There Director of orchestra And pianist Gianna Fratta was nominated Artistic Director from the Taormina Foundation Sicilian arton the eve of 70th edition of the Taormina Film Festivalspearhead of the Foundationwhich will be held from 12 to 19 July 2024.
Gianna Frattawith its very rich experiencehis know-how and his powerwill produce, promote and enhance all the artistic events of the Foundationfrom music to theatre, from dance to cinema.
The Extraordinary Commissioner of Foundation Taormina Sicilian art Sergio Bonomo announced the appointment of the Maestro Gianna Fratta, stating: “A figure of high caliber and professionalism, he fills a role of great responsibility and importance. I am sure that the nomination of Gianna Fratta enriches the company’s development programs Foundationprojecting the organization towards ambitious goals”.
Throughout his career Gianna Fratta he has played and directed in many prestigious theaters, including the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires, Carnegie Hall Of New YorkSeoul Arts Center, Opera by Hong Kong, Smetana Hall Of PragueTeatro Municipal of St. Paul. She was the first conductor to work with the Berliner Symphoniker and the first Italian to conduct the Rome Opera Orchestra. He also conducted the Seoul Prime Orchestra, the Seoul Symphony Orchestra Macauthe Orchester National of Ile-de-Francethe Royal Academy Of London and many others. L’directorial activity in Italy counts collaborations with major orchestraslike theSymphony Orchestra RAI National Orchestra of Turin, the La Fenice Theater Orchestra of Venice, the Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra of Parma, the Regional Orchestra Tuscanythe Orchestra of the Petruzzelli Theater, the Orchestra of the Fondazione Arena di Veronathe Orchestra of the Teatro Lirico of Cagliari and that of Verdi Triestealongside artists such as Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, Sergej Krylov, Avi Avital, Raina Kabaiwanska, David Garrett, Daniele Abbado.
“I would really like to express particular praise to the Taormina Arte Sicilia Foundation for the nomination of Gianna Fratta to Artistic Director of the same Foundation – he declared Elvira Amata, Regional Councilor Tourism, Sport And Show -. The international and professional profile of the artist will certainly contribute to enriching the quality of the choices, which the Foundation will have to carry out with reference to the rich programming, which has always represented a cultural heritage And artistic of high depth which, year after year, fuels significant expectations. TO Gianna Fratta my sincere wishes for good work go out.”
“Taking on the artistic direction of such a prestigious and deeply rooted reality in the collective imagination, due to its being strongly correlated to prestigious locations, such as the Ancient Amphitheater of Taorminaand at important events such as, among others, the Taormina Film Festival is first and foremost a great responsibility – states the Maestro Gianna Fratta -. Being able to enhance physical spaces, cultural containers, historical places through art, music, entertainment, cinema, dance, theater will be a challenge that I will take on, trying to relaunch the image of Taormina as a city of art and culture at an international level. I thank Commissioner Bonomo, the Regional Councilor, for the nomination Loved and the Mayor DeLucaand I am sure that, with the entire TaoArte team, we will be able to propose innovative formats and high-profile shows, not only during the summer period, in order to extend the tourist season and offer valuable tourist products to those who come to Taormina fromItaly and from abroad, and to all Sicilians“.
In the 2023/2024 season Gianna Fratta she was the only one to inaugurate two lyrical entities: the Arena Foundation Of Verona with “The Magic Flute” and the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi of Trieste with “Manon Lescaut”, obtaining excellent feedback from the public and critics. You have published records and DVDs with Sony, Brilliant Classics, Arcana, Amadeus, Classica HD, Velut Luna, Bongiovanni. In 2009 she was awarded the title of Knight from the Italian republic For international artistic merits, as pianist and conductor. She is also the protagonist of various documentaries, which tell about her life.
