Valerio Festi
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Valerio Festi is an Italian
artistic director and producer. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at Studio Festi
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He began his artistic career by designing and staging urban celebrations.
In the early 1980s, he gained fame by revamping the Italian tradition of light installations and of Baroque fireworks. In 1982, he established Studio Festi
with Monica Maimone
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He has been the artistic director of a considerable number of open air events and installations.
Italy
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artistic director and producer. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at Studio Festi
Studio Festi
Studio Festi is an Italian artistic project and production centre bringing into being shows and grand installations.Founded in 1982 by Valerio Festi and Monica Maimone, Studio Festi operates from its main offices in Velate , its workshop in Venegono Superiore and, in 2010, it set up a branch in...
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Biography
Valerio obtained his degree in 1978 at the University of BolognaUniversity of Bologna
The Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna is the oldest continually operating university in the world, the word 'universitas' being first used by this institution at its foundation. The true date of its founding is uncertain, but believed by most accounts to have been 1088...
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He began his artistic career by designing and staging urban celebrations.
In the early 1980s, he gained fame by revamping the Italian tradition of light installations and of Baroque fireworks. In 1982, he established Studio Festi
Studio Festi
Studio Festi is an Italian artistic project and production centre bringing into being shows and grand installations.Founded in 1982 by Valerio Festi and Monica Maimone, Studio Festi operates from its main offices in Velate , its workshop in Venegono Superiore and, in 2010, it set up a branch in...
with Monica Maimone
Monica Maimone
Monica Maimone is an Italian theater director and playwright.- Biography :She started her career in theater in 1966; in 1968 she created the theatre group called Nuova Scena together with Dario Fo and Franca Rame, following the model of Erwin Piscator's "Volksbũhne"...
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He has been the artistic director of a considerable number of open air events and installations.