Conductor Tommaso Nannucci

Composer, Musician, Theatre performer and performer has been a member of numerous choral realities such as the Fuori dal Coro of the Associazione Piccolo Coro Melograno and the choir Broadway Shots. Graduated from the Liceo Classico-Musicale Dante in Florence in Piano and Flute Traverso, he developed an excellent theoretical-practical knowledge of cultured and contemporary music. He holds a bachelor’s degree at DAMS - Discipline of Arts, Music and Entertainment in Bologna where he has developed musicologist and pedagogical-educational knowledge in the field of music and theater. He has consolidated experiences in choral direction and vocal technique, he interprets, directs and organizes shows for cultural associations in the area such as the Compagnia dei Girafiabe. Since 2019 he has taught singing, musical literacy and acting as part of the activities organized by the Amateur Sports Association Amici del Musical based in Colle di Val d’Elsa. He works as an educational collaborator and educator in numerous schools in the Florentine and Sestese territory, where he proposes projects and laboratories of propedeutical and musical practice. He works as a teacher of musical theory and solfeggio at the Scuola di Musica B. Bartoletti of Sesto Fiorentino. He has performed numerous activities as an instrumentalist at musical institutes and academies: G. Rossini Conservatory in Bologna, and at the Scuola di Musica of Fiesole on the occasion of the “Festival della Musica”. He obtained a second level academic degree at the F. Venezze Conservatory in Rovigo in Composition for music applied to images and Sound Design with a grade of 110 and honors. He is a composer, author and arranger of pop music, incidental music and film music.

GIRAFIABE Cultural Association was born in 2018 from a passion for music and theater and the desire to be an active and dynamic part of our community. We are a heterogeneous group of young talents who have built our own identity starting from "Fiaba" a little theatre in the small part of Florence called Isolotto: where many of us have roots since childhood, while others have joined out of passion, word of mouth or just the desire to spend an evening with friends. Over the years we have self produced musicals, theatrical shows, concerts in collaboration with some Tuscan municipalities and educational artistic activities for schools of out community.

Conductor Luigi Giordano

Luigi Giordano, born in Salerno in 1957, he has lived in Scandicci since 1964. In 1979 he graduated in Clarinet at the “Luigi Cherubini” Conservatory in Florence. After some collaborations with the Florentine Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra del Teatro del Maggio in Florence, in 1984 he moved to the role of music teacher in public schools. Since 1974 he has been part of the “Vincenzo Bellini” Philharmonic of Scandicci, first as solo clarinet and then, from 1994, as conductor

Filarmonica Vincenzo Bellini Scandicci
The foundation of the association dates back to May 31, 1869. In 1900 he gave itself the name “Giuseppe Verdi”. Ten years later there was a split and the “Giuseppe Verdi” was then joined by the “Guido Monaco”. These two bands carried out separate activities until the advent of fascism, when they were forced to merge and reunite as the “Communal Band”. After the liberation, the passionate and willing musicians who remained following the disintegration of the complex, which occurred with the fall of fascism, saw to the reconstruction of the band and adopted the name, which it still maintains today, of “Vincenzo Bellini”. In 1972, thanks to a teacher full of will and passion, Maestro Faliero Falai, the band began an educational activity destined to radically transform the band body. In the 1980s, M° Falai was replaced by M° Pierluigi Puzzolo. It was in these years that the repertoire began to change and the symphonic and lyrical music, typical of bands, was also accompanied by songs taken from film soundtracks and original band music. The 1990s saw another change in the direction of our Philharmonic: M° Puzzolo left the maestro’s baton to our Clarinet soloist, M° Luigi Giordano. The band is now mature to tackle a complex and varied repertoire and Maestro Luigi Giordano is its valid interpreter.

Curriculum Ingrid Stefanini

Ingrid Stefanini , was born on 8/6/2007 in Florence and she is Italian-Danish. She has always been very interested in music: she has been attending dance classes since she was 3 years old, she attended a summer singing course at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, when she was 11 years old, and she started contemporary singing lessons about 4 years ago. She met Asia Tammaro, her pianist and close friend, in elementary school. They have been playing together for about 5 years and have already participated in some live performances.

