MEDICI GARDENS HOST MUSART FESTIVAL
The city of Florence launches its 2024 Musart Festival in the historic Medici Gardens of Pratolino, with a vast programme of concerts, exhibitions and other events, staged in the open spaces of the UNESCO listed gardens, now the property of the Metropolitan City of Florence. The vast area – the biggest landscaped park of Tuscany - comprises two formal “Italian Gardens” and a “Romantic Garden,” famous for their fountains and whimsical features, such as the “Giant of the Apennines” - a 14m-high sculpture of a colossal long-haired bearded man, the 16th century work of Giambologna.
The Festival programme sparked off on the 17th July with the evocative “the Pink Floyd Legend” starring the Orchestra of Tuscany. It runs until the 27th July 2024 and includes a concert by the popular trio “Il Volo” on the 22nd July, as well as an evocative “Dawn Concert” at 4.45 am featuring pianist and composer Patrizio Fariselli on the 27th July. The documentary “33 Giri Italian Masters” by Sky Arte and the photographic exhibition “Because the Night” are also part of the programme.
The Musart Festival was previously held in the renaissance Piazza of the Santissima Annunziata in the heart of Florence. The move to the Medici Gardens of Pratolino will provide more spectator space, as well as promotion for the relatively little-known historic gardens, which are situated just a few kilometers outside the city.
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