Siena Anteprima 2010

art - exhibitions

• Architects in Siena: Testimonies of the Town Library between the 15th and 17th centuries
  from 19 December 2009 to 12 April 2010
• In search of Natural History
  all year round
• Daily guided tours: "Siena classica" (entrance from the Cathedral); "Siena segreta" (entrance from the underground premises of the Hospital Santa Maria della Scala)
  from 2 to 6 january 2010
• SMS contemporanea: Adalberto Mecarelli
  February - June 2010
• Urban Trekking. Nobles, common people, artists, saints, witches, prostitutes: discover Siena through its women
  7 March 2010
• "Treno Natura"
  from 7 March to 31 December 2010
• The seasons of oil
  from 12 March to 24 April 2010
• Markets and savory sites of Siena, from the Middle Ages to nowadays - guided tours
  13 March 2010
• Bauhaus/Architektur Weimar - 1923: the Exhibition
  from 20 March to 17 April 2010
• 13th Antiques Fair of Siena
  from 20 to 28 March 2010
• From Jacopo Della Quercia to Donatello. Early Renaissance art in Siena
  from 26th March to 11th July 2010
• Pictures from Fantasy. Echoes of distant seas. Fairy tales from Oceania
  from April 2010 until June 2010
• An exhibition of paintings and artistic print-outs by prison inmates
  April - September 2010 (to be established)
• Daily guided tours: "Siena classica" (entrance from the cathedral); "Siena segreta" (entrance from the underground premises of the hospital Santa Maria della Scala)
  from 15 April to 1 November 2010
• Siena School - end-of-semester show - Winter
  9 may 2010
• International Day of Museums
  18 may 2010
• The weeks of Fine Wines
  from 28 May to 10 July 2010
• 2009/2010 academic year: End-of-year show
  from 12 to 13 June 2010
• Auditions for professional training courses for ballet and modern dancers
  20 june 2010
• Individual tours - Siena Palio Special - the secrets of the Palio of Siena
  from 30 June to 2 July 2010
• Individual tours - Siena Palio Special - the secrets of the Palio of Siena
  from 14 to 16 August 2010
• Exceptional uncovering of the marble Floor of the Cathedal of Siena
  From 18 August 2010 to 30 October 2010
• Dance courses for foreigners (cultural integration programme)
  2010/2011 academic year
• 2010 edition of "Mestieri d'Autore" (Art Jobs)
  from 1 to 31 October 2010
• Siena School - end-of-semester show - Autumn
  27 November 2010
• Daily guided tours: "Siena classica" (entrance from the cathedral); "Siena segreta" (entrance from the underground premises of the hospital Santa Maria della Scala)
  from 27 to 31 December 2010

musics - concerts

• "Micat in Vertice" 2009- 2010 Concert season
  until 16 april 2010
• InJam International Jazz Master Program two-year courses in improvisation techniques and correlated concerts
  from 23 January to 23 July 2010
• "Micat in Vertice" 2009 - 2010 87th concert season Sergey Khachatryan - violin, Lusine Khachatryan - piano
  22 January 2010
• "Micat in Vertice" 2009 - 2010 87th concert season Hagen string quartet
  29 January 2010
• "Strumento voce" Diapason Musical Association
  29 January 2010
• "Micat in Vertice" 2009 - 2010 87th concert season Michelangelo String Trio
  12 February 2010
• "Micat in Vertice" 2009 - 2010 87th concert season Carnival concert by Berlin Comedian-Harmonists voices and piano
  19 February 2010
• "Micat in Vertice" 2009 - 2010 87th concert season Richard Goode piano
  26 February 2010
• "Strumento voce" Diapason Musical Association
  26 February 2010
• "Micat in Vertice" 2009 - 2010 87th concert season Steven Isserlis violoncello Denes Varjon piano
  5 March 2010
• Women's Day 2010 - song concert - Vico Alto Choir
  8 March 2010
• "Micat in Vertice" 2009 - 2010 87th concert season Wiener Klaviertrio string quartet and piano
  12 March 2010
• "Strumento voce" - Diapason Musical Association
  19 March 2010
• "Micat in Vertice" 2009 - 2010 87th concert season Chigiani Students of Raina Kabaivanska's Singing Class
  26 March 2010
• Easter concert by the "Rinaldo Franci - Città di Siena" orchestra
  29 March 2010
• "Città del Palio" Band: Participation in the parades of the titular feasts of the Contrade
  from April to September
• "Micat in Vertice" 2009 - 2010 87th concert season Internationale Bachakademia Stuttgart ensemble instrumental and vocal
  16 April 2010
• "Musica insieme"
  21 April 2010
• Concert of the "Città del Palio" Band on the occasion of Liberation Day
  25 April 2010
• "Strumento Voce" Diapason Musical Association
  26 April 2010
• "CantinCoro"
  In the month of May
• Choral exchange between two twinned choirs: "Gruppo Polifonico Madrigalisti Senesi" (Siena) and "MusicaconGRAZia" (Graz, Austria)
  14 May 2010
• IX review of Sienese songs
  from 14 to 15 May 2010
• Easter concert
  16 May 2010
• The fragile world of Harmònia and the secret of the perfect music - musical
  from 18 to 19 May 2010
• End-of-year performance by the students of clarinette and flute
  last week in May
• End-of-year performance by guitar students
  last week in May
• "Libera la voce" Final evening of the Modern Song contest
  24 May 2010
• Abracadabra
  25 May 2010
• "Il Nostro Musical" (Our Musical) Final show by the students of the Musical course of the musical and cultural association Diapason - "Luce e Ombre" company
  27 May 2010
• Twenty years... later
  in the month of June
• Concert of the "Città del Palio" Band on the occasion of Republic Day
  2 June 2010
• Ex-alumni concert
  3 June 2010
• "Strumento voce" Diapason musical association
  3 June 2010
• Midsummer's Night Dream
  4 June 2010
• Summer concert
  6 June 2010
• Piano end-of-year performance
  last week in June
• Concert of the "Città del Palio" Band
  30 June 2010
• "Chigiana" Music Summer
  July - August 2010
• "Sienese Musical Week" festival - founded in 1939
  July 2010
• Concert of the "Città del Palio" Band
  14 August 2010
• "Città Aromatica"
  24/27 August 2010
• Song & Folk Songs Concert - San Miniato Choir
  4 September 2010