Conductor Dario Passanante

Dario Passanante Born in 1993, Dario is an energetic and young conductor who has been passionate about choral music since childhood. He has sung in several polyphonic choirs of sacred and religious music and is responsible and director of a parish choir. His decades of experience with gospel music began in the Sound & Voices Gospel Choir where he sang as a tenor and where he trained as a director through the teachings of the choir mistress. His university studies took him to Siena where in 2013 he founded and directed the Joyful Anthem Gospel Choir of which he is also president, he created and carries out the Siena Gospel Project collaborating with prominent musicians and artists of the Gospel genre. He frequently participates in musical training, singing and choral conducting workshops and has undertaken piano studies since 2017.

The choir was founded in October 2013 in Siena by the will of some friends who, driven by the desire to be together and by the friendship that binds them, decided to put their passion for singing into practice through gospel music. Since the year of its foundation, the choir has organized concerts, performances and musical events in the Siena area, collaborates with municipal and pro loco associations of the province, with institutions, choirs, similar and voluntary associations, and is involved in social issues by becoming an instrument of cultural and musical diffusion. Since 2015 the choir has been carrying out a project called “Siena Gospel Project”: an annual event which consists of a gospel music workshop held by international artists in which choristers and musicians from all over Italy participate which ends with a charity concert. In organizing this event, the Joyful Anthem Gospel Choi boasts the collaboration of GTM Ministries, an international non-profit organization based in the United States which aims to bring international directors, artists and musicians to Europe and around the world who offer a few days of free teaching and musical exchange to local choirs. Between rehearsals, concerts and moments of sharing, the strength and energy of the Gospel lead the Joyful Anthem Gospel Choir to grow and become a legally recognized association in September 2017. The artistic mission is to tell a different way of singing to God , staging a new way of interpreting religious music: a set of voices, joy, music and sounds that overwhelm those who sing and those who listen.

Leader Francesco Bottai

Mo Machine were founded by Francesco Bottai Class 1969 has started playing guitar in his home town Grosseto before moving to Florence. He has shared the stage with Irene Grandi and Stefano Bollani before forming his band Strange Fruit. In 1993 Strange Fruit released their debut album and toured all over Italy. In 1999 both Francesco and his brother Cristiano were invited to join Articolo31. Francesco contributed as songwriter to two of their major hits: “La Mia Ragazza Mena” and “L’Italiano Medio”. He is currently playing with Norge, the Led Zeppelin tribute band, his band La Macchina Ossuta and the progressive band Seldon. In this occasion the group is formed by Francesco Bottai Electric Guitar, Marco Baroncini Vocals and Keyboard, Luca Cantasano Electric bass, Eugenio Nardelli Percussions

Conductor Paige York

The Wilderness School Tour Band is a small concert band that has only come together for the purposes of this international tour. All of the students within this band play in multiple other school ensembles, however due to their spread of ages, a separate band was required for the purposes of this tour. All of the students in this ensemble have been playing their instruments for several years, however they have only been playing together for approximately 5 months. Back in Adelaide Australia, the Wilderness Music program caters for all of their ensembles with many opportunities for performance throughout the year. In 2024 the girls have travelled to Mount Gambier for the annual Generations in Jazz festival – the largest musical festival in the southern hemisphere, the beautiful Ukaria Cultural centre in the Adelaide Hills and the Governor Hindmarsh hotel – an Adelaide icon for all music concerts. Their conductor Paige York is in her first teaching year and is currently the director of Concert Band, Junior Band and the Junior Dreamers Choral ensemble, as well as teaching classroom music across the middle and senior years.

Conductor Anna Lenartowicz

The Wilderness School Tour Choir is a vocal ensemble created out of the school’s much larger 90-strong Senior Choir. The girls in the Tour Choir have juggled challenges and difficulties in learning repertoire for a much smaller ensemble, but remaining true to the school’s values and by being courageous and adventurous, the girls have demonstrated their resilience, and still have managed to create a sound and blend that is unique to them, and will be well showcased in today’s venue. Back in Adelaide, South Australia the Choir are involved in various concert performances throughout any given year, including performing with well-known professional musicians from across Australia and overseas such as Emma Pask, Ross Irwin, Jo Lawry and Adam Page Their conductor Anna Lenartowicz is the Head of Music at Wilderness School and currently directs the Senior Choir, Symphonic Band, Jazz Combo and teaches music across the entire school. Anna has over 20 years’ experience in choral conducting and has achieved a wide range of success in this time with multiple 1st place achievements in the Adelaide Choral Eisteddfods, the 'Generations in Jazz' festivals in Mount Gambier and the 'AusAca' A Cappella Competition in Melbourne.