From 10 to 27 August, Lerici hosts the Suoni Dal Golfo, a festival of classical music created in 2017 by conductor Gianluca Marcianò. But not only classic, because the festival will also be rich in poems and lectures. Gianluca Marcianò thus celebrates its hometown, combining the charm and authenticity of a seaside village with the beauty of music played by the orchestra Excellence , composed of young talents coming from all over the world. Marcianò founded it together with the Russian violist Maxim Novikov, to guarantee a unique opportunity for young musicians. In fact, the Festival promotes a stay of perfection for selected young people who share the stage with established artists, guaranteeing them an opportunity for training and professional growth by playing and testing every day in the Festival Symphony Orchestra, which will also function as an international training Academy for students of prestigious academic musical institutions. Also this year Suoni dal Golfo celebrates the artists who over time have drawn inspiration in the Gulf of Poets with 17 concerts in the beautiful towns of Lerici, San Terenzo and Tellaro .
ProgramAugust 10th Grand Opening Gala Rotonda Vassallo
21:00 | Music from the award-winning film Capernaum, in the presence of composer and pianist Khaled Mouzanar and director Nadine Labaki. Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, bandoneon Gianluca Marcianò, director Orchestra Excellence
August 11th SEA OF STORIES ON THE GULF OF POETS I Interview Hotel Shelley e delle Palme, Lerici 18:00 Capernaum, a cinema committed to social change Nadine Labaki in conversation with Maya Jaggi
Church of San Terenzo 18:30 | SaxIVSeasoning ExclusIVe Saxophone Quartet The four Seasons Music by A. Piazzolla
Round Vassallo Concert in memory of Katya Tsukanova (2002-2019) 21:00 | This concert wants to remember Katya Tsukanova, a young artist who was supposed to participate in the "Spotlight on a Young Musician" festival. Talented violinist, we should have listened to her tonight. It was tragically missed too soon, and this concert offers what Katya loved: symphonic, chamber and vocal music, as well as dance and life. Among the artists who will perform tonight, there will be: Gianluca Marciano - piano Mikhail Shilyaev - piano Anush Hovhannisyan - soprano Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi - bandoneon MaximNovikov - violet Ekaterina Zemskova - cello
Oratorio en Selàa, Tellaro 21:00 | Aitne Quartet Music by J. Haydn, F. Schubert and W. A. Mozart Donata Piazza, violin Simone Paradiso, purple Elena Sciamarelli, cello Marco Ciampa, oboe
August 12th SEA OF STORIES ON THE GULF OF POETS I Interview Hotel Shelley e delle Palme, Lerici 18:00 I Refugee artist of the human condition: Paul Guiragossian Manuella Guiragossian speaks with Maya Jaggi
Immobile moment Roundabout Vassallo 21:00 | An evening dedicated to Belcanto with Venera Gimadieva, soprano Gianluca Marcianò, director Orchestra Excellence
August 13th Journey to Europe by Mr. Bach Roundabout Vassallo 20:30 | Andrea Bacchetti, piano Music by J.S. Bach in collaboration with Serate Musicali di Milano
Tribute to Khaled al Assad, guardian of beauty, hero of Palmyra 22:30 I 'Khaled' (absolute first performance) Directed by: Angelo Tonelli Music by Oliviero Lacagnina Musical coordinator: Sergio Chierici Texts: Vinicio Ceccarini Narrator: Daniele Ceccarini, Angelo Tonelli Composer and singer: Phoskaiskià Paola Polito Choreography: Annalisa Maggiani Performative dance: Annalisa Maggiani, Stefano Gorgaini and guest Images: Giuliano Gennari Video: Daniele Ceccarini Scenography: Giuliano Diofili
August 14th SEA OF STORIES ON THE GULF OF POETS I Interview Hotel Shelley e delle Palme, Lerici 18:00 I La Musica della Speranza Marcelo Bratke converses with Boyd Tonkin
Invitation au voyage Roundabout Vassallo 21:00 | Concert show Marco Gambino, actor Marcelo Bratke, piano Mariannita Luzzati, video projections
August 15th Mid-August Grand Gala Rotonda Vassallo 21:00 | Miriam Prandi, piano and cello Ana de la Vega, flute Darko Briek, clarinet Pablo Urbina, director and other surprise guests Orchestra Excellence
