Studio Festi is an Italian artistic project and production centre bringing into being shows and grand installations. Founded in 1982, by

Valerio Festi Valerio Festi is an Italian artistic director and producer. He is also the Chief Executive Officer at Studio Festi. Biography Valerio obtained his degree in 1978 at the University of Bologna. He began his artistic career by designing and stagi ...

and

Monica Maimone Monica Maimone (born 5 December 1945), is an Italian theater director and playwright. 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 ...

, Studio Festi operates from its main offices in Velate (

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

, Italy), its workshop in

Venegono Superiore Venegono Superiore is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Varese in the Italy, Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southeast of Varese. Venegono Superiore borders the following municipalities: Binago, C ...

(Varese) and, in 2010, it set up a branch in

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

, Brazil. Studio Festi's artistic activity covers three main areas: * outdoor shows * installations of lights, also called architectures of light due to their unique features * concerts for fireworks with live orchestra The poetry characterising Studio Festi's work is linked to a reinterpretation of traditional city festivals through the invention of stage machines that take inspiration from the Italian Baroque and through the representation of ancient rituals like that of the Italian "parata" (parade). Studio Festi has organized large-scale celebrative events in many Italian cities as well as internationally.

Works

*''La luce italiana'', lights architecture in the occasion of ''Italy in Houston 1987'' *'' Antigone delle città'',

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

, Italy, 1991–1992 *''Se in Trentino d'estate un castello'', 1994 :''L'Angelo e il Cavaliere'', Castello di Stenico,

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin and lmo, Trent; german: Trient ; cim, Tria; , ), also anglicized as Trent, is a city on the Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th centu ...

, Italy :''Il viaggio di

Yonec "Yonec" is one of the ''The Lais of Marie de France, Lais of Marie de France'', written in the twelfth century by the French poet known only as Marie de France. ''Yonec'' is a Breton lai, a type of narrative poem. The poem is written in the Anglo-No ...

'', Castello di Avio,

, Italy :''L'incantesimo dei quattro narratori'', Castello di Stenico,

, Italy *Festino di Santa Rosalia,

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001 * Kobe Lights architecture,

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, 1995–2010, memorial of the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake *''I Pianeti'' (The Planets), by Gustav Holst, opening gala concert of 41st

Festival dei Due Mondi The ''Festival dei Due Mondi'' (Festival of the Two Worlds) is an annual summer music and opera festival held each June to early July in Spoleto, Italy, since its founding by composer Gian Carlo Menotti in 1958. It features a vast array of conce ...

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome. History Spolet ...

(Italy), 1998 *''Concerto per fuochi d'artificio'' (Concert for fireworks), Rome, 1999, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Orchestra, conducted by Myung-whun Chung, in

Saint Peter's Square Saint Peter's Square ( la, Forum Sancti Petri, it, Piazza San Pietro ,) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighborhood (rione) of Borgo. Bot ...

Vatican City Vatican City (), officially the Vatican City State ( it, Stato della Città del Vaticano; la, Status Civitatis Vaticanae),—' * german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ') * pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—' * pt, Cidade do Vati ...

in occasion of the inauguration of the renovated facade of St. Peter's Basilica *''La città della luce – L'illuminazione delle porte della città'' (Artistic illumination of the gates of Bologna),

, 1999 *''Tokyo Millenario'', Tokyo, 1999–2005 *''La Creazione'' ( The Creation), by

Joseph Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( , ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

, Jubilee celebration concert, Spoleto Festival 2000 *''L'ultimo angelo. Un'elegia per il paradiso perduto'', Spoleto, Spoleto Festival 2000 *''Una festa barocca'' (Baroque celebration), Lisbon, 2000, Festival dos Oceanos de Lisboa *''La luce degli angeli'' (Angels' light), Moscow, 2001 *''La festa del cielo'' (Celebration of the Sky), Tokyo, 2001 *''Heaven and Earth'', Beijing, 2002, lights architecture *''De los àngeles y de la luz'',

Bogotá Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...

, 2002, closing show of VIII

Ibero-American Theater Festival Theater was introduced in Colombia during the Spanish colonization in 1550 through zarzuela companies. Colombian theater is supported by the Ministry of Culture and a number of private and state-owned organizations. Among the most important organi ...