theatre cinema dance festivals

• Tangosiena afternoons Milonga Argentinian tango event
  from 3 to 6 January 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON /PROSE Teatro Stabile of Florence Maria Amelia Monti & Giampiero Ingrassia in MICHELINA musical comedy by Edoardo Erba directed by Alessandro Benvenuti with Amerigo Fontani, Gampiero Ingrassia, Maria Amelia Monti music by Federico Odling
  from 8 to 10 January 2010
• THEATRE REVIEW "Il punto in movimento". Vicolo Corto company presents "Cuore di Pesce"(Fish heart). Solitary experiment for a life in two, by and with Laura Graziosi
  from 9 to 10 January 2010
• Teatro del Costone - 2010 prose season
  from 10 January to 31 March 2010
• "Homage to Carlo Semplici" "Spazio Vita" Dance Company
  12 January 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON/NEW LANGUAGES The Kitchen Company THE KITCHEN by Arnold Wesker, translated by Alessandra Serra, directed by Massimo Chiesa
  13 January 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / PROSE Sicilia Teatro Sebastiano Lo Monaco in IL BERRETTO A SONAGLI by Luigi Pirandello with Maria Rosaria Carli, Clelia Piscitello, Rosario Petix, Franca Maresa, Benedetta Borciani, Claudio Mazzenga with Viviana Larice also performing. Scenes by Helena Calvarese, costumes by Cristina Da Rold, directed by Mauro Bolognini taken from Sebastiano LoMonaco
  from 15 to 17 January 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON FOR CHILDREN FOURTH REVIEW OF "FAVOLE FA...VOLARE" Compagnia Drammatico Vegetale MIGNOLINA E LO SPIRITO DEL FIORE (Mignolina and the spirit of the flower) taken from a tale by H.C.Anderson by Ezio Antonelli, Pietro Fenati, Elvira Mascanzoni directed by Pietro Fenati with Elvira Mascanzoni & Giuseppe Viroli
  16 January 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / DANCE MaggioDanza director Vladimir Derevianko LA SYLPHIDE
  22 January 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / NEW LANGUAGES "Teatro metastasio stabile" of Tuscany/women's theatre-national dramaturgy centre in collaboration with the creativity festival 2008 FRANKENSTEIN or rather the modern Prometheus written and directed by Stefano Massini taken from Mary Shelley's book. Sandro Lombardi is the face and voice of the creature with Luisa Cattaneo, Silvia Frasson, Amerigo Fontani, Alessio Nieddu, Daniele Buonaiuti, Simone Martini, Antonio Fazzini, Roberto Posse
  26 January 2010
• "Libero circuito" - Independent Theatres Network Storie Matte - TeatrOvunque
  29 January 2010
• Dance Gala of the Irene Stracciati Dance School
  29 January 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON FOR CHILDREN FOURTH REVIEW OF "FAVOLE FA... VOLARE" "Quattro Quarti" association - Gams of Scandicci - Musical Academy of Florence BRUNDIBAR a musical in two acts for a small orchestra, ten soloist children and a children's choir. Music by H.Krasa, words by J.Hoffmann, translation by Norma Lelli, children's choir of the Musical Academy of Florence, orchestra Gams of Scandicci Volfango Dami, director Lucia De Caro, choir maestro
  30 January 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON Bea srl Antonio Albanese in "PERSONAGGI" written by Michele Serra, Antonio Albanese, also collaborating to the texts Piero Guerrera, Enzo Santin, Giampiero Solari
  31 January 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON FOR CHILDREN FOURTH REVIEW OF "FAVOLE FA..VOLARE" TeatrOmbria "L'USIGNOLO E L'IMPERATORE" (THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE EMPEROR) written, directed and interpreted by Grazia Bellucci with Grazia Bellucci, Valentina Grigo', Stefano Giomi, voices by Amerigo Fontani, Luca Marras, puppets and props by Roberta Socci, Grazia Bellucci and Ada Mirabassi, shadows by TeatrOmbre, techniques used bunraku puppets and shadows, age range: from 3 to 7 years
  from 6 to 7 February 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON Spellbound Dance Company CARMINA BURANA Choreography and directed by Mauro Astolfi Music by Karl Orff, V. Caracciolo from "Passione Medioevale", A.Vivaldi from "Dixit Dominus" Lights by Marco Policastro Scenes by Stefano Mazzola Costumes by Sandro Ferrone
