Ben Harper – Credit: Jacob Boll

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals

Ancient Theatre, Saturday 6th August 2022 @ 9.45pm

Benjamin Charles Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music and is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve regular studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records, and has toured internationally.

Harper is a three-time Grammy Award winner and seven-time nominee, with awards for Best Pop Instrumental Performance and Best Traditional Soul Gospel Album in 2004 and Best Blues Album in 2013.

At the 40th Blues Music Awards ceremony, Harper’s joint composition with Charlie Musselwhite, “No Mercy in This Land”, was named Song of the Year.

TICKETS on ticketone

Stalls (Parterre): € 110,00
Gallery (central): € 110,00
Gallery (lateral): € 95,00
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 66,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 50,00

MORE INFO

https://www.benharper.com

WHERE TO STAY

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

Il Volo

Ancient Theatre, Sunday 12th June 2022 @9.00pm

The concert celebrates 10 years of incredible music.

Making global pop-opera sensation Il Volo performs again at the Ancient Greek-Roman Theatre of  Taormina.

l Volo is a group of three (unconventional) teenage boys that came to fame in Italy after appearing on the Italian talent show “Ti Lascio Una Canzone”.
They were promptly snapped up by the leading people in the music industry in Italy and their debut album quickly went platinum. Like Andrea Bocelli before them, they are Italians set for the international stage. Their appearance on American Idol in 2011 caused a frenzy of first week sales for the lads with further plans to launch themselves elsewhere in the world. Their appeal is definitely their quirky image coupled with their unexpectedly mature vocals. They cover old ground in the classical crossover sphere, but they certainly package it in a new and exciting way. With undeniably strong voices and impeccable charm, Il Volo are hard to resist.
(source: classical-crossover.co.uk)

The three singers are tenors Piero Barone (born 1993) and Ignazio Boschetto (born 1994), and baritone Gianluca Ginoble (born 1995).

TICKETS on ticketone.it
Stalls (Parterre): SOLD OUT
Gallery: € 95,00 SOLD OUT
Upper circle (numbered seats): € 80,00
Upper circle (non-numbered seats): € 40,00

MORE INFO

ilvolomusic.com

Where to stay

Hotel La Pensione Svizzera – Hotel Villa Schuler – Hotel Villa Ducale – Hotel Villa Carlotta

Narrazioni a Natale 2021

TAOBUK presents

Narrazioni a Natale

Aspettando Taobuk

Palazzo Duchi di Santo Stefano, January 5th 2022 @ 5.00pm

Free entrance

Book presentation of “100storie… ed un’intervista” by Claudia Benassai Costantino, Nicolò Edizioni

Works will be held in Italian.

Here the Italian press release.

La città del Centauro, prima ancora di diventare ambita meta estiva dei flussi internazionali, è stata a lungo una delle capitali mondiali del turismo invernale. Taormina può e deve tornare ad esserlo, puntando a destagionalizzare e incrementare l’offerta turistica e culturale, soprattutto durante la lunga vacanza delle festività natalizie e di fine anno. È in questa prospettiva che il Comune guidato dal sindaco Mario Bolognari promuove Narrazioni a Natale. Aspettando Taobuk, il nuovo ciclo di incontri con l’autore, affidandone l’organizzazione al prestigioso festival letterario.In attesa della dodicesima edizione di Taobuk che si svolgerà il prossimo giugno, la rassegna natalizia si terrà nel Palazzo dei Duchi di Santo Stefano. Gli eventi avranno inizio alle ore 17:00 e vedranno l’intervento di scrittori e intellettuali di chiara fama.

Il focus del terzo e ultimo incontro, previsto per il 5 gennaio, sarà sulle insospettabili risorse umane del territorio messinese. Le vite vere narrate dalla giornalista siciliana Claudia Benassai, ogni domenica, dal 2018 ad oggi, sulle pagine della “Gazzetta del Sud”, si sono finalmente trasformate in un libro, 100 storie…e un’intervista, pubblicato dall’editore zancleo Costantino Di Nicolò, che racconta di messinesi che ce l’hanno fatta. Sono storie ordinarie, che a volte diventano straordinarie e raccontano un altro volto della città dello Stretto: quello di una Messina produttiva, che sa farsi strada in Sicilia e nel Mondo.

MORE INFO

Taobuk – info@taobuk.it

New Year’s Concert

by the Taormina Plectrum Orchestra

Taormina Congress Hall, Saturday 1st January 2022 @ 7.00pm

Free entrance but reservation is mandatory

FFP2 Face mask and super green pass (only obtained by those who are vaccinated with two doses or who have recovered from covid) REQUIRED

Music by Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Bellini, Piazzolla, Scimone

TICKETS > reserve your ticket HERE or by framing the QR code on the manifesto.

Type your email address then check your email Inbox. It is possible to book two seats for each email address entered.

The Plectrum Orchestra of Taormina was founded in the early 1900. It consists of over twenty musicians playing mandolins, mandolas, guitars and contrabasses.

Antonio Pellitteri will conduct the Orchestra as usual.

MORE INFO

www.orchestraaplettro.com

www.facebook.com/orchestraaplettrocittaditaormina