EVENTI JANUARY 2013 Welcome in Florence! I wish you a pleasant stay in our city. It belongs to us all because it’s a World Heritage Site; make yourselves at home and love it. Firenze, the city of the fleur-de-lis, the cradle of the Renaissance. Let everyday be a Renaissance for Florence. Let’s discover the talent and creativity that made this city so glorious in the past and which still continues to flourish today. We have freed important areas from traffic and handed them back to locals and visitors alike: Piazza Duomo, Piazza Pitti and Via Tornabuoni. With its 15 acres of new pedestrian areas, the city has become an example of urban sustainability and at the same time a beautiful and liveable place. You can cross the historical centre in 15 minutes: walking is good for you and, while looking up, enjoy the surrounding beauty at the same time. The Firenze Card was introduced in 2011, allowing you to visit 50 museums at leisure, avoiding the queues and having to make reservations, as well as unlimited use of the buses. We have provided a new wonderful home to Maggio Musicale Fiorentino by opening the new Opera House. 2012 is the year of Amerigo, a chance not only to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Vespucci but above all ‘to name the future’. We have enlarged the exhibition surface of the Palazzo Vecchio Museum and inaugurated a new exhibition area called ‘Traces of Florence’: we’re giving more space to art and the history of our city through permanent and temporary exhibitions. In January continues F-light, the Light Festival: also this year we welcome all those visiting Florence during the holidays with a warm and luminous embrace and we inaugurate new permanent architectural illuminations in some of the most characteristic areas of the city. We’ve welcomed the new year in the squares of Florence with music for all tastes. 2013 once again will be a year of great events and we are preparing the city as well to host the UCI Road World Championships. I hope you will be able to enjoy all this and that you’ll long to come back to our city. You’ll always be welcome. Feel free to write me an e-mail at sindaco@comune.fi.it Matteo Renzi, Mayor of Florence FORMER SHELTER PIAZZA STAZIONE PIAZZA SANTA MARIA NOVELLA TRACCE DI LUCE SU TRACCE DI STORIA LIGHT REFLECTIONS ON THE ARNO A luminous scenographic itinerary along various curiosities in the centre of Florence: from Michelangelo’s profile on the Palazzo Vecchio to Berta’s head on the S.M. Maggiore church, from the devil of Palazzo Vecchietti to Dante’s portrait on via Santa Margherita Dynamic switch-on of the lights underneath the bridge’s arches, which will vary in intensity and type of white from hot to cold A luminous space to delimit part of the area that was once occupied by the shelter and to give to the users of Firenze Santa Maria Novella station a better visual perception At 5 pm the inauguration of the new illumination of the façade of the Basilica Santa Maria Novella UPDATES AND OTHER EVENTS AT WWW.COMUNE.FI.IT/FLIGHT2012 HISTORICAL CENTRE PONTE SANTA TRINITA UNTIL UNTIL UNTIL UNTIL 6 JANUARY 4 JANUARY 6 JANUARY 14 JANUARY 14 JANUARY PERCHITARRASOLA THE PROCESSION OF THE MAGI Historical procession, promoted by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore. Magi on horses for the traditional homage to Baby Jesus in a suggestive living manger in piazza Duomo. Accompanying the Magi are over 500 figurants coming from all over Italy and by wearing typical costumes they represent the ethnical communities present in the city. Departure from Piazza Pitti at 2:30 PM PITTI IMMAGINE THE EPIPHANY TRAIN 8-11 JANUARY Man e W 17-19 JANUARY Child 23-25 JANUARY Yarns www.pittimmagine.com A steam train departing from the Santa Maria Novella station with on board the Befana. Departure at 9 AM and return at 1:15 PM. Info: tel. 055 212245 SAINT MARK’S ENGLISH CHURCH VIA MAGGIO 18 - ORE 21 PALAZZO PITTI – CATTEDRALE S. MARIA DEL FIORE ORE 15 PIAZZALE DONATELLO FULL-SIZE PRESEPE A manger with shaped, full-size characters painted by the artists of the Gruppo Donatello of Florence Patrik Kleemola in concert. The events of ‘Contemporarily’ continue. Contemporary Finnish and Italian music on guitar. Organized by Contempoartefestival in collaboration with Associazione ‘Per Boboli’ and Associazione Via Maggio. More information on www.viamaggio.blogspot.it 4 JANUARY 6 JANUARY 6 JANUARY UNTIL FROM 6 JANUARY 8 JANUARY
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EVENTIJANUARY 2013
