Entries by taormina-friends

July 20- Ludovico Einaudi

Ludovico Einaudi – In a Time Lapse Tour Taormina Greek Theatre July 20 2013, 9.30pm   Ludovico Einaudi started his career as a classical composer and soon began incorporating other styles and genres, including pop, rock, world music, and folk music. The brilliant composer will be on the stage accompanied by a small orchestra which […]

July 20/October 31 – Leonardo da Vinci

“Le Macchine di Leonardo” Exhibition of the Leonardo da Vinci’s machines previous Church of San Francesco – Badia Vecchia Museum July 20th – October 31st 2013 Ticket:  € 8,00 –  (resident population: € 5,00) “Le Macchine di Leonardo”, the world’s biggest (PRIVATE) collection of Leonardo da Vinci machines is born following the juvenile passion of […]

July 17 – Incognito in concert

Incognito Taormina Greek Theatre July 17th 2013, 9.30pm Incognito is a British band as well as one of the members of the United Kingdom’s acid jazz movement. Their debut album, Jazz Funk, was released in 1981, and 14 more albums followed, the last of which, Surreal, was released in 2012. The band’s frontman, composer, record […]

July 16 – Mark Knopfler

An Evening With Mark Knopfler July 16th 2013 Taormina Greek Theatre, 9.00pm European Tour, 72 concerts in 25 nations, includng 7 dates in Italy. On July 16th the incredible Mark Knopfler will be live at Teatro Antico Stalls (Parterre): € 80,50 Gallery: € 80,50 Upper circle (numbered seats): € 69,00 Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 57,50 […]

July 13 – Enrico Guarneri in “Mastro Don Gesualdo”

Enrico Guarneri in “Mastro Don Gesualdo” Taormina Greek Theatre Juyl 13th 2013, 9.30pm Mastro Don Gesualdo is a novel by Giovanni Verga (Catania-Sicily, 1840-1922) who, at the end of the nineteenth century, was acclaimed as one of the greatest European writers of the time and his novels were reprinted many times, even in the States. […]

July 7 and 9 – Rigoletto by Verdi

 Rigoletto Taormina Greek Theatre, 9.30pm This year is the bicentenary anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi and Taormina wants to celebrate this great artist by performing one of his best known works: Rigoletto Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on […]

July 6/7 – Rally of Taormina

  Rally of Taormina 2nd Edition Taormina and surroundings July 6/7 2013   Organised by the New Turbomark Rally Team. This year the event in in the calendar of the Sicilian Rally Championship and in the Clio R3 Trophy . A new edition completely revolutionized as to be more spectacular, harder from a technical point of […]

July 6 – Silver Ribbon Awards

 67th Silver Ribbon Awards Ceremony Taormina Greek Theatre July 6th 2013, 9.30 The Nastro d’Argento (Silver Ribbon) is a movie award assigned each year, since 1946, for cinematic performances and production by the Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics. The Nastro d’argento is the oldest movie award in Europe, […]

June 16 / September 30 – Il cinema sopra Taormina

Exhibition: “Il cinema sopra Taormina” June 16 / September 30 – Taormina town library An exhibition that talks about the many movies that have been filmed in Taormina and which have spread the fame of the little Sicilian town all over the world. Photos, videos, posters and memories. “Il cinema sopra Taormina”, a book and an […]

June 22 – The Lone Ranger

TAORMINA FILM FEST 2013 The Lone Ranger Taormina Greek Theatre June 22nd 2013, 9,30pm   Native American warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice. Johnny Depp said he wanted to reinvent the Native American character. “Since cinema has […]