Tuscan Sun Festival - Cortona 3-9 August 2009

Now in it's 7th year, the festival once again stays true to presenting a program that explores the 5 senses, all within the intimate setting of the medieval town of Cortona, in the province of Arezzo, Tuscany. 

This year is no exception as we offer an exciting program that includes not only world class concerts, but a daily program of events that spans fine art, film, culinary and wine, fitness and wellness, and local culture and history.

Each evening the festival presents concerts by some of the world's most distinguished artists performing in the intimate setting of the 420 seat, Romantic-period theatre, Teatro Signorelli.  The steps of Teatro Signorelli spill into the atmospheric open-air Piazza Signorelli, site of not only this year's ballet performance by soloists of the American Ballet Theatre, but the festival closing night Opera Gala, featuring non other than superstar soprano Angela Gheorghiu.   

For the 2009 festival, a warm welcome to our special guest Anthony Hopkins, whose exhibition of paintings entitled Masques and musical compositions will both be featured. Artists including Joshua Bell, Stéphane Denève, Nina Kotova, Danielle de Niese, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Maija Kovalevska, Vlad Mirita, Jaap van Zweden, Michael Guttman and Gisele Ben-Dor will all be featured at the festival this year.

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