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Travel journalist - brought up in #Belfast, editor of Time Out Naples; contributor to lots more; music festival manager. Florence lifer, passionate remainer

Florence, Italy
Joined October 2010
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We are excited to announce our 2022 season taking place July 21–29, 2022! After our Opening Concert in Florence, our program will take place in and around @La_Foce in Tuscany’s beautiful Val d’Orcia region. Please visit itslafoce.org and stay tuned for more details!
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We are thrilled to announce that our film “Incontri: Musical Encounters in the Val d'Orcia | A film by Zac James Nicholson” will be released 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰! Visit bit.ly/3o222lp to view in full and discover what makes our festival truly unique.
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Remember everyone: classical music is elitist, just for the rich and excludes people who can’t afford it. #£90cheapestticket
Prices • Adele @ Hyde Park London: — General Admission: £90.45 — Primary Entry: £111.85 — Gold: £273.95 — Diamond VIP Experience: £379.95 — VIP Terrace: £434.95 — Ultimate Bar Diamond and Ultimate Terrace = £579.95 Pre-sale now: adele.com
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3 covid tests / 3 x 15 euros, 3 x 8 for kids, in Rome, at a local pharmacy. 3 covid tests in UK, a prepaid package from a lab, 159 pounds/185 euros, each, no discount for kids. How is this possible?
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That’s a wrap! Thank you to all who joined us for our 2021 festival which ended with our final concert on Saturday featuring @AlenaBaeva, Daishin Kashimoto, Tabbea Zimmermann, @QueyrasJG, @EPahud, @AlessioBaxPiano, @LucilleChung, and @VadymKholodenko 📷: John O’Malley
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We are a week away from being back at @La_Foce! Our first concert will be in beautiful Florence and we cannot wait to share live music and a fantastic cultural experience with you. Tickets and Programme information at campsite.bio/itslafocefestiv…. 📸: Ettore Causa
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Chiarentana, a historic @ integral component of @La_Foce domain and the location for one Incontri concert on July 24th. We return for a chamber music concert featuring Henning Kraggerud, Antonio Lysy, @SNakariakov @AlessioBaxPiano @LucilleChung. 📸: Paul Flanagan / Ettore Causa
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Looking forward to this season’s ‘Oltre la Musica’ with one of our participants being Filippo Fasser! Check out this new cello which our founder Antonio Lysy commissioned Filippo to make and may experience its public debut at Antonio’s first Incontri concert on July 24th.
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Learn about @TeatroVerdiFi, home to #OrchestradellaToscana & where our opening concert will be held with the orchestra led by @AndrewLitton_! Also joining will be @FrancescaDego @S_Nakariakov & Artistic Director @AlessioBaxPiano. 🎫: bit.ly/3gKxMYy 🎥: @Istituto_LdM
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Check out the official program for our Summer 2021 festival, happening on July 23rd through the 31st! We hope to see you there in @La_Foce 🇮🇹☀️ Get your tickets at bit.ly/3gKxMYy 🎫
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Our founder Antonio Lysy gives us a teaser of what is to come at Incontri this summer! For more info about our program, go to bit.ly/3rWroju.
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Great fun chatting with great conductor @andrewlitton_ for @ITSLaFoce today. We were even interrupted by his quarantine officer in London checking up on him! See you in Tuscany fb.watch/5_s6FQpsyT/
Stop calling him BORIS .... @gmb
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☀️ We are looking forward to welcoming violists Tabea Zimmermann and Ettore Causa along with cellists Jean-Guihen Queyras @QueyrasJG and our Founder Antonio Lysy! Both Zimmermann and Queyras will be making their debut in @La_Foce 🎶🇮🇹 2021 Program: bit.ly/3rWroju 🔗
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For our 2021 season this July, we can’t wait to be joined in @La_Foce by these fantastic pianists: @VadymKholodenko who will debut on the Incontri stage, @LucilleChung and our Artistic Director @AlessioBaxPiano! 🎹✨ Find our full 2021 Program at bit.ly/3rWroju 🔗
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We are excited to welcome flutist Emmanuel Pahud @EPahud for his fourth season, trumpeter Sergei Nakariakov @SNakariakov for his second season, and soprano @ChenReiss for her debut on Incontri’s stage this summer! ☀️🇮🇹 Check out our 2021 program at bit.ly/3rWroju 🔗
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This Sunday, our Artistic Director @AlessioBaxPiano and @LucilleChung will bring you on a romantic, musical journey through Europe performing on @DreamstageLive a program of the piano four hands repertoire! Get tickets at bit.ly/2OEw7Ja and make a donation to Incontri!
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