  6 February 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / PROSE from Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 February Diana OR.I.S. Giampiero Imparato and Luisa Ranieri in "L'ORO DI NAPOLI" from the short stories by Giuseppe Marotta, adapted for the theatre by Armando Pugliese and Gianfelice Imparato with Valerio Santoro, music and scenes by Nicola Piovani, directed by Armando Pugliese
  from 9 to 11 February 2010
• "Ercole e le Stalle di Augia" (Hercules and the Stables of Elce) Teatro dell'Elce
  12 February 2010
• "ACQUA LIOFILIZZATA" (LYOPHILIZED WATER) by Margherita Fusi & Alberto Massi, directed Margherita Fusi & Mila Moretti with Margherita Fusi, Luca Lampariello, Alberto Massi, Barbara Mazzi
  from 17 to 18 February 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON FOR CHILDREN FOURTH REVIEW OF "FAVOLE FA...VOLARE" Accademia Perduta "IL PIFFERAIO MAGICO" (THE MAGIC PIPER) by Claudio Casadio, Giampiero Pizzol and Marina Allegri, directed by Claudio Casadio with Maurizio Casali, Mariolina Coppola. Technique used: art theatre, live music. Age range: from 5 to 10 years.
  20 February 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / NEW LANGUAGES Familie Floz, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Theater Duisberg HOTEL PARADISO by Anna Kistel, Sebastian Kautz, Thomas Rascher, Hajo Schuler, Frederik Rohn, Michael Vogel with Anna Kistel, Sebastian Kautz, Thomas Rascher, Frederik Rohn, directed by Michael Vogel
  20 February 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / PROSE Società per Attori Alessandro Gassman in "ROMAN E IL SUO CUCCIOLO" (ROMAN AND HIS PUPPY) by Reinaldo Povod, translated and adapted by Edoardo Erba with Manrico Gammarota, Sergio Meogrossi, Giovanni Anzaldo, Matteo Taranto, Natalia lungu, directed by Alessandro Gasman
  from 23 to 25 February 2010
• "Libero circuito" - Independent Network of Theatres Storie Clandestine Compagnia Teatrale Saverio Tommasi
  26 February 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / DANCE Rossella Brescia in CARMEN - a ballet in two acts by Georges Bizet and Marco Schiavoni, choreography and directed by Luciano Cannito
  28 February 2010
• Hamburger Monologue for a sole actor, script by Leonardo Losavio & D. Francesco Nikzad, on stage: Robert Galano, directed by Roberto Galano
  28 February 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON FOR CHILDREN FOURTH REVIEW OF FAVOLE FA...VOLARE "I Pupi di Stac" (Stac's puppets) "IL DRAGO DALLE SETTE TESTE" (The Dragon with Seven Heads) dragon Roberta Socci directed by Giulio Casati with Enrico Spinelli, Fiorella Cappelli script and music by Enrico Spinelli puppets and photos by Martina della Valle recommended age: 4-10 years technique used: wooden puppets with legs
  from 6 to 7 March 2010
• "Libero Circuito" review "OSPITI" (Guests) "Teatro Studio" company
  12 March 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / PROSE Eros Pagni in "L'IMPRESARIO DELLE SMIRNE" by Carlo Goldoni directed by Luca De Fusco
  from 12 to 14 March 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON FOR CHILDREN FUORTH REVIEW OF FAVOLE FA...VOLARE Aldes/Ullateatro, Angela Graziani & Pippo Gentile's STORIA DI UNA GABBIANELLA E DI UN GATTO (THE STORY OF A LITTLE SEAGULL AND A CAT) by Luis Sepùlveda directed, choreography and video by Stefano Questorio with Andrea Sara Toniolo, Pippo Gentile, Angela Graziani, Francesca Donazzan, Francesca Foscarini, Stefano Questorio technique used: art teatre, dance, video, narration age range: from 4 onwards
  13 March 2010
• BANG (Out of order) by Ray Cooney Translation by Maria Teresa Petruzzi
  from 17 to 21 March 2010 (excluding 19)
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / NEW LANGUAGES Compagnia Laboratorio di Pontedera AMLETO (HAMLET) Nella Carne il Silenzio (Silence is in the flesh) by William Shakespeare with Tazio Torrini, Andrea Fiorentini, Serena Gatti, Debora Mattiello, Luigi Petrolini, Francesco Puleo, Alessandro Porcu dramaturgy by Stefano Geraci directed by Roberto Bacci music by Ares Tavolazzi
  19 March 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON FOR CHILDREN FOURTH REVIEW OF FAVOLE FA... VOLARE Pupi e Fresedde - Teatro di Rifredi - Teatro Stabile di Innovazione Firenze MILLE E UNA SHERAZADE (ONE THOUSAND AND ONE SHERAZADE) Aladin and Ali Baba in mum's shopping trolley created and directed by Angelo Savelli with Elena D'Anna and Valentina Bruscoli recommended age: 6-10 years technique used: art theatre
