Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte
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The Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte (International Art Workshop) is an annual Italian summer school and musical festival for young singers, actors, musicians, conductors and composers. It was set up in Montepulciano
in 1976 by Hans Werner Henze
, a string of whose works have been premiered at it.
Productions are worked on in the summer school and then put on in the festival. Food and accommodation is provided for the participants, in return for putting on the shows in the festival.
Since November 2005 the workshop has been organised by the Fondazione Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano, run by the town and by the Province of Siena
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Montepulciano
Montepulciano is a medieval and Renaissance hill town and comune in the province of Siena in southern Tuscany, in Italy. Montepulciano, with an elevation of 605 m, sits on a high limestone ridge. By car it is 13 km E of Pienza; 70 km SE of Siena, 124 km SE of Florence, and...
in 1976 by Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze is a German composer of prodigious output best known for "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life"...
, a string of whose works have been premiered at it.
Productions are worked on in the summer school and then put on in the festival. Food and accommodation is provided for the participants, in return for putting on the shows in the festival.
Since November 2005 the workshop has been organised by the Fondazione Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte di Montepulciano, run by the town and by the Province of Siena
Province of Siena
The Province of Siena is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Siena.It has an area of 3,821 km² , and a total population of 252,288 . There are 36 comuni in the province...
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