Welcome in Florence!I wish you a pleasant stay in our city. It belongs to us all because it’s a World Heritage Site; make yourselves at home and love it.Firenze, the city of the fleur-de-lis, the cradle of the Renaissance. Let everyday be a Renaissance for Florence. Let’s discover the talent and creativity that made this city so glorious in the past and which still continues to flourish today. We have freed important areas from traffic and handed them back to locals and visitors alike: Piazza Duomo, Piazza Pitti and Via Tornabuoni.With its 15 acres of new pedestrian areas, the city has become an example of urban sustainability and at the same time a beautiful and liveable place.You can cross the historical centre in 15 minutes: walking is good for you and, while looking up, enjoy the surrounding beauty at the same time.The Firenze Card was introduced in 2011, allowing you to visit 50 museums at leisure, avoiding the queues and having to make reservations, as well as unlimited use of the buses.We have provided a new wonderful home to Maggio Musicale Fiorentino by opening the new Opera House. 2012 is the year of Amerigo, a chance not only to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Vespucci but above all ‘to name the future’.We have enlarged the exhibition surface of the Palazzo Vecchio Museum and inaugurated a new exhibition area called ‘Traces of Florence’: we’re giving more space to art and the history of our city through permanent and temporary exhibitions.In January continues F-light, the Light Festival: also this year we welcome all those visiting Florence during the holidays with a warm and luminous embrace and we inaugurate new permanent architectural illuminations in some of the most characteristic areas of the city. We’ve welcomed the new year in the squares of Florence with music for all tastes. 2013 once again will be a year of great events and we are preparing the city as well to host the UCI Road World Championships.I hope you will be able to enjoy all this and that you’ll long to come back to our city.You’ll always be welcome.Feel free to write me an e-mail at [email protected] Matteo Renzi, Mayor of Florence
FORMER SHELTER PIAZZA STAZIONE
PIAZZA SANTA MARIA NOVELLA
TRACCE DI LUCE SU TRACCE DI STORIA
LIGHT REFLECTIONS ON THE ARNO
A luminous scenographic itinerary along various curiosities in the centre of Florence: from Michelangelo’s profile on
the Palazzo Vecchio to Berta’s head on the S.M. Maggiore church, from the devil of Palazzo Vecchietti to Dante’s portrait
on via Santa Margherita
Dynamic switch-on of the lights underneath the bridge’s arches, which will vary in intensity and
type of white from hot to cold
A luminous space to delimit part of the area that was once occupied by the shelter and to give to the users of Firenze
Santa Maria Novella station a better visual perception
At 5 pm the inauguration of the new illumination of the façade
of the Basilica Santa Maria Novella
UPDATES AND OTHER EVENTS AT WWW.COMUNE.FI.IT/FLIGHT2012
HISTORICAL CENTRE
PONTE SANTA TRINITA
UNTIL
UNTIL
UNTILUNTIL
6JANUARY
4JANUARY
6JANUARY
14JANUARY14
JANUARY
PERCHITARRASOLA
THE PROCESSION OF THE MAGI
Historical procession, promoted by the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore. Magi on horses for the traditional homage to
Baby Jesus in a suggestive living manger in piazza Duomo. Accompanying the Magi are over 500 figurants coming from all over Italy and by wearing typical costumes they represent
the ethnical communities present in the city. Departure from Piazza Pitti at 2:30 PM
PITTI IMMAGINE
THE EPIPHANY TRAIN
8-11 JANUARY Man e W 17-19 JANUARY Child23-25 JANUARY Yarns www.pittimmagine.com
A steam train departing from the Santa Maria Novella station with on board the Befana. Departure at 9 AM and return at
1:15 PM. Info: tel. 055 212245
SAINT MARK’S ENGLISH CHURCH VIA MAGGIO 18 - ORE 21
PALAZZO PITTI – CATTEDRALE S. MARIA DEL FIORE ORE 15
PIAZZALE DONATELLOFULL-SIZE PRESEPE
A manger with shaped, full-size characters painted by the artists of the Gruppo Donatello of Florence
Patrik Kleemola in concert.The events of ‘Contemporarily’ continue. Contemporary
Finnish and Italian music on guitar. Organized by Contempoartefestival in collaboration with Associazione
‘Per Boboli’ and Associazione Via Maggio. More information on www.viamaggio.blogspot.it
4JANUARY
6JANUARY
6JANUARY
UNTIL
FROM
6JANUARY
8JANUARY
FLORENCE & FASHION
DOMENICA DEL FIORENTINO
PIAZZA DELLA REPUBBLICA
SALA DELLE COLONNE SUC DELLE MURATE
STARTPOINT 2012/2013
Exhibition of paintings, photography, installations organized by the Accademia di Belle Arti
In the centre of Florence a temporary library dedicated to the masterpieces in book form. Free entrance
Returns the Sunday with special opening hours and free entrance for those born or living in Florence and its province:
Museum of Palazzo Vecchio, Stefano Bardini, Foundation Salvatore Romano, Museum of Santa Maria Novella and for
the first time also the Cappella Branacci. To participate it’s necessary to be in the possession
The concerts of the Orchestra della Toscana (music from Beethoven, Paganini and Berio), Musicals,
singer-songwriters and a tango night, Clowns and the Comedians: Aldo Giovanni and Giacomo.