  from 20 to 21 March 2010
• Z E R O T E A T R O presents PERCHE' TUTTI SONO FAMOSI E IO NO L'importanza di chiarmarsi Erostrato (WHY THE OTHERS ARE ALL FAMOUS AND I AM NOT The importance of being Erostrato) by Tommaso Urselli with Francesco Paolo Cosenza, painting action Gian Marco Capraro directed by Alberto Oliva
  20 - 21 March 2010
• FAI Tango festival (national festival of the Italian Federation of the non-profit Associations of Argentinian Tango.
  from 27 to 28 March 2010
• "Romeo è altrove Cercavo Dio e sono caduta dal balcone" (Romeo is elsewhere I was in search of God and I fell off the balcony) Visionary cabaret by and with Marta Della Via
  from 27 to 28 March 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / DANCE Evolution Dance EVOLUTION choreography by Anthony Heinl
  27 March 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / NEW LANGUAGES Fondazione Teatro Due Parma - Theatre production and research centre Lalut, city of Siena - "Voci di Fonte" festival "EMIGRANTI" (EMIGRANTS) directed by Jerzy Stuhr with Massimiliano Poli, Angelo Romagnoli
  from 30 to 31 March 2010
• XVI Review of the Theatre of the Contrade
  April - May 2010
• "Libero circuito" theatre review "D.E.A. Notte - Domani è un'altra notte" (D.E.A. Night -Tomorrow is another night) Compagnia Aparte
  9 April 2010
• 2010 THEATRE SEASON / RESIDENCES (extra-programme shows) Francesca Selva Company "IL VOLO INTERROTTO" (THE INTERRUPTED FLIGHT) by Francesca Selva taken from the short story Mr Vertigo by Paul Aster choreograpy by Francesca Selva staged by Marcello Valassina
  10 April 2010
• Ballet internship with the Maestro Carlos Gacio from the Opera of Vienna
  from 26 April to 6 May 2010
• "Libero Circuito" review "OSPITI" (GUESTS) Compagnia Teatro Studio
  30 April 2010
• "Libero ciruito" - independent theatres network. "L'uomo dal fiore in bocca" (The man with a flower in his mouth)
  30 April 2010
• THEATRE REVIEW "Il punto in movimento" "Edipo stanco" (Tired Oedipus) by and with Marco Grossi
  from 1 to 2 May 2010
• THEATRE REVIEW "Il punto in movimento" "I fili di Penelope" (Penelope's threads) by and with Tiziana Scrocca, live music by Roberto Mazzoli, stage design Franca D'Angelo director's supervision Chiara Casarico
  from 7 to 8 May 2010
• THEATRE REVIEW "Il punto in movimento" OR NOT TO BE Sentence, Execution, Damnation 3 scenes in movement of Teatro Caverna Jekyll and Hyde from The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Luis Stevenson Thrawn by Thrawn Janet by Robert Luis Stevenson Vin morILLON from Testament and Ballads by Francois Villon
  from 15 to 16 May 2010
• The fragile world of Harmònia and the secret of the perfect music - musical
  from 18 to 19 May 2010
• THEATRE REVIEW "Il punto in movimento" La Compagnia Nuvole in Viaggio Teatro presents "...è la Cantatrice Calva?" (...is it the Bald Singer?) anti-comedy by E. Ionesco, directed by Paolo Chiti with Michela Cioni, Paolo Ciotti, Alessandra Comanducci, Alessio Ferruzzi, Francesca Messinese. Stage boards animated by Joshua Held
  from 22 to 23 May 2010
• THEATRE REVIEW "Il punto in movimento" "IMPOSSIBILI" (Impossible) tragi-comic narrations for a chorus of actors singing in an act by Rosa Masciopinto and Giovanna Mori stage name Opera Comique with Valeria Berdini, Giulia Nervi, Luigi Orfeo, Stefano Sartore, Martina Spalvieri, Jessica Ugatti directed by Rosa Masciopinto
  from 29 to 30 May 2010
• A city for dance, a city for children
  from 29 to 30 May 2010
• School at the theatre
  3 June 2010
• "At Roxy" - Hip hop culture history in movies
  9 June 2010
• End of the 2009/2010 academic year show "Ateneo della Danza"
  from 12 to 13 June 2010
• Palio "Milonga" - Argentinian tango evening
  From 16 June to 8 September 2010,
• Auditions for professional training courses for ballet and modern dancers
  20 June 2010
• Dance courses
  from 1 September to 30 June 2011
• Dance courses for foreigners (cultural integration programme)
  2010/2011 academic year
• "TerradiSiena FilmFestival" - 14th edition
  6 - 10 October 2010
• "Festival Contemporaneamente Barocco" - 2010 edition Artistic residence City of Siena
  from 8 to 24 October 2010

