Events / Weekly Cultural Programme

Every Wednesday at 18.00 from September to June there is a lecture, concert or other event in the Sala Ferragamo in the Harold Acton Library followed by an informal drinks reception.

The British Institute of Florence receives no Government funding and welcomes donations, however small, to support our Library and Cultural Programme.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012, 18.00

Concert: Goffredo Orlandi

M° Goffredo Orlandi studied at the Conservatorio L. Cherubini in Florence and won several prizes, including the ‘premio speciale F. Liszt' in Lucca in 1987. He began writing music for television in 1991. In 2000 his Ave Maria Jubilaei was performed for Pope John Paul II. In this concert of piano music that has been used in some wonderful films, he plays pieces by Yann Tiersen, Michael Nyman, Claude Debussy, Ludwig van Beethoven, Michele Padovano, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt and Williams/Orlandi.