Livorno al Centro begins, over 20 events on 15 stages. Lenzi: a widespread festival that embraces the whole city – Livornopress

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June 25, 2024

From 28 to 30 June “Livorno al Centro”, a festival of art, culture and entertainment, returns

Livorno, 25 June 2024 – Livorno al Centro starts, over 20 events on 15 stages. Lenzi: a widespread festival that embraces the whole city

The program of “Livorno al Centro. Livorno Art and Culture at the Center of Attention”, a festival of art, culture and entertainment which, like every year, will take place in the Livorno city with attractions of various kinds during the weekend, from Friday 28th to Sunday 30th June. All shows will be free.
The idea of ​​the festival, now in its ninth edition, was born from the desire to relaunch the city center and from the desire to enhance the artistic and cultural talents of Livorno.
The festival, organized by the RIKI Cultural Association, is organized in partnership with the Municipality of Livorno and with the collaboration of the Goldoni Theater Foundation and other entities such as cultural associations, local artists, commercial activities, CCN, guides and tourist operators.
This edition will have 15 stages to enhance and revitalize some specific cultural centers in the area, with the involvement of 6 associations, creating a synergy of interventions by multiple cultural entities.
The initiative was presented at Palazzo Comunale by the Councilor for Culture Simone Lenzi, the organizer Riccardo Della Ragione and the director of the Goldoni Theater Foundation Mario Menicagli.
“When an event reaches its ninth edition – underlines councilor Lenzi – it means that it is now a consolidated event. What we have always liked about this event, meanwhile, is the fact that it is a widespread festival that in some way embraces the whole city, and what’s more, it truly originates from the bottom, in the sense that it involves the
traders and locals in the places where it takes place. Furthermore, it allows us to shine a light on the city’s talents.”
“Promoting this sharing between traders, operators in the entertainment sector and cultural associations – explains Riccardo Della Ragione, artistic director of the Festival – is the key to growing as a city by developing a stronger civic conscience. Cultivate and encourage our talents with the common goal of the cultural and tourist awakening of the city. Everyone makes their strengths available with the desire to network to put the city of Livorno with its peculiarities at the center.”
Also in this edition, the inaugural event of the festival will be the award ceremony for Livorno talents which will take place on Friday 28 June at 7pm in Piazza Attias. The young writer Sofia Debora Fusco and the line judge Giorgio Niccolai will receive the gold medal. The prizes will be presented by councilor Lenzi and the director of the Goldoni Theater Mario Menicagli together with the artistic director of the Festival Riccardo Della Ragione.
For the final day, Sunday 30 June, in front of the Darsena di Porta a Mare, the Opera Theater Concert is scheduled with the participation of the soprano Valentina Boi and the baritone Pedro Carrillo Perera, accompanied by the Ensemble Corallo. The arias chosen for the occasion will be interspersed with a reading by Luca Salemmi who will take us back to the times when the shipyard was born.
The concert (as well as the conference on painting on Saturday 29th curated by Michele Pierleoni which has the subtitle “Livorno and the Sea”) aims to underline the profound relationship of the people of Livorno with the sea and the history of that place which once hosted the old Orlando Shipyards.
Furthermore, this year the festival, in the Porta a Mare location, will host the Palio Marinaro awards ceremony on Sunday 30 June, at 7 pm.
The festival shows, which will alternate during the three days of programming, will begin in the morning at 10 am and will end by midnight. There will be over twenty events scheduled and more than one hundred artists will be involved.
These are the areas of the city affected:
Piazza Attias talk show Livorno at the Livorno talent awards center
Via Goldoni World Music
Piazza Grande Swing Music and LGBTQIA+ Event
Via Sardi Musica Rock & Contemporary Artists Exhibition
City Park Odeon Classical Music
Piazza Matteotti Conference on Architecture and Docufilm on Michelucci
Central Female Songwriting Market and BeCoot Temporary Exhibition
Porta a Mare Art Conference, Opera-Theatrical Concert and Palio Marinaro Awards Ceremony
Piazza Mazzini Blues Music
Piazza Cavallotti Italian singer-songwriter
Piazza della Colonnella Rumba Flamenco concert
Piazza dell’Arsenale Latin Jazz concert
