Estate fiesolana, the summer events in Fiesole

FLORENCE, ITALY – The Tuscan city of Fiesole will be a protagonist this summer, with the return of Estate Fiesolana – Fiesole summer.

From June 21st to next July 28th, in the Roman Theater, the artistic program is divided between music, dance and theater with a line-up that ranges from interest in the local cultural productions to international artistic and cultural events.

There will be Italian heavyweights like Daniele Silvestri and Fabrizio Moro, but also international big names such as Richard Galliano and Peter Hook. In its 70th edition, the festival opens with a free concert performing the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and Orchestra dei Ragazzi.

Many artists in the past have had success in this exciting venue: Chet Baker, Severino Gazzelloni, Bruno Canino, Luciano Berio, Salvatore Accardo, Amalia Rodriguez, Carla Fracci, Rudolf Nureyev, Alessandra Ferri, Roland Petit, Maurice Béjart, Glauco Mauri, Valeria Moriconi, Anna Proclemer and Giorgio Albertazzi, and more recently Stefano Bollani, Cristina Donà, Paolo Fresu, Gilberto Gil, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, David Byrne, Pat Metheny, Hiromi, Inti-Illimani and many others.

Fiesole is a town of the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a scenic height above Florence, 8 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of that city. The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio is set in the slopes of Fiesole. The Roman theater is still used and it is the venue of the summer events.