
MAG MetaMorfosi Art Gallery presents: De Chirico: The Reconstruction, an exhibition organized by MetaMorfosi with the support of the city of Spoleto and the Umbrian Region.
Curated by Claudio Strinati, the exhibition brings together, in the 200 square meters of the new exhibition space, a selection of masterpieces by the leading exponent of Italian metaphysical painting (1888-1978) .
The exhibition will be open from Februrary 27 to June 5 2016
Opening hours
from Tuesday to Sunday
10.30 am-1.00 pm / 2.30-6 pm
Entrance fee: € 5,00
Information: 0039 0743 222889
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Associazione MetaMorfosi
www.associazionemetamorfosi.com

Natino Chirico, Mauro Iori, Sergio Russo: these are the protagonists of the Palazzo Collicola-Arti Visive springtime exhibitions.
Curated by director Gianluca Marziani, they will be visitable from 19 March to 22 May 2016.
Meanwhile, the exhibition Spoleto contemporanea has been extended; it will still be possible to direct our gaze to present Spoleto, and define the coordinates of what has been produced in the city, by both young and veteran artists, men and women, who either stayed or returned, including foreigners who chose Spoleto for a short or a long period of their life, coming from the rest of Italy, of Europe, of the world.
Info: www.palazzocollicola.eu

From May 18th to 22nd Spoleto is the location of the 8th edition of one of the most important accordion and piano festival in Italy. Strumenti&Musica Festival, organized by Associazione Culturale “Italian Accordion Culture” (Premiere Voting Member of CIA Imc-Unesco) with the support of Comune di Spoleto, Regione Umbria and Consorzio di Bonificazione Umbra, presents a wide program including concerts, seminars and auditions.
As usual, the highlights of the Festival are the International Contest for Young Accordionists (Premio Strumenti&Musica), the Italian Accordionists Selection, that’ll grant access to the final phase of the 69th Coupe Mondiale (CIA, 7 -11 September in Rostov-On-Don, Russia) and the International Piano Contests (Premio Pianistico Internazionale “Città di Spoleto” and Concorso Pianistico Internazionale “Città di Spoleto” – categories).
The jury of the piano contests is composed of first-class Teachers and performers, such as:
M° Fausto Di Cesare – chairman – Italy
M° Agathe Leimoni – Greece
M° Denis Chefanov – Russia
M° Enrico Stellini – Italy
M° Maria Teresa Carunchio – Italy
M° Marian Mika – Poland
M° Maurizio Marinelli – Italy
The Accordion Contest Jury includes:
M° Marco Gemelli – Italia
M° Patrizia Angeloni – Italia
M° Giorgio Dellarole – Italia
M° Jörgen Sundeqvist – Svezia
M° Ladislav Horak – Repubblica Ceca
M° Alexander Selivanov – Russia
Programme of the event:
Wednesday 18 May 2016
Palazzo Leti Sansi, h 19.00
Opening Concert
Katia Ghigi – violin
Michele Rossetti – piano
Thursday 19 May 2016
Palazzo Leti Sansi, h 9.00 and h 15.00
International piano contest
Friday 20 May 2016
Palazzo Leti Sansi, h 9.00 and h 15.00
International piano contest
Palazzo Mauri, h 18.00
Seminar: Scarlatti’s Sonatas
A modern reading of a repertoire loved by all-time keyboard players. Formal structure, articulation, dynamics, rhythm, popular and learned references (Teacher: Giorgio Dellarole – holder of the accordion tenure at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma)
Palazzo Leti Sansi, h 21.00
Concerto: Baroque Music
Giorgio Dellarole – accordion
Massimiliano Limonetti – clarinet
Saturday 21 May 2016
Palazzo Leti Sansi, h 09.00
International piano contest
Palazzo Mauri, h 09.00
International piano contest
Palazzo Leti Sansi, h 15.00
International piano contest
Palazzo Mauri, h 15.00
International accordion contest
Palazzo Leti Sansi, h 21.00
Concert Buttons&bellows
Aleksandar Nikolic (bandoneon)
Petar Maric (accordion)
Sunday 22 May 2016
Palazzo Leti Sansi, h 09.00
International piano contest
Teatro Caio Melisso, h 09.00
International contest (accordion and ensemble)
Teatro Caio Melisso, h 17.00
Piano and accordion section winners concert
Entrance fee € 10.00
The auditions for the piano and accordion contests, the seminars and the evening concerts are open for free.