In the Sala del Buonumore on the 21st and 27th the jazz presentation of the Conservatory and on the 28th the
concert of guitarist Nicola Jappelli (9 PM, free entrance). In the Sala dei Giochi of Villa Favard on the 26th at 5 PM, the presentation la vetrina di libri ‘La voce dell’arcobaleno’ by Roberto Laneri and on the 29th and 30th the seminar
by Nicola Jappelli – Paganini and the guitar (from 10 AM – 5:30 PM). Open day on the 19th and 20th and a Concert
for victims of earthquakes on the 24th at 9 PM. Info: www.conservatorio.firenze.it
Month after month, 12 legends narrate the myths of the Brazilian people. A series of meetings in several libraries in
the city. The 11th of January at the library Dino Pieraccioni, the 12th at library Buonarotti
and the 17th at the library Ragazzi.
The presentation conceived by Giuseppe Lanzetta from the Teatro musicale da Camera di Firenze continues.
The Florentine Chamber Orchestra directed by Andrea Vitello in the Piccola arlecchinata di Salieri and the Serva
padrona di Pergolese. Directed by Rosario Campisi. Presale box office, for information 055 783374
For the International Holocaust Remembrance Day performance with words, music and paintings. The words
of P. Levi from ‘If this is a man’ with interventions of klezmer music and the encounter between the music of
Shostakovich and the language of visual emotions by Purquà
Flowering at the San Zanobi column in memory of the transfer of the Saint’s remains and the miracle of the elm.
Historical procession and the city authorities will place a floral tribute in piazza San Giovanni.
FLORENTINE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
IN MEMORY
FLOWERING OF SAN ZANOBI
TEATRO GOLDONI VIA SANTA MARIA 15 – ORE 21
SUC DELLE MURATE
PIAZZA SAN GIOVANNI ORE 9
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9-31
JANUARY
21-30
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11-12-17
PALAZZO VECCHIO MUSEUM Opening hours for the Palazzo Vecchio Museum in the month of January:
1 January: 2 – 7 PMfrom 2 till 13 January: 9 AM – 12 AM (Thursdays 9 AM – 2 PM)from 14 till 31 January: 9 AM – 7 PM (Thursdays 9 AM – 2 PM)
At the Mandela Forum returns the event with the international artistic roller skating champions
Ice rink in Area ex Contiki, Lungarno Aldo Moro.Info: www.firenzewinterpark.it 055 8953651
WORLD ROLLER SKATING GRAND PRIX
FLORENCE WINTER PARK
TEATRO DELLA PERGOLA
For info: 055.0763333 – [email protected] www.teatrodellapergola.com
15/20 JANUARYTONIGHT WE IMPROVISE
by Luigi Pirandello, with Mariano Rigillo, Anna Teresa Rossini
directed by Ferdinando Ceriani
26 JANUARY ore 10.15lounge
PINOCCHIO NON C’E’by Orvelio Scotti
Radiophonic reading edited by the Compagnia delle Seggiole
29 JANUARY/3 FEBRUARY
IVORY TOWER by Ronald Harwood, with Luca Zingaretti,
Massimo De Francovichdirected by Luca Zingaretti
UNTIL 6 JANUARYCANI E GATTI
by Eduardo Scarpetta, directed and played by Luigi De Filippo
6 JANUARY 10:15 AM lounge
SUSSI E BIRIBISSIby Collodi Nipote
Dramatized reading edited by the Compagnia delle Seggiole
8/13 JANUARYAMLETO2
The people don’t have bread? Then let them eat pastry
a performance by and with Filippo Timi
ALL INFORMATION ON SPORTINFORMA.COMUNE.FI.IT
TEATRO DEL MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO - SEASON 2013
The 2013 Season of Teatro del Maggio opens in the name of Richard Wagner, the famous German composer, of whom it marks the bicentennial of his birth. From 15 to 22 January, at
the Teatro Comunale, Zubin Mehta conducts ‘Die Walküre’ (The Valkyrie) to the spectacular direction of the Fura dels Baus with an amazing international cast. On the 27th of January, at
the Piccolo Teatro, the traditional concert for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day will take place, dedicated this year to the Polish Janusz Korczak,
the children’s doctor who died in Treblinka in 1942.Info and tickets: www.maggiofiorentino.com, 055 27779350
Activities of the museum:
A SPECTACULAR VISIT5 January – LUCI DELLA RIBALTA – guided visit for children and families13 January – IN SUA MOVENZA E’ FERMO – visit with entertainment27 January – HISTORICAL VISIT
