Italian Brass Week 2022 in numbers

XXIII International Festival 'Italian Brass Week'
International competitions, Masterclasses and Concerts

The Secret Craft of the Musical Artwork:
from Body and Mind to Heart

The Secret Craftsmanship of the Musical Art Work:
from Body and Mind to Heart

Florence, 18.08.2022
Final report and press review

Final report - The numbers of the Italian Brass Week 2022

A real numerical pyramid marked the extraordinary success of the twenty-third edition of the Italian Brass Week International Festival, held in Rome, Florence and Arezzo, from 23 to 31 July, titled 'The Secret Craft of the Musical Artwork: from Body and Mind to Heart '[The Secret Craftsmanship of the Musical Artwork: from the Body and Mind to the Heart] tribute to Canova, on the 200th anniversary of his death and dedicated to Dale Clevenger, our Honorary President, former first horn of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, recently passed away.

Here are the numbers, from top to bottom.
1 volcanic Artistic Director, Maestro Luca Benucci, first horn of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, teacher of the Fiesole Music School Foundation onlus; 1 highly efficient organizational staff - formed by Paride Canu, Beatrice Brami, Benedetta Borghi, Giulia Mancinelli, Giada Ionà, Sabrina Malavolti Landi, Federico Caponi, Andrea Beggio, Giacomo Crisci, Giacomo and Niccolò Benucci, Anika Persiani, Franca Zani, Marilisa Santoro, Alvaro Barbancho, Emilia Galli, Johannes Baldo, Benjamin Premstaller, Matteo Tagliaferri, Antonio Frausto Corona, Francesco Delli Bovi -; 1 international competition 'Wings to Talent' dedicated to young people, for their training and development in the world of brass; 3 cities involved for this new edition: Rome, Florence and Arezzo; 3 national newspapers that gave resonance to the festival: Il Corriere della Sera-Corriere Fiorentino, La Nazione and Repubblica; 4 world premières dedicated to Dante, Canova, Pasolini and Dale Clevenger: A Brass Fantasy on Water by Stefan Johnsn, dedicated to Dale Clevenger, Honorary President of the Festival, recently deceased, soul of the concert on the Arno of each edition of the Festival; Acqua di Rota, Symphonic Impression for Brass Orchestra by Angelo Inglese, for the bicentenary of the death of Antonio Canova; Our mind ... to his vision is almost divine and Visions for soprano, bells from Arezzo and Ottoni ensemble by Arnaldo De Felice, musical journey from Dante to Pasolini, from Canto VIII of the Purgatory of the Divine poem to La Divina Mimesis pasoliniana; 6 television and radio passages - TGR RAI 3, Arezzo TV, Radio Rai 3, Novaradio Città Futura, Rete Toscana Classica, Radio Fly; 9 partners of the Festival: Florentine Chamber Orchestra, Società Canottieri Firenze, Cultural Association I Renaioli, Le Pavoniere, Friends of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Ivan Bruschi Antiques House Museum, Musici Group of the Giostra del Saracino, Regional Direction of Museums of Tuscany ; Fraternity of the Laity of Arezzo; 10 technical sponsors: Tatu Mutes, Casa Thevelin, Birra Terra di Lavoro, Blasio Pasticceria, Schilke, Cattivino, Laskey, Giacav, Probios, Dal Moro Alimentari; 16 media partners: RTC Rete Toscana Classica, ANBIMA Music Awakening, Suonare news, Amadeus, Novaradio Città Futura, Nove da Firenze, Teatrionline, The Florentine, Firenze Spettacolo, Firenze Notte, Toscana Pascabile, Go Go Firenze, Florence News, Taste the Italy, Italy & Friends, Arezzo In Tour Foundation; 16 sponsors and exhibitors: Schagerl, Miraphone, Antoine Curtoise, Paxman London, Melton Meinl Weston, Dm Brass Handcrafted Accessories, Onerati Musical Instruments, Stomvi, Gebr. Alexander 1782, Besson London, Buffet Crampon Paris, S. E. Shires Co., Valmusica, WoodWind Design Carbon Stand for Musician, Curia Bavaria, Katzushi Sakaino; 16 international teachers, professors and soloists involved in masterclasses, conference-concert and evening concerts throughout the week: Francisco 'Pacho' Flores - international soloist, Deutsche Gramophone artist; Andrea Dell'Ira - first trumpet of the Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and teacher of the Higher Institute of Musical Studies 'Rinaldo Franci' of Siena; Andrea Tofanelli - international soloist, professor at the Higher Institute of Musical Studies 'Vecchi-Tonelli' of Modena, member of the International Trumpet