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GIANLUCA MARZIANI
presents
NATINO CHIRICO – MAURO IORI – SERGIO RUSSO
Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura # 138
Palazzo Collicola – Arti Visive
Mezz’ora dopo la chiusura waits for you on Friday May 20 at 6 pm with a meeting dedicated to Natino Chirico, Sergio Russo e Mauro Iori.
Gianluca Marziani, Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive’s director, will guide you through the “Mythologies of an eternal present” by Chirico, a retrospective of the artist from Calabria who has chosen Umbria as a place of spiritual retreat. The meeting continues with the RomanIori and his “chamber metabolisms”, that will reveal his conception of painting as a sentimental diary. Finally, the exhibition “Biological remarks” by Russo, telling the artist’s mature beginnings.
The evening goes on with a tasting of typical products at the Caffè Collicola.
The event is organized in collaboration with Con Spoleto – Spoleto Hotel Managers’ Association.
Participation fee:
Guided tour – full fare – € 7,00
Guided tour – € 5,00 for Spoleto Card holders
Aperitif-dinner € 5,00
Reservation is advised, deadline 13:00 of Friday May 20
news.spoletomusei@sistemamuseo.it
0743.46434
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MUSICA VERDE 2016
Trekking – Home food – Concert
PROGRAMME 1
Hiking Spoleto-Macenano
Plain fare lunch on the banks of River Nera
Concert by pianist Egidio Flamini
DETAILED SCHEDULE
Ore 7.40 – Gathering of participants
Ore 8.00 – Hiking begins
Ore 14.30 ca – Arrival at Macenano
Ore 14.45 – Lunch along the banks of River Nera
Ore 16.00 – Rest
Ore 17.00 – Concert by Egidio Flamini
Ore 18.30 – Return to Spoleto
Musica Verde (Italian for “Green Music”) is a full day dedicated to the beauty of what we have at hand. The start will be an early morning hike from Spoleto to Macenano, in Valnerina, that offers breathtaking sights and inner peace when through the woods. Upon arrival, a plain fare lunch will be served on the banks of River Nera. After an hour’s break, pianist Egidio Flamini will perform his own music, composed while crossing the very same places of the moring hike. The return to Spoleto will be provided through means of transport organized on purpose.
Musica Verde 2016 includes three appointments in May and June, and further three in September and October, with different programmes, different hiking itineraries, lunch menus and musical programmes. The three hikings in the Fall will replicate the Spring ones, unless the organizers will be able to study further itineraries.
HIKING INFORMATION
Average route difficulty.
Please consider the use of proper clothing and shoes.
Please have hiking sticks.
Please bring a change of clothes.
Be provided with backpack with enough provisions for the hike.
Don’t forget a sunhat.
Unfavourable weather forecast will be considered case by case.
Information:
Participation fee: € 25,00
Reservation required, please call 334 3001359
Details available on www.festivalpianisticodispoleto.it

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On Friday 26 February, a series of meetings to disclose Spoleto’s archaeological Heritage will take place at the Archaeological Museum.
All meetings will start at 16.30.
Schedule:
26 Feb: Liliana Costamagna, Spoleto: the shape of the ancient city
18 Mar: Nicola Bruni, Joachim Weidig, Piazza d’Armi: a princely necropolis.
At the end, guided tour.
15 Apr: Maria Laura Manca, Cortaccione: the monumental grave
27 May: Stefano Creatore (Società Kronos), Spoleto: the city’s boundary walls.
At the end, guided tour.