August 16th Rhapsody for Europe Roundabout Vassallo 21:00 | Pain and greatness of the Abbot Liszt Gregorio Moppi, narrator Alberto Bologni, violin Giuseppe Bruno, piano
August 17th SEA OF STORIES ON THE GULF OF POETS I Interview Hotel Shelley e delle Palme, Lerici 18:00 I From the blues of Beirut to the Italian Riviera Hanan al-Shaykh speaks with Maya Jaggi
To Italy Roundabout Vassallo 21:00 | Giuseppe Guarrera, YCAT artist Music by D. Scarlatti, J.S. Bach / F.Busoni, F. Liszt, F. Liszt / Paganini, L. Berio
August 18th SEA OF STORIES ON THE GULF OF POETS I Interview Hotel Shelley e delle Palme, Lerici 18:00 The Voices of Freedom Ben Okri converses with Boyd Tonkin
Chamber music concert Rotonda Vassallo 21:00 | Sergej Krylov, violin Maxim Novikov, purple Miriam Prandi, cello Klaudia Baca, double bass Ana de la Vega, flute Lone Madsen, clarinet Vitaly Pisarenko, piano Music by F. Schubert, M. Glinka, M. Bruch
August 19th SEA OF STORIES ON THE GULF OF POETS I Interview Hotel Shelley e delle Palme, Lerici 18:00 I From Russia to the World Sergej Krylov talks with Boyd Tonkin
Round Vassallo 21:00 | P. I. Tchaikovsky, Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major op.35 P. I. Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 5 in E min. op. 64 Sergej Krylov, violin Gianluca Marcianò, director Orchestra Excellence
August 20th Singing and Piano Recital Roundabout Vassallo 21:00 | Vincenzo Costanzo, tenor Gianluca Marcianò, piano Music by F. P. Tosti, P. Mascagni, V. Bellini, C. A. Bixio and A. De Curtis
August 21st 19:30 I Rotonda Vassallo Spotlight on a Young Musician Nicolas Salloum, piano Music by L. V. Beethoven, R. Schumann, F. Chopin
CASTLE OF LERICI 21:30 Evening and dinner reserved for the sponsors and patrons of the Festival The violinist Ksenia Milas plays the 24 Capricci for solo violin op. 1 by Niccolò Paganini
August 22nd SEA OF STORIES ON THE GULF OF POETS I Interview Hotel Shelley e delle Palme, Lerici 18:00 Inspired by Lerici David Winkler converses with Boyd Tonkin
In Lerici Roundabout Vassallo 21:00 | M. Bruch, Kol Nidrei op. 47 F. Liszt, Concerto No. 2 in the major for piano and orchestra, S 125 D. Winkler, Symphony no. 4 "Lerici" (first absolute performance) Samar Talaat Hafez, double bass Vitaly Pisarenko, piano Gianluca Marcianò, director Orchestra Excellence
August 23rd The great beauty Rotonda Vassallo 20:30 | Maxim Novikov, purple Herta Hansena, piano Music by N.Rota, F.Schubert, A.Pärt, P.Karmanov, C.Reinecke, R. Di Marino and A.Maskats (absolute first performance)
22:30 I VesuviOperaJazz with Vincenzo Costanzo, tenor A fantastic new sound. Is it jazz? Is it opera? Opera arias like you've never heard them before
August 24th Traveling with Rossini Paganini Rotonda Vassallo 20:30 | Luigi Maio, musician Gianluca Marcianò, director Orchestra Excellence under the patronage of Paganini Genova Festival and in collaboration with Carro Felice
Aleph and his band Roundabout Vassallo 22:30 I Lebanese Music Sensation A combination of sound worlds. The final celebration of a memorable festival
August 27th SPECIAL CONCERT IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF CROLLO DEL PONTE MORANDI GENOVA Roundabout Vassallo 21:00 I Extraordinary concert R. Di Marino - Concerto for viola and orchestra (first absolute performance) Maxim Novikov, purple J. Sibelius - Concerto for violin and orchestra in D minor, op. 47 Anna Tifu, violin W. A. Mozart - Requiem K626 Maria Koryagova, soprano I Sofia Tumanyan, alto I Bechara Moufarrej, tenor I Laurence Meikle, bass Chorus of the Teatro Carlo Felice directed by Maestro Francesco Aliberti Orchestra Excellence and Maestro Gianluca Marcianò In collaboration with the Carlo Felice Theater Foundation of Genoa
The train, surely the best means of travel to visit the Cinque Terre and be enchanted by the beauty of the Ligurian sea. From March 16th the 5 Terre Express train is in service to travel comfortably between La Spezia Centrale, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monterosso and Levanto with a single single fare ticket, taking advantage of the offer of 100 trains a day, 7 days a week, every 15 minutes