markets - fairs

• Agricultural market of direct sale for farmers
  2nd and 4th Friday of the month (excluded August)
• Experimental weekly market at Costalpino
  Every Thursday
• Weekly market at Taverne D'Arbia
  Every Tuesday
• Weekly fair at Petriccio
  Every Monday
• Weekly market at San Miniato
  Every Saturday
• Weekly market of goods
  Every Wednesday
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month (excluding August)
• Wine Wedding & Food
  from 20 to 21 February 2010
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month
• "Treno Natura"
  from 7 March to 31 December 2010
• Medieval market, part of the celebrations of the "Costituto"
  13 March 2010
• "Easter market"
  from 14 March to 5 April 2010
• St. Joseph's Fair
  19 March 2010
• 13th Antiques Fair of Siena
  from 20 to 28 March 2010
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month
• "Pre-summer market" Fair
  from 24 April to 21 May 2010
• "Maggiolina" promotional fair
  on a Sunday in the month of May 2009 still to be fixed
• St. Isidore's Fair
  9 May 2010
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month
• Flower show and market
  from 22 to 23 May 2010
• Model-making competition 2010
  from 22 to 23 May 2010
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month
• "July Palio Market"
  from 20 June to 5 July 2010
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month
• "August Palio Market"
  from 5 to 20 August 2010
• Monthly antique market
  Third Sunday of the month
• "End-of-summer market" Fair
  1 - 29 September 2010
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month
• Oil & Co. - from the land to the square
  from 29 November to 1 December 2010
• "Christmas Market" Fair
  From 8 December to 6 January 2011
• St. Lucy's Fair
  13 December 2010
• Monthly antique market and "Collector's Corner" (2 initiatives)
  Third Sunday of the month

food - wine

• "Girogustando" Chefs of Italy meet in Siena
  February and March 2010
• At table with the "radicchio trevisano" and more. Pierino Fagnani (Bagoga) - Grotta di Santa Caterina hosts Carlo Pasin from the tavern " Alla Pasina" in Dosson Treviso
  4 February 2010
• Course: Liking wine
  Every Wednesday during the month of March
• "Ci vuole fegato!... o no?" (It takes courage... or doesn't it) A theme evening for true enthusiasts. Starting with Vinsanto liver. Then, "crostini neri", liver specialities and more...
  5 March 2010
• "Treno Natura"
  from 7 March to 31 December 2010
• The Seasons of Oil
  from 12 March to 24 April 2010
• The weeks of Fine Wines
  from 28 May to 10 July 2010
• Wine glasses full of stars
  10 August 2010
• "Girogustando" Chefs of Italy meet in Siena
  October - November 2010
• Oil & co. - from the land to the square
  from 29 November to 1 December 2010

conventions

• Is there life after death? Ancient and modern traditions compared
  9 January 2010
• Medium powers: Inexplicable phenomenon or potentiality of the human being
  16 January 2010
• Contacts with the afterlife, history, famous cases and the importance of a correct approach
  23 January 2010
• From Clay Hills to Pastures and Sea. Managing landscape transformations: topics and tools for quality, from the planning to the project
  29 January 2010
• Ultraphanic mediumship - the route of the ancient prophets
  30 January 2010
• The birth of the universe: Myth and Cosmogonic Theories
  6 February 2010
• Man and the celestial sphere: Genesis and development of the solar system
  13 February 2010
• Genetic traceability of the "cinta senese"
  15 February 2010
• History of the Earth and appearance of man
  20 February 2010
• SITRAC (Italian society for cornea transplants) - national congress
  from 25 to 27 February 2010
• Great cataclysms of the earth and the Myth of the Flood
  27 February 2010
• The mystery of the ancient maps
  6 March 2010
• Annual meeting of the school of specialization in Orthognadontrics (Italian Schools of Orthodontrics)
  from 12 March to 13 March 2010
• Dawning and decline of the Great Civilizations
  13 March 2010
• Traces of vanished Civilizations and the Great Unsolved Mysteries
  20 March 2010
• From Carlo Martello to the Name of the Rose. The Middle Ages revised.
  from 19 April to 20 April 2010
• Ideas of Time
  from 20 to 21 April 2010
• What we can learn from Africa
  from 7 to 8 May 2010
• National Congress of Italian Societies of Clinical Neurophysiology
  from 13 to 15 May 2010
• Psychotherapy day. The post-rational formation.
  21 May 2010
• Opening of the 320th physiocritical year
  1 June 2010
• "I giorni della Pia" - Violence in female daily life
  From 1 to 15 June 2010
• Glaucoma Summer School
  from 10 to 11 June 2010
• 12th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation detector
  from 14 to 18 June 2010
• 7th lattice paths combinatorics and application
  from 4 to 7 July 2010
• 5th doctoral summer school in management accounting
  from 14 to 17 July 2010
• SICPRE national congress
  from 22 to 25 September 2010
• Siena School Convention
  27 November 2010