Guild and of the World Brass Association, Yamaha artist; Jens Lindemann - international soloist, lecturer at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in Los Angeles, artistic director of the Banff Centre's Summer Brass Festival, Yamaha artist - for Trumpets -; Luca Benucci - first horn of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, teacher at the Fiesole School of Music, international soloist; Stefan de Leval Jezierski - horn player of the Berliner Philharmoniker, teacher of the Karajan Academy in Berlin; Emanuele Urso - first horn of the Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Giovanni Hoffer - soloist and international jazz teacher, for the Horns; Zoltan Kiss - international soloist, lecturer at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, member of Mnozil Brass; Fabrice Millischer - international soloist, teacher of the Musikhochschule of Freiburg and of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique and dance de Paris, artist Antoine Curtoise Paris; Lito Fontana - international soloist, teacher of the Musikschule Hall of Tyrol, of the 'Claudio Monteverdi' Conservatory of Bolzano and of the 'Francesco Morlacchi' Conservatory of Music of Perugia, president of the Italian Brass Band Association, artist Schagerl, for trombones; Gabriele Malloggi - bass trombone of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra and international teacher; Luciano De Luca - solo euphonium of the State Police Band; for bass trombones and Euphonium; Øystein Baadsvik - international soloist and lecturer; Mario Barsotti - soloist tuba of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, teacher at the Fiesole School of Music; Gianluca Grosso - soloist tuba of the Accademia Nazionale Santa Cecilia in Rome, artist Miraphone, for the Tubes; 18 evening concerts, offered to citizens and tourists in the most extraordinary locations of the three cities: Capitoline Museums in Rome, Church of Santi Michele and Gaetano, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Piazza della Signoria, Le Pavoniere, Arno River with Ponte Vecchio and Lungarno Maria Luisa de 'Medici at the Società Canottieri Florence, Historic Center of the city of Arezzo, Casa Vasari Museum, Ivan Bruschi Foundation, Abbey of Sante Flora and Lucilla, Basilica of San Francesco, Terrace of the Bruschi Foundation, Terrace of the Palace of the Province of Arezzo, Churchyard of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Donato in Arezzo, Piazza Grande in Arezzo; 20 sponsoring and contributory institutions: Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Guido d'Arezzo Foundation, ANBIMA (National Association of Autonomous Italian Musical Bands), Municipality of Florence Estate Fiorentina 2022, Metropolitan City of Florence, Region of Tuscany, Municipality of Rome, Municipality of Arezzo, Province of Arezzo, International Festival of Youth Orchestras, Honorary Consulate of France in Florence, Consulate General of the United States of America in Florence, Honorary Consulate General of Hungary for Tuscany, Embassy of Canada, Embassy of France, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Swedish Embassy, the Royal Norwegian Embassy, the Hungarian Embassy, the Hungarian Academy in Rome; 27 countries of the world from the 5 continents of our planet all gathered in our peninsula: Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Serbia, Malta, Greece, China, USA, Polonina, Albania, Hungary, Mexico, Venezuela , Costa Rica, Switzerland, Austria, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Iceland, Ukraine, Panama, Argentina, Canada; 79 active students of the masterclasses; 20,000 spectators present live at the events, over 1,500,000 FB and IG social views of the events on the Italian Brass Week pages, as of today 18 August 2022.

This is the pyramid of numbers of the new and great Italian edition of the Festival.
Performances and shows of high professional profile are the pillars of the event, which are combined with creative intelligence, emotions, sensations, sharing of projects and musical choices of the artistic direction with the staff.

We give you an appointment in 2023, for the new 24th edition even more authentic and spectacular, both didactically and musically. Continue to follow us on our website www.italianbrass.com and on our social networks Facebook, Instagram and You Tube on the Italian Brass Week pages.