MARCO POLO
MARCO POLO association, through ACCADEMIA LIBERA NATURA E CULTURA, has developed a calendar of high level events, collaborating with numerous associations from the Val di Cecina, involving the municipalities of Montecatini Val di Cecina, Volterra and Castelnuovo, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Russia. Four festivals take place on the natural stages of the castles and villages of Querceto, Mazzolla, Pignano and Montecastelli.
LOCATIONS
QUERCETO

MAZZOLLA

PIGNANO

VOLTERRA

EVENTS AND COURSES
ARTE & MUSICA

Classical music, opera and tango are the protagonists of the festival, but also performances of jazz and world music are scheduled. The festival creates synergy and brings in a climate of friendship and dialogue.
PIANO FESTIVAL

SUMMER ACADEMY

CALENDER 2022
JUNE
11/06 – 18/06 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP SCULPTURE | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teacher: Reinhard Pontius DE
11/06 – 18/06 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP ITALIAN CUISINE & LANGUAGE | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teacher: Rebecca Vischer IT/CH
JULY
03/07 SUN/DOM | VINOPERAFESTIVAL | 21.30 | Montecatini VdC Teatro Lavoria – Miniera | Free Entrance | Let’s Opera | Le arie e i duetti più celebri dell’Opera italiana | G. Verdi, G. Puccini, P. Mascagni, G. Donizetti | con Chiara Mattioli – soprano, Fabrizio Corucci – baritono, Paolo Filidei – pianoforte
09/07-16/07 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP PAINTING | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teacher: Dorine Kuiper NLD
10/07 SUN/DOM | VINOPERAFESTIVAL | 21.30 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Cortile interno Castello Ginori | 25€| Il segreto di Susanna | intermezzo in un atto di Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari | Ensemble VinOperArte
15/07 FRI/VEN | VINOPERAFESTIVAL | 21.30 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Castello Ginori | 15€ | Amsterdam Consort – 500 anni Palazzo Ginori di Firenze concerto/spettacolo
15/07-20/07 FRI/VEN| MASTERCLASS COMPOSING | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teacher Gian Vincenzo Cresta IT
16/07-23/07 SAT/SAB | MASTERCLASSES | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teachers: Paolo Francese IT, Anna d’Errico IT, Sara Cianciullo IT, pianoforte | Alberto Delle Piane IT chitarra | Luigi Bisanti IT flauto
17/07 SUN/DOM | PIANOFESTIVAL| 21.00 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Castello |15€ | Guido Heinke | DEU | pianoforte
18/07 MON/LUN| PIANOFESTIVAL| 21.00 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Castello | Free entrance | Award concert, compositions made by the students of the course: composition’
21/07 THU/GIO | PIANOFESTIVAL | 21.00 | Montecatini VC – Piazza | Free entrance | Award concert, students of the courses: flute, guitar | L. Beethoven, F. Chopin, J. Brahms, W.A. Mozart
22/07 FRI/VEN | PIANOFESTIVAL | 21.00 – Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Castello | Free entrance | Award concert, students of the courses: flute, guitar | L. Beethoven, F. Chopin, J. Brahms, W.A. Mozart
23/07-30/07 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP PIANO | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teacher: Jens Schlichting DEU
24/07 SUN/DOM | PIANOFESTIVAL | 21.00 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Castello | 15€ | Piero Di Egidio | ITA | pianoforte
28/07 THU/GIO | PIANOFESTIVAL | 21.00 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Castello | 15€ | Antonio Di Cristofano | ITA | pianoforte
AUGUST
30/07-06/08 SAT/SAB | WORKHOP VOICE&ART | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teacher: Florence Mazzuchelli FRA
30/07-06/08 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP NEOTANGO | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teachers: Lydia Müller&Ezequiel Sanucci D/ARG
04/08 THU/GIO | VOL’TANGO | 21.30 | Ponteginori (Montecatini VdC) – Piscina Communale | 15€ | Let’s dance | rock, pop, tango argentino, valzer, polca | dj Ezequiel Sanucci
05/08 FRI/VEN | VOL’TANGO | 21.30 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Terrazzone del Castello | 15€ | Tango Argentino con il Trio Tangata | Jacqueline Edeling – bandoneón | Margreet Markerink – piano | Boris Franz – contrabass | Milonga
06/08-13/08 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP TANGO ARGENTINO | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teachers: Lydia Müller&Ezequiel Sanucci D/ARG | Ximena Zalazar Firpo&Willem Meul ARG/BE
07/08 SUN/DOM | VOL’TANGO | 21.30 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Terrazzone del Castello | 15€ | ESTRO Tango | spettacolo di Tango Argentina | dancers Willem Meul /Ximena Zalazar Firpo | Trio Tangata | Jacqueline Edeling – bandoneón | Margreet Markerink – piano | Boris Franz – contrabass | Milonga
08/08 MON/LUN | VOL’TANGO | 21.30 | Borgo Pignano (Volterra) | 15€ | Tango Argentino Willem Meul /Ximena Zalazar Firpo & Ezequiel Sannucci/Lydia Müller | Trio Tangata Jacqueline Edeling – bandoneón | Margreet Markerink – piano | Boris Franz – contrabass | Milonga
13/08-20/08 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP TANGO ARGENTINO | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teachers: Ximena Zalazar Firpo&Willem Meul ARG/BEL
14/08 SUN/DOM | VOL’TANGO | 21.30 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Terrazzone Castello Ginori | 15€ | Tango Argentino | Willem Meul /Ximena Zalazar Firpo | Marcelo Ferraro – contrabbasso, Jeronimo Casas – bandoneon
20/08-27/08 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP ITALIAN CUISINE & LANGUAGE | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teachers: Rebecca Vischer IT/CH | Claudia Torresan ITA
20/08-27/08 SATURDAY | WORKSHOP AKKORDEON | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teacher: Stefanie Koch DEU
27/08-03/09 | SATURDAY | WORKSHOP MUSIC&HOLIDAY | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teachers: Joachim Baar – piano DE | Constanze Siedel – violin DE | Insa Huelsebusch – violoncello DE| Tommaso Toni, violino IT
SEPTEMBER
03/09 – 10/09 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP VOICE | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) | Teacher: Sarah Behrendt DE