courses

• Università per stranieri - courses upon request
  all through 2010
• Italian language and culture courses for migrants
  from September 2009 to June 2010
• Stretching course
  from 1 January to 10 June 2010
• To be standing in the beginning - Theatre workshop
  from January to June 2010
• Università per Stranieri - special sectorial courses of a particular cultural and linguistic interest
  all through 2010
• Theatre workshops: Introduction, In-depth, Miming
  from January to May 2010
• Yoga and Qi Gong
  all through 2010
• Walking from wood to wood...
  from January to June 2010
• Postural centre
  all through 2010
• Università per Stranieri - special courses for Italian language teachers
  from 4 to 28 January 2010
• Università per Stranieri di Siena - "Ordinary Italian language and culture courses for foreign students"
  from 4 January to 26 March 2010
• Evolutions in act Interpretative dance Theatre in movement / new itineraries in the performing arts
  from 9 to 10 January 2010
• Belly-dancing workshops Establish a contact through dance
  from 15 to 17 January 2010
• Stage The comic body Play and self-caricature as tools of self-awareness and of own's own expressive potential carried out by Giuditta Cambieri
  27 January 2010
• Gargoyles and mostrous figures in Sienese miniatures between the 13th and 14th centuries. Theoretical and practical lessons with Francesco Mori
  from 29 to 30 January 2010
• Evolutions in art Interpretive dance Theatre in movement / new itineraries in the performing arts
  6 &7 February 2010
• Being and staying together: the Seminary Choir for aspiring actors organized by Rosa Masciopinto
  from 8 to 9 February 2010
• Belly-dancing workhops Establish a contact through dance
  from 19 to 21 February 2010
• Acting workshop "You're not had yet as long as you have a good story put aside and someone to tell it to" held by the actor/director Roberto Galano
  from 1 to 2 March 2010
• Iconography course
  from March to June
• Memory course
  from March to June 2010
• Sport pyschology course
  from 2 March 2010 to 27 April 2010
• Course: Liking wine
  Every Wednesday during the month of March
• Courses for 1st level CILS administators
  11 March 2010
• The Seasons of Oil
  from 12 March to 24 April 2010
• Courses for 2nd level CILS administrators
  14 March 2010
• The writing of the "Costituto" of the "Comune di Siena". Theoretical-practical lessons by Francesco Mori
  from 26 to 27 March 2010
• Università per Stranieri di Siena - "Ordinary Italian language and culture courses for foreign students"
  from 6 April to 30 June 2010
• Università per Stranieri di Siena - Programming and Assessment course
  from 22 to 23 April 2010
• Ballet internship with the Maestro Carlos Gacio from the Opera of Vienna
  from 26 April to 6 May 2010
• Courses for 1st level CILS administrators
  13 May 2010
• Courses for 2nd level CILS administrators
  14 May 2010
• The weeks of Fine Wines
  from 28 May to 10 July 2010
• Botanic Painting and Drawing course at the Botanic Museum of the University of Siena
  from 4 to 6 June 2010
• Auditions for professional training courses for ballet and contemporary dancers
  20 June 2010
• Intensive summer language and culture courses for migrants
  the month of July
• Università per Stranieri di Siena - "Ordinary Italian language and culture courses for foreign students"
  from 5 July to 30 September 2010
• Università per Stranieri - special courses for Italian language teachers
  from 2 to 27 August 2010
• Dance courses
  from 1 September 2010 to 20 June 2010
• Italian language and culture courses for migrants
  from September 2010 to June 2011
• Memory course
  from September to December
• Iconography course
  from September to December
• Dance courses for foreigners (cultural integration programme)
  2010/2011 academic year
• Università per Stranieri di Siena - "Ordinary Italian language and culture courses for foreign students"
  from 4 October to 23 December 2010

