On July 16, the inaugural "Festival del Sole" in Napa Valley opens a
week of classical music, meals and classes by some of top chefs, and
showcasing wines from the Valley.
The event will be the sister festival to the "Tuscan Sun Festival" in
Cortona, Italy, which was founded by author Frances Mayes and the owner
of IMG Artists Barrett Wissman.
Performers include singers Renee Fleming, Frederica von Stade, Anne Sofie
von Otter &Samuel Ramey; instrumentalists Nikolaj Znaider, Sarah Chang,
Joshua Bell, Nina Kotova, Emerson String Quartet & Piotr Anderszewski;
conductors Alan Gilbert, Stephane Deneve & Carlo Ponti Jr.
"Tuscan Sun Festival" - August 5-20, 2006 - Cortona, Italy
Fourth annual festival in Cortona, Italy, presents singers Anna Netrebko,
Susan Graham, Marcelo Alvarez & Dmitri Hvorostovsky; instrumentalists
Lang Lang, Joshua Bell, Nina Kotova, Sarah Chang, Piotr Anderszewski,
Vadim Repin, Nikolaj Znaider & Pinchas Zuckerman; conductors Antonio
Pappano, Stephane Deneve & Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Festival Founder and General Director: Barrett Wissman
Festival Artistic Directors: Nina Kotova, Frances Mayes
Napa Valley Co-Founder and Co-Director: Richard Walker
Music Directors: Antonio Pappano, Stephane Deneve, Alan Gilbert, Dmitry
Sitkovetsky
Orchestras: Royal Opera House Orchestra of Covent Garden, Russian National
Orchestra
Performers slated for inaugural Festival Del Sole, Napa Valley, California,
2006
July 16 Anne Sofie von Otter, Joshua Bell, Alan Gilbert, Russian
National Orchestra
July 17 Christopher Taylor in Recital
July 18 Nikolaj Znaider, Piotr Anderszewski, Nina Kotova; Chamber
Concert
July 19 Samuel Ramey, Frederica von Stade, Carlo Ponti Jr.,
Russian National Orchestra
July 20 Emerson String Quartet
July 21 Stephane Deneve, Nikolaj Znaider, Russian National Orchestra
July 22 Sarah Chang, Russian National Orchestra
July 23 Renee Fleming, Nina Kotova, Stephane Deneve, Russian National
Orchestra
Performers expected at Fourth Annual Tuscan Sun Festival, Cortona, Italy
Aug 5 Marcelo Alvarez, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, New European Strings
Aug 6 Piotr Anderszewski in Recital
Aug 7 Pinchas Zuckerman, Zuckerman Chamber Players
Aug 8 Susan Graham, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, New European Strings
Aug 9 Pinchas Zuckerman (violin), Stephane Deneve, Russian National
Orchestra
Aug 10 Chamber Evening: Susan Graham, Piotr Anderszewski, Vadim
Repin, Nina Kotova
Aug 11 Anna Netrebko, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Nina Kotova, Nicola
Luisotti, Russian National Orchestra
Aug 12 Joshua Bell in Recital
Aug 13 Joshua Bell, Piotr Anderszewski, Stephane Deneve, Russian
National Orchestra
Aug 14 Joaquin Achucarro in Recital
Aug 15 Lang Lang, Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House Orchestra
of Covent Garden
Aug 16 Chamber Evening: Lang Lang, Nina Kotova and friends
Aug 17 Sarah Chang, Cherubini Orchestra
Aug 18 Chamber Evening: Sarah Chang, Dmitri Hvorostovsky,
Nikolaj Znaider and friends.
Aug 19 Nikolaj Znaider, Antonio Pappano, Royal Opera House
Orchestra of Covent Garden
Aug 20 Festival finale TBA
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