Mascagni Terrace City Band Concert
Villa Rodocanacchi and Villa Maurogordato Tour in the Park
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
“LIVORNO IN THE CENTRE”
IX edition – 28, 29, 30 June 2024
Friday 28 June
1. PIAZZA ATTIAS – Livorno Talent Awards Ceremony
(Bar Toffee and Coffee Aperitifs – Pizza – Wine bar)
7.00 pm Variety Talk show
“Livorno al Centro – Livorno art and culture at the center of attention”
Awards ceremony for Livorno’s talents by the Councilor for Culture Simone Lenzi and the Director of the Goldoni Theater Mario Menicagli,
the Festival’s Artistic Director Riccardo Della Ragione hosts the Variety.
(the young writer Sofia Debora Fusco and the line judge Giorgio Niccolai will receive the 2024 awards).
2. PIAZZA MATTEOTTI – Conference on Architecture and Docufilm on the Architect Michelucci
(L’Altra Terra Bio food – Aperitifs – Dinner)
7.30 pm Conference “The Skyscraper and Giovanni Michelucci”
edited by: Massimo Sanacore, Stefano Ceccarini, Marcello Paffetti
9.00 pm Screening of the documentary “Giovanni Michelucci – Elements of life and the city”
3. CENTRAL MARKET – Temporary exhibition
(Alle Vettovaglie – Dinner – Aperitifs – Wine bar)
7.30 pm Temporary exhibition “BeCoot” exhibition of the works of Alessandro di Costanzo
4. PIAZZA GRANDE – Swing and LGBTQIA+ Event
(Bar Sole Aperitifs – Dinner – Wine bar)
7.00 pm “Road Swing band” & “Social dance” concert
Elisa Ghilardi vocals, Alessio Bianchi vocals and trumpet, Marco Galiero guitar, Luca Franchini double bass, Renato Ughi drums
“Social dance” by Jazz Road ASD dance school
5. VIA GOLDONI – World Music
(Nomadè Dinner – Aperitifs – Wine bar)
7.00 pm Concert “Two Monkyes” concert by Mattia Donati and Joaquin Corneyo
6. PIAZZA COLONNELLA – Rumba Flamenco concert
(Il Ritrovino Restaurant – Dinner – Wine bar)
8.00 pm “Rumba Flamenco” concert
edited by “Viento del sur” with Pippo Ceccarini trumpet, Martin Lemos guitar and voice, Alessandro Conforti percussion
7. VIA SARDI – Rock Music
(London Pub Brewery – Wine bar)
8.00 pm Concert “Mool flanders” & Contemporary Artists Exhibition
8. PIAZZA MAZZINI – Blues music
(Jhonny Paranza Aperitifs – Dinner)
8.00 pm Concert “Stefano Dentone & The Sundance Family Band”
Saturday 29 June
9. VILLA MAUROGORDATO – Walk in the Park
10.00 am “The Seduction of the Park” walks in the Park organized by Reset and the Monterotondo Observatory
10. VILLA RODOCANACCHI – Walk in the Park
10.00 am “The Seduction of the Park” walks in the Park organized by Reset and the Monterotondo Observatory
11. PORTA A MARE – Art Conference
(Dinner restaurants – Wine bars)
9.30pm Conference on painting dedicated to “Livorno and the Sea” curated by Michele Pierleoni
12. ODEON CITY PARK – Classical Music
(Parchino Bistrot Aperitifs – Dinner – Wine bar)
7.00 pm “Pithecanthropus Clarinet Ensemble” concert by the Clarinet Class of the “P. Mascagni”
of Livorno – Director Carlo Failli
13. VIA GOLDONI – World Music
(Nomadè Dinner – Aperitifs – Wine bar)
7.00 pm “EtniMarz” concert
14. CENTRAL MARKET – Female Songwriting
(Alle Vettovaglie – Dinner – Aperitifs – Wine bar)
7.30 pm Concert “Female Songwriter” by Greta Merli guitar and Ada Doria vocals
15. PIAZZA CAVALLOTTI – Italian songwriting
(Il Barroccino – Dinner – Aperitifs – Wine bar)
7.30 pm Concert “Disperati Erotico Trio” by Marco Magagnini guitar and vocals, Andrea Marianelli bass,
Filippo Sgrani percussion
16. VIA SARDI – Rock music
(London Pub Brewery – Wine bar)
8.30pm “Ultima mano” concert & Contemporary Artists Exhibition
17. PIAZZA GRANDE – LGBTQIA+ event
(Bar Caffetteria Dollino Appetizers – Dinner – Wine bar)
7.30 pm “LGBTQIA+ EVENT” Dinner show event in favor of the LGBTQIA+ community
Sunday 30 June
18. PIAZZA DELL’ARSENAL – Latin Jazz music
(Quo Vadis Sandwich shop – Dinner – Aperitifs – Wine bar)
7.00 pm “Los Pestanas” concert with Francesco Saporito electric piano and flute, Maurizio De Gennaro electric guitar,
Fabio Angeli bass, Matteo Stefani percussion
19. MASCAGNI TERRAZZA – City Band
9.00 pm “Banda Città di Livorno” concert, event dedicated to the centenary of the death of Giacomo Puccini
20. PORTA A MARE – Opera and Theater Concert and Palio Marinaro Award Ceremony
(Dinner restaurants – Wine bars)
7.00 pm “Palio Marinaro 2024” awards ceremony
9.30 pm Concert “Livorno and the sea”
Music and Reading dedicated to the history of the Orlando Shipyards of Livorno
Luca Salemmi narrator
Coral Ensemble Orchestra:
Valentina Boi soprano, Pedro Carrillo Perera baritone, Lucia Neri flute, Enrico Giovannini violin, Marta Boschis violin, Alessandro
Arieti violin, Elena Currò viola, Matteo Tripodi viola, Leonardo Giovannini cello, Vittorio Cirasaro double bass, Alessandra
Dezzi piano, Riccardo Della Ragione conductor
All the info on: www.livornoalcentro.it – www.goldoniteatro.it