The Franciscan Convent of the Osservanza, located in Radicondoli originally built in 1494 today houses a renowned music school. To demonstrate their talents, they are participants in Radicondoli Festival with individual events scheduled from mid-July to mid-August. The festival is a long and prestigious tradition, which enjoys an international resonance. It was born in 1986 and is one of the most traditional cultural events in Tuscany of prose, music, projections, dance and theatre. It has always intertwined the threads of the cultured and popular theater and transformed the entire territory of the Municipality into a large stage.
We are going to be attending many of the events which are held in Radicondli and the surrounding villages.
The other night we attended the Belforti Chamber Music Festival, consisting of two Quartetto Orchestras, Europia and Enigma each playing two Violino, one Viola and one Violoncello. Held along the central Strada encased by traditional historic building and a church tower, we sat patiently on dramatic red chairs with the orchestra nestled in the middle of the eager audience, waiting for the music to begin. The swallows swooped as the sunset; silence descended as the orchestra stuck their first note. As the music transitioned seamlessly between crescendos and decrescendos, you could not help but get caught up in the moment; such a surreal emotional event as I sat in wonderment with the talented children.
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