CALENDER 2021
MAY
29/05 – 05/06 SATURDAY | WORKSHOP PIANO also in streaming | Querceto – cancelled
Teacher: Jens Schlichting DE
JUNE
05/06 – 12/06 SATURDAY | WORKSHOP PIANO also in streaming| Querceto
Teacher: Jens Schlichting DE
12/06 – 19/07 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP SCULPTURE | Querceto
Teacher: Reinhard Pontius DE
12/06 – 19/07 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP ITALIAN CUISINE & LANGUAGE | Querceto
Teacher: Rebecca Vischer IT/CH
JULY
09/07 FRI/VEN | WORLDMUSIC | 21.30 | Borgo Pignano – Piazza
Trio Kalòs | ITA | chitarra flamenco Daniele Bonaviri &Monica De Luca – guitar | Valerio Perla – percussions
10/07-17/07 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP PAINTING | Querceto
Teacher: Dorine Kuiper NL
10/07-17/07 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP YOGA/PILATES | Querceto
Teacher: Maritza Marbus NL | Cancelled
11/07 SUN/DOM | ARTE | 18.30 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Lo Spazio |Rebirth | Rinascita Tamara Ferioli, installazione scultorea | Olga Niescier, pittura a cura di KALPA ART LIVING
11/07 SUN/DOM | VINOPERAFESTIVAL | 21.30 | Querceto – Cortile interno dei Castello | Lirica al Castello | Concerto | Le arie e i duetti più celebri dell’Opera G. Verdi, G. Puccini, P. Mascagni | Chiara Mattioli, Soprano | Tiziano Barontini, Tenore | Veio Torcigliani, Baritono
12/07-17/07 SUN/DOM | MASTERCLASS COMPOSING | Querceto
Teacher: Gian Vincenzo Cresta IT
15/07 THU/GIO | VINOPERAFESTIVAL |19.30 | Montecatini VdC – Miniera | A cena con l’Opera – info+prenotazioni La Terrazza Sul Borgo +39 340 081 9698 Le arie e i duetti più celebri dell’Opera – G. Verdi, G. Puccini, P. Mascagni con cena (25€) Chiara Mattioli, Soprano | Claudio Sassetti, Tenore | Veio Torcigliani, Baritono
16/07 FRI/VEN| PIANOFESTIVAL| 21.00 | Querceto – Terrazzone del Castello
Award concert, compositions made by the students of the course: composition’
17/07-24/07 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOPS QI-GONG/PERCUSSION GWOKA | Querceto
Teacher: Isabelle Mansuy FR & Robert Ngoka FR – canceld
17/07 – 24/07 SAT/SAB | MASTERCLASSES | Querceto
Teachers: Paolo Francese IT, Anna d’Errico IT, Sara Cianciullo IT, pianoforte | Alberto Delle Piane IT chitarra | Luigi Bisanti IT flauto
18/07 SUN/DOM | PIANOFESTIVAL| 21.00 | Querceto – Terrazzone del Castello
Luca Cimmarughi | pianoforte | “Da Versailles a Vienna” musiche di J.-P. Rameau, F. Couperin, F. Schubert
22/07 THU/GIO | PIANOFESTIVAL | 21.00 | Montecatini VC – Piazza
Award concert, students of the courses: flute, guitar | L. Beethoven, F. Chopin, J. Brahms, W.A. Mozart
23/07 FRI/VEN | PIANOFESTIVAL | 21.00 – Querceto – Granaio | Free entrance
Award concert, students of the courses: flute, guitar | L. Beethoven, F. Chopin, J. Brahms, W.A. Mozart
25/07 SUN/DOM | PIANOFESTIVAL | 21.00 | Querceto – Terrazzone del Castello
Letizia Michielon | pianoforte | L. v. Beethoven e F. Chopin
28/07 WED/MER | PIANOFESTIVAL| 21.00 | Querceto – Terrazzone del Castello