(Festival Iberoamericano de teatro de Bogotá) *''Robe de Lumière'', Paris,

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, 2002–2010, Christmas light architecture *''Christmas de-light'',

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, Akmerkez shopping mall, 2003–2008, Christmas light architecture *''Of Angels and Light'' :

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, 2004,

Sydney Festival Sydney Festival is a major arts festival in Australia's largest city, Sydney that runs for three weeks every January, since it was established in 1977. The festival program features in excess of 100 events from local and international artists an ...

–

Sydney Olympic Park Sydney Olympic Park is a suburb of Greater Western Sydney, located 13 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta Council. It is commonly known as Olympic Park but officially na ...

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, 2004 *''Il Mandarino Meraviglioso'' (

The Miraculous Mandarin ''The Miraculous Mandarin'' ( hu, A csodálatos mandarin, translit= ˈt͡ʃodaːlɒtoʃ}, ; german: Der wunderbare Mandarin) Op. 19, Sz. 73 (BB 82), is a one act pantomime ballet composed by Béla Bartók between 1918 and 1924, and based on the ...

) by

Béla Bartók Béla Viktor János Bartók (; ; 25 March 1881 – 26 September 1945) was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as H ...

, ''L'apprendista stregone'' (

The Sorcerer's Apprentice "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (german: "Der Zauberlehrling", link=no, italic=no) is a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written in 1797. The poem is a ballad in 14 stanzas. Story The poem begins as an old magician (fantasy), sorcerer departs his ...

) by Paul Dukas, ''Quadri di un'esposizione'' (

Pictures at an Exhibition ''Pictures at an Exhibition'', french: Tableaux d'une exposition, link=no is a suite (music), suite of ten piano pieces, plus a recurring, varied Promenade theme, composed by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874. The piece is Mussorgsky's ...

) by Modest Mussorgsky (orchestration:

Maurice Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In ...

), opening concert of

2004 in Spoleto *''La caída de los ángeles'',

, 2004, X

(Festival Iberoamericano de teatro de Bogotá) *''Fuochi di gioia e di allegrezza'' (Fireworks of joy and happiness),

Bilbao ) , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = 275 px , map_caption = Interactive map outlining Bilbao , pushpin_map = Spain Basque Country#Spain#Europe , pushpin_map_caption ...

, 2004 *''Cabalgata de Reyes'',

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, 2005, 2006 2008, 2009 *''The Dancing Sky'', Adelaide, 2006, Adelaide Festival of Arts *''The Renewal of Time'',

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, 2006 *''Dal Rinascimento al Barocco'' (From Renaissance to Baroque),

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...

, 2006, part of the

2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony The Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics (''Torino 2006'') was held on 10 February 2006 beginning at 20:00 CET (UTC+1) at the Stadio Olimpico in Turin, Italy. The ceremony was attended by 35,000 spectators with the presence of numerous ...

in Turin *'' Special Olympics European Youth Games Opening Ceremony'', Rome, 2006 *" Columbus Day Parade", New York, 2006 *''Smart Night'',

, 2006 *'' Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü 1907–2007'',

*''Summer Glory'', Rome, 2007, 2008, 2009 *''The dream of Assol'',

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, 2007, on the occasion of Scarlet Sails celebrations *''La nascita della bellezza'' (The birth of beauty), Rome, 2007, the show was part of the celebrations for the 45th anniversary of

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's career. The evening is witnessed by Valentino: The Last Emperor, a feature-length documentary produced and directed by Matt Tyrnauer *''Deluge'' (The flood),

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(Kenya), 2008 *''The Beauty of Harmony'',

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, 2008 *''Munich Revue'',

Munich, Germany Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, 2008, 850th anniversary of the city *''La Città giardino sul tetto del mondo'' (The garden town on the top of the world),

, 2008, opening ceremony of

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*''The Dancing Sky'',

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, 2008 *''Le rideau se lève'' (The Curtain Rises),

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

, 2008, Opening ceremony of Damascus

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*''Pianeti'' (Planets), Mexico, 2009, touring show, Festival Internacional Cervantino 2009. *''Sinfonia degli oceani'' (Symphony of the Oceans), Rome, 2009, opening ceremony of

2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships ( it, Campionati mondiali di nuoto 2009) or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. The 2009 Championships featured competition in all 5 aquatics disciplines ...

*''Turkish State Theatres Sabancı International Adana Theatre Festival'', 2010, 2011, 2012, opening show. *''Ensaio Sobre a Beleza'', Rio de Janeiro, 2011, opening show of Momento Italia Brasil – Italian Year in Brazil.Momento Italia Brasil official website
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References

External links

Studio Festi do Brasil Official site
Entertainment companies of Italy