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The 2nd National Choir Festival organized by Associazione Pro Loco di Spoleto “A. Busetti” will take place next May 28-29 at the Basilica of San Salvatore.
PROGRAMME
Saturday 28 May, h 17.00
Youth Choir La Fenice
Istituto Magistrale Statale “Elena Principessa di Napoli”, Rieti
Conductor: Francesco Corrias
I Madrigalisti di Perugia
Conductor: Mauro Chiocci
“Città di Tolentino” Polyphonic Choir
Conductor: Aldo Cicconofri
Sunday 29 May, h 17.00
Cantoria Mevaniæ ensemble of ancient music, Bevagna (PG)
Conductor: Elga Ciancaleoni
Choir Voceincanto, Arezzo
Conductor: Gianna Ghiori
Female Vocal Ensemble Nota So’, Perugia
Conductor: Marta Alunni Pini
Associazione Pro Loco di Spoleto “A. Busetti”
Chairwoman – Silvestri Maria Teresa
Via Minervio n° 2 – Spoleto (PG)
Phone / Fax: 0743 46484 Mob: 331 8855493
On the occasion of the 8th National Day of Mines of 29 May, in the morning there will be a series of meetings at the Morgnano Pro Loco, by the title of Le Miniere di Morgnano – Dalla Chiusura al Museo (Italian for “The Morgnano Mines – From Closure to Museum), organized by Associazione Amici delle Miniere. The afternoon will be dedicated to excursions on the spots of the Morgnano Mines.
Programme:
9.00-9.30 Registration of participants
9.30-9.45 Mayor’s salute
9.45-10.00 Salute by the chairman of the Umbria Geologists Register, Filippo Guidobaldi
10.00-10.25 The Morgnano Mines in the History of XXth-century Italy, Marco Venanzi
10.25-10.50 The Recovery of Memory (historic survey from closure to museum), Vincenza Campagnani, Councillor for the Environment at the Comune di Spoleto
10.50-11.15 Legal tools, Gianfranco Chiacchieroni, Regional Councillor
11.15-11.40 The Recovery of Pozzo Orlando, Future Use and Perspectives, Patrizia Risoldi and Alberto Venia
11.40-12-00 Discovering the Past, Riccardo Cardinali, Environmental Officer at the Comune di Spoleto
Escursions
14.00-15.30 Industrial Archaeology Route, from the Church to the Pozzo Orlando Museum
15.30-18.30 Route: Museum – Tramoggia – Esutore Tunnel – Visit to the Vallaccia Building Yard (Santa Croce, Pozzo Casalini, Cascinano, Clay Cave, return to Morgnano)
Good hiking apparel is advisable.
The participation is upon reservation, deadline: h 13.00 of 5/23/2016
(the programme may vary depending on weather conditions)
Info: minieremorgnano@libero.it – 348 5675615
The museum will be open from 9.30 to 13.00 and from 16.00 to 18.30

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In the frame of the celebrations of the feast of the republic, on 1 June 2016 at 10.00 there will be a lecture on the 70 Years of the Republic of Italy, at the “G. Carducci” Public Library.
Speakers:
Mauro Volpi, professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Perugia
Isabella Caporaletti, trade unionist
Riccardo Colangeli, students’ representative
Moderator:
Alessandro Ciamarra, researcher

Early June 2016 marks the return of Vini nel Mondo, the event that focuses on the world of wines in all its facets. The 11th edition will be from 2 to 5 June.
Since its debut in 2005, Vini nel Mondo has been a unique chance to meet the world of wine. Streets and piazzas in Spoleto are the frame of a gorgeous picture where Beauty and Well-Living meet. Quality wines enthusiasts will be attracted by the presence of hundreds of producers, and by the air of feast that imbues Spoleto on such occasions. Once you buy the chalice at the stands of the event, you will be able to get to know a number of excellent wines and taste them. Thematic exhibitions will also have their section with tasting desks where you will be able to appreciate wine and food combinations.
Guided tasting of valuable wines will be introduced by the greatest Italian enologists and award-winning chefs, as well as other VIPs.
As usual, the wine event will also feature live music in various spots of the city, climaxing in the 4 Jun Wine night show, in piazza Duomo, piazza della Libertà and piazza Garibaldi.
For further information visit the event’s official website: www.vininelmondo.org
Cheers!
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MUSICA VERDE 2016
Trekking – Home food – Concert
PROGRAMME 2
ROUTE VALCIECA – SENSATI – LE CESE
Participants will gather at 7:40 in Piazza Campello, hike starts at 8. After crossing the Ponte delle Torri, the path called Giro dei condotti will be taken. The route then includes a mild 2-hour rise along the Valcieca, through the woods until Forcella di Castelmonte (952 m above sea level), then a downward slope of 2.30 h will lead to Ceselli (280 m above sea level). During the descent, you’ll cross the deserted village of Sensati, and enjoy breathtaking sights of Valnerina and the mountains Coscerno, Civitella and Solenne. The last 5 km will be covered in one hour on the flat, along the Valnerina valley line. Stops included, the hike will last 6 hours about.
Musica Verde (Italian for “Green Music”) is a full day dedicated to beauty at hand. You start with an early-morning trekking. At the end of the hike, a lunch with home-made products will be served. After an hour’s break, a concert by pianist Egidio Flamini who will perform his repertoire, as well as improvise on themes inspired by the places crossed during the morning hike. The return to Spoleto will be on coach.
Musica Verde 2016 is a six-legged initiative, with three appointments between May and June, and the other three between September and October. Each leg has a different programme. While the lunch menus and the musical programmes will Always be different, the three Spring routes will be repeated in the Fall, unless other routes will be envisaged during Summer.
Info
Participation fee: € 25,00
Reservation required by calling (+39) 334 3001359
For details on the various programmes, please visit www.festivalpianisticodispoleto.it

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