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"I have cried three times in my life: when they booed my first opera, when I heard Paganini play, and when a turkey stuffed with truffles fell into the water during a boat trip." It is said that it was Gioacchino Rossini who uttered this phrase, which has entered history. The celebrated composer, to whom some of Italy's most popular operas, from Il...

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For Pesaro Italian Capital of Culture 2024, June 21 will mark a triple anniversary: the 60th Pesaro International New Cinema Festival, the 30th year of the Music Festival, and the centenary of Henry Mancini's birth. It will be these three anniversaries that will characterize the Mancini 100 concert organized by the Rossini Conservatory of Pesaro in...

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I hadn’t heard of Pesaro before my ex-flatmate sent me there in summer 2018. I was writing a book at the time, and Giulia reckoned the best place for me to do such work was in her grandad’s old flat, a modest unit in a block put up in 1946, during the short reign of Umberto II. It had lain empty since her nonno – Dottor Spinicci – died of liver fai...

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Pesaro will hold the title of Italian Capital of Culture in 2024, following on the heels of twinned 2023 capitals Bergamo and Brescia. The official kickoff ceremony will take place on January 20. Set on the Adriatic Coast in the region of Le Marche, Pesaro will hold the title for one calendar year and will receive €1 million to carry out initiative...

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As the year comes to a close and festivities are in the air, thoughts of holiday destinations are beginning to take center stage. While reflecting on the past year and contemplating the future, the allure of a summer vacation becomes undeniable. Look no further than the picturesque Italian city of Pesaro, located on the country’s east coast. Initia...

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Churches, squares and museums, a long musical tradition, the vibrant summer life along the low and sandy seafront, a strategic location that provides easy access to nearby places, towns and cities where every visitor can easily find whatever they want: nature, art, history or entertainment. All these features will make you fall in love with Pesaro....

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The Italian melodrama was unequivocally marked by a simply exceptional composer: he is Gioacchino Rossini, already famous at twenty and the greatest user of the crescendo technique, then called precisely Rossini, to engage and excite the public. Born in Pesaro in February 1792 and raised in a simple and humble family, he showed how we will see a ta...

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Surrounded by nature and overlooking the sea, Pesaro has the charm of those cities of art that combine culture and nature, where just a moment to get lost in the magic of a past time. But it only takes another moment to be catapulted back into the present, where a beautiful beach awaits us for the most complete relaxation. Looking for a destination...

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Last week Pesaro, a lively town of about 100.000 in the Marche region, was proclaimed Italy’s Capital of Culture for the year 2024. The announcement was given by Italian Minister for Cultural Heritage and Activities, Dario Franceschini, whose recent proposition to help Ukraine rebuild the theatre of Mariupol, destroyed by Russian bombings, was embr...

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Italy is filled with Renaissance beauty: Florence, Perugia, and Siena. Mantova, Pavia and Ferrara, just to name a few.  This is not surprising, because the Renaissance, the historical and cultural period that, in Italy, runs from the very early 14th century to the end of the 16th, is as much a symbol of our art, culture and contribution to civiliza...

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