: Dale Clevenger, legend of the Chicago Symphony horn; Roger Bobo, legend of the Ex Los Angeles Orchestra tuba; Stefan Dohr and Radek Baborak of the Berliner Philharmoniker; Allen Vizzutti, Andrea Tofanelli and Francisco 'Pacho' Flores international soloists, Enzo Turriziani of the Wiener Philharmoniker. As well as great trainers: the mental coach Gabriella Rania of the Roberto Re Leadership School, Elies Monxolí Cerveró, professor of yoga, meditation and Alexander Technique of the Superior Conservatory of Music in Madrid and Castelló de la Plana (Spain)
Every day we will host streaming concerts, performances, talk shows, meetings, happenings on our social networks, free of charge involving the masters of the Festival, many Brass bands connected with us from the five continents and electronic music. There will be two afternoon appointments, marked at 2.30 pm and 2.45 pm, three evening appointments, divided between 8.00 pm, 8.45 pm and 9.40 pm.
Brass ensembles from Italy, Russia, Argentina, Brazil, USA, Venezuela, Japan, Gambia, Costa Rica, Greece, Iran, Guatemala, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands and Mexico have already joined our 'A Cosmic Breath' project. .
The closing of each evening is due to the performance of electronic and brass music curated by the producer and sound designer Alberto Tucci of 'Elastica Records' which will trigger artistic and culinary happenings with Brass improvisations on live sets and musical DJ sets that will involve artists from all over the world.
On each day there will be cultural inserts that will enhance Italian food and wine and artistic excellence: artistic pills that Dr. Antonella Lombardi will share daily on our social networks to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Raffaello Sanzio, from The Marriage of the Virgin, passing through the Sistine Madonna , La Fornarina, his love-hate relationship with Michelangelo Buonarroti, up to The school of Athens. From the pictorial to the food and wine with Leonardo Romanelli, well-known Slow Food and Slow Wine pen, journalist, chef and sommelier protagonist of Rai UNO and Rai TRE tv, right arm of Iginio Massari at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Brescia; Danilo Pirrone, Head Sommelier of the St. Regis Hotel; Dario Cecchini, the 'flab showman' spokesman for the Florentine steak in the world; Rai UNO's cook Luisanna Messeri.