events

• Sky watching
  2 January 2010
• Daily guided tours: Classic Siena (entrance from cathedral) Secret Siena (entrance from the underground premises of the hospital Santa Maria della Scala)
  from 2 to 6 January 2010
• Tangosiena afternoons Milonga - Argentinian tango event
  from 3 January to 6 June 2010 and to 19 September to 5 December 2010
• In search of the "Santa Maria della Scala". Didactic activities for families
  on 3 January 2010
• But who brings the presents? Didactic-creative workshop for children
  5 January 2010
• Remembrance day
  27 January 2010
• Sky watching
  6 February 2010
• Beyond the differences - a weekend on different abilities
  from 6 to 7 February 2010
• "Lunedilibri" - 2010 appointments with the authors DEMOCRACY, TERRORISM, LEGALITY: Past and Present in the Mediterranean Encounter with Benedetta Tobagi
  8 February 2010
• "Lunedilibri" - 2010 appointments with the authors DEMOCRACY, TERRORISM, LEGALITY Past and present in the Mediterranean Encounter with Rocco Sciarrone
  15 February 2010
• Carnival celebrations (Mardì Gras)
  16 February 2010
• Wine Wedding & Food
  from 20 to 21 February 2010
• "Lunedilibri" - 2010 appointments with the authors DEMOCRACY, TERRORISM, LEGALITY Past and present in the Mediterranean Encounter with Francesco Forgione
  22 February 2010
• "Lunedilibri" - 2010 appointments with the authors DEMOCRACY, TERRORISM, LEGALITY Past and present in the Mediterranean The showing of the film: "Guido che sfidò le Brigate Rosse" Encounter with Paolo Andruccioli, author of the book "Il testimone. Guido Rosso omicidio di un sindacalista" (The witness. Guido Rosso, homicide of a trade unionist) - Ediesse editore, and with Giuseppe Ferrara - director of the film and Massimo Ghini who plays the part of Guido
  1 March 2010
• Course: liking wine
  During the month of March, every Wednesday
• Sky watching
  6 March 2010
• Urban trekking. Nobles, common people, artists, saints, witches, prostitutes: discover Siena through its women
  7 March 2010
• "Treno Natura"
  from 7 March to 31 December 2010
• The seasons of oil
  from 12 March to 24 April 2010
• Markets and savoury sites in Siena, from the Middle Ages to our days - guided tours
  13 March 2010
• "Lunedilibri" - 2010 appointments with the authors DEMOCRACY, TERRORISM, LEGALITY Past and present in the Mediterranean Homage to ALBERT CAMUS, 60 years from his death. Encounter with Alfonso Berardinelli - Readings
  15 March 2010
• From Jacopo della Quercia to Donatello. Art in Siena during the early Renaissance.
  from 26 March to 11 July 2010
• Fai Tango Festival (national festival of the Italian federation of non-profit Argentinian tango associations)
  from 27 to 28 March 2010
• "Lunedilibri" 2010 appointments with authors - historic novels Encounter with Rita Charbonnier
  29 March 2010
• Plants: a world accessible to all! Tactile visit for the visually impaired and partially-sighted people at the Botanic Gardens of the university of Siena.
  from 1 April to 15 June 2010
• Sky watching
  10 April 2010
• "Lunedilibri" 2010 appointments with the authors - historic novels Encounter with Larissa Juliet Taylor
  12 April 2010
• Daily guided tours: Classic Siena (entrance from the cathedral) Secret Siena (entrance from the underground premises of the hospital Santa Maria della Scala)
  from 15 April to 1 November 2010
• "Lunedilibri" 2010 appointments with the authors - historic novels Encounter with Andrea Ballarini
  19 April 2010
• "Lunedilibri" 2010 appointments with the authors - historic novels Encounter with Marco Salvador
  26 April 2010
• Ballet internship with the Maestro Carlos Gacio from the Opera of Vienna
  from 26 April to 6 May 2010
• Keeping vigil at the "Orto" Sonnets, songs, legends and poetic improvisations, all outdoor at the Orto dei Pecci - 2nd edition. With Francesco Burroni, Enrico Rustici, Silvia Bruni and other guests.
  from May to September 2010
• Sky watching
  1 May 2010
• Francigena Festival
  2 May 2010
• "Lunedilibri" 2010 appointments with the authors - historic novels Encounter with Melania Mazzucco
  3 May 2010
• "Lunedilibri" 2010 appointments with the authors - historic novels Encounter with Giuseppe Pederiali
  10 May 2010
• Fragments of Japanese culture - art and architecture of tradition
  from 10 to 14 May 2010
• "Lunedilibri" 2010 appointments with the authors - historic novels Encounter with Cinzia Tani
  17 May 2010
• Model-making competition 2010
  from 22 to 23 May 2010
• The weeks of Fine Wines
  from 28 May to 10 July 2010
• Closing ceremony of the courses at the Polisportiva Mens Sana
  June 2010
• Sky watching
  5 June 2010
• End of 2009/2010 academic year show
  from 12 to 13 June 2010
• Palio "Milonga" - Argentinian tango evening
  from 16 June to 8 September 2010, every Wednesday
• Auditions for professional training courses for ballet and contemporary dancers
  20 June 2010
• "Voci di Fonte" - Siena Festival - 7th Edition
  20-26 June 2010
• Individual tours - Palio of Siena special The secrets of the Palio of Siena
  from 30 June to 2 July 2010
• Sky watching
  3 July 2010
• Sky watching
  7 August 2010
• Wine glasses full of stars
  10 August 2010
• Individual tours - Palio of Siena Special The secrets of the Palio of Siena
  from 14 to 16 August
• "Città Aromatica"
  from 24 to 27 August 2010
• Dance courses
  from 1 September 2010 to 30 June 2011
• Sky watching
  4 September 2010
• 11th Hebrew Culture Day
  5 September 2010
• Dance courses for foreigners (cultural integration programme)
  from 1 October 2010 (2010/2011 academic year divided into four trimesters or two semesters)
• Sky watching
  2 October 2010
• 7th Urban Trekking National Day: "Trekking in all senses - discover lost fragrances, sounds, tastes, landscapes and time walking in the city on the eve of All Saints' Day.
  31 October 2010
• University of Siena - Opening of the academic year, 770 years from its establishment.
  In the month of November
• Sky watching
  6 November 2010
• Sky watching
  4 December 2010
• Daily guided tours: Classic Siena (entrance from the cathedral), Secret Siena (entrance from the underground premises of the hospital Santa Maria della Scala)
  from 27 to 31 December 2010
• 2011 New Year's Day celebrations
  31 December 2010

