Florence, March 2, 2011 – On April 29, opens the edition number 73 of the ‘Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’. It will be a multi-ethnic program devoted to the Orient, which will have two protagonists:: Zubin Mehta and Daniel Barenboim. Israelis and Palestinians together then in the next edition of the ‘Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’.
From Mozart to the contemporary, the next edition is titled’ Towards the East ‘. The opening will be entrusted to ‘Die Frau ohne Schatten’ (The Woman without a trace), by Richard Strauss, under the direction of Zubin Mehta. The Indian master will be on the podium for the ‘Abduction from the Seraglio’ by Mozart and at two symphonic concerts, the first with the Staatskapelle Dresden and the second with the Orchestra of Maggio.
For the first time the big names in jazz will then be an integral part of the ‘Maggio Musicale Fiorentino’, with Enrico Rava – star of an evening dedicated to George Gershwin – and Paolo Fresu, bringing forward in the closing concert of the program, directed by Kurt Masur.

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