Svetlana Eganian & Yolande Kouznetzov | pianoforte | C. Debussy, F. Poulenc, G. Gershwin
29/07 THU/GIO | PIANOFESTIVAL| 21.00 | Borgo Pignano – Cortile
Svetlana Eganian & Yolande Kouznetzov | pianoforte | C. Debussy, F. Poulenc, G. Gershwin
AUGUST
31/07-07/08 SAT/SAB | WORKHOP VOICE&ART | Querceto
Teacher: Florence Mazzuchelli F
31/07-07/08 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP TANGO ARGENTINO | Querceto
Teachers: Lydia Müller&Ezequiel Sanucci D/ARG | Ximena Zalazar Firpo&Willem Meul ARG/BE
04/08 WED/MER | VOL’TANGO | 21.00 | Ponteginori (Montecatini VdC) – Piscina comunale | Tango Argentino dj Ezequiel Sanucci – nel rispetto delle normative anti-covid
05/08 THU/GIO | VOL’TANGO | 21.00 | Querceto (Montecatini VdC) – Terrazzone del Castello 10€ Tango Argentino con il Trio Tangata – nel rispetto delle normative anti-covid | Jacqueline Edeling – bandoneón | Margreet Markerink – piano | Boris Franz – contrabass
06/08 FRI/VEN | POP | 21.00 | La Sassa (Montecatini VdC) – Piazza della Cisterna | Beatles … e dintorni – Let it bèèèèè | Fulvio Cappellini, Stefano Ghelli, Giorgio Gronchi, Aldo Martelini
07/08-14/08 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP TANGO ARG/ArtENTINO | Querceto
Teachers: Ximena Zalazar Firpo e Willem Meul ARG/BE
08/08 SUN/DOM | VOL’TANGO | 21.30 | Querceto – Terrazzone dei Castello
ESTRO Tango | spettacolo di Tango Argentina | dancers Willem Meul /Ximena Zalazar Firpo | Trio Tangata | Jacqueline Edeling – bandoneón | Margreet Markerink – piano | Boris Franz – contrabass
14/08 – 21/08 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP ITALIAN CUISINE & LANGUAGE | Querceto
Teacher: Rebecca Vischer IT/CH
14/08 – 21/08 SATURDAY | WORKSHOP AKKORDEON | Querceto
Teacher: Stefanie Koch DE
11/08 WED/MER | VOL’TANGO | 21.00 | La Sassa (Montecatini VdC) – Piazza Tango Argentino dj Ximena – nel rispetto delle normative anti-covid
14/08 SAT/SAB | FOLK&WINE | 21.00 | Montecatini VdC – Piazza Dè Soda Sisters | musica popolare toscana e produttori di vino in piazza Benedetta Pallesi, Veronica Bigontina e Lisa Santinelli – guitar, mandolino, percussions
15/08 SUN/DOM | WORLD | 21.30 | Borgo Pignano (Volterra) – Piazza 15€ Tribute to Milva, regia Massimo Corevi Chiara Mattioli – voice | Paolo Filidei – piano | Ensemble musicale
26/08 SAT/SAB | JAZZ | 21.30 | Borgo Pignano – Piazza
Stefanie Boltz Trio Christian Wegscheider – piano | Stefanie Boltz – voice | Herb Berger – clarinet, saxophone
29/08 SAT/SAB | JAZZ | 21.30 | Querceto – Terrazzone del Castello
Stefanie Boltz Trio Christian Wegscheider – piano | Stefanie Boltz – voice | Herb Berger – clarinet, saxophone
28/08-04/09 | SATURDAY | WORKSHOP MUSIC&HOLIDAY | Querceto
Teachers: Joachim Baar – piano DE | Constanze Siedel – violin DE | Insa Huelsebusch – violoncello DE| Tommaso Toni, violino IT
SEPTEMBER
04/09 – 11/09 SAT/SAB | WORKSHOP VOICE | Querceto
Teachers: Sarah Behrendt DE
12/09 – 19/09 e 19/09 – 26/09 SUNDAY | WORKSHOP SCUPTURE | Mazzolla
Teachers: Thomas Reuter e Eva Skupin DE







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