sports

• Postural Centre
  all year round
• Football championship matches 2009/10 season - Siena - Fiorentina
  06 January 2010
• Eurolega basketball championship. Montepaschi Siena - Fenerbahce
  6 January 2010
• 'A' League Basketball Championship, Montepaschi Siena - Pepsi Caserta
  10 January 2010
• 'A' League basketball championship. Montepaschi Siena - Virtus Bologna
  24 January 2010
• Football championship matches 2009/10 season - Siena - Cagliari
  24 January 2010
• Mini-basketball tournament: Città di Siena
  from 30 to 31 January 2010
• Football championship matches 2009/10 season - Siena - Sampdoria
  07 February 2010
• 'A'League basketball championship. Montepaschi Siena - Scavolini Spar Pesaro
  07 February 2010
• Football championship matches 2009/10 season - Siena - Napoli
  21 February 2010
• 'A' League basketball championship. Montepaschi Siena - Armani Jeans Milano
  28 February 2010
• 15th Mens Sana Trophy - Archery competition
  6-7 March 2010
• Football championship matches 2009/10 season - Siena - Parma
  07 March 2010
• 'A' League basketball championship. Montepaschi Siena - Angelico Biella
  14 March 2010
• Football championship matches 2009/10 season - Siena - Bologna
  21 March 2010
• 'A' League basketball championship. Montepaschi Siena - Air Avellino
  28 March 2010
• Mini-basketball tournament
  28 March 2010
• Football championship matches 2009/10 season - Siena - Genoa
  28 March 2010
• Football championship matches 2009/10 season - Siena - Bari
  11 April 2010
• 'A' League basketball championship. Montepaschi Siena - Vanoli Cremona
  11 April 2010
• "Carlo Ciccarelli" national mini-basketball tournament
  16-18 April 2010
• 'A' League basketball championship. Montepaschi Siena - Benetton Treviso
  25 April 2010
• Football championship matches 2009/10 season - Siena - Palermo
  02 May 2010
• 'A' League basketball championship. Montepaschi Siena - NGC Medical Cantù
  8 May 2010
• Football championship matches 2009/10 season - Siena - Inter
  16 May 2010
• Speed skating regional championship
  23 May 2010
• Closing cerimony of the sports - preparation courses
  June 2010
• "Terre di Siena" mini-basketball tournament
  from 4 to 6 June 2010
• Auditions for professional training courses for ballet and modern dancers.
  20 June 2010
• Dance courses
  1 September 2010 to 30 June 2011
• Dance courses for foreigners (cultural integration programme)
  2010/2011 academic year
• 7th Urban Trekking National Day: "Trekking in all senses - discover lost fragrances, sounds, tastes, landscapes and time walking in the city on the eve of All Saints' Day.
  31 October 2010
• Archery Competition Trophy
  27-28 November 2010

worship - religious rites

• Feast of St. Anthony the Abbot
  17 January 2010
• Good Friday Procession
  02 April 2010
• International celebrations in honour of St. Catherine of Siena - Patron saint of Italy and Europe. Flowery homage to the statue of St. Catherine
  1 May 2010
• International celebrations in honour of St. Catherine of Siena - Patron saint of Italy and Europe. Concert free-of-charge in honour of St. Catherine. In collaboration with the Chigiana Musical Academy
  1 May 2010
• International celebrations in honour of St. Catherine of Siena - Patron saint of Italy and Europe
  2 May 2010
• International celebrations in honour of St. Catherine of Siena - Patron saint of Italy and Europe
  2 May 2010
• International celebrations in honour of St.Catherine of Siena - patron saint of Italy and Europe
  2 May 2010

The Palio - Contrade

• Visits to the museum and oratory of the Contrada of the Torre (Tower)
  All the year round
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Leocorno (Unicorn)
  from 9 January to 15 May 2010
• The Contrade and their Museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Civetta (Owl)
  from 9 January to 15 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museum of the Contrada/Chiocciola (Snail)
  from 9 January to 15 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Bruco (Caterpillar)
  from 9 January to 15 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Aquila (Eagle)
  from 9 January to 15 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Drago (Dragon)
  from 9 January to 15 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Istrice (Porcupine)
  from 16 January to 22 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Nicchio (Shell)
  from 16 January to 22 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Giraffa (Giraffe)
  from 16 January to 8 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Torre (Tower)
  from 16 January to 22 May 2010
• The Contrade and their Museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Pantera (Panther)
  from 16 January to 22 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Onda (Wave)
  from 16 January to 22 May 2010
• The Contrada and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Oca (Goose)
  from 23 January to 29 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Valdimontone(Ram)
  from 23 January to 29 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Lupa (She-wolf)
  from 23 January to 29 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Tartuca (Tortoise)
  from 23 January to 29 May 2010
• The Contrade and their museums Visits to the museums of the Contrada/Selva (Forest)
  from 23 January to 29 May 2010
• Imperial Contrada of the Giraffe -"M'illumino di meno" dinner
  12 February 2010
• 23rd edition of the Plants and Flowers Fair
  March - April 2010
• Feast of St. Joseph in the Capitain Contrada of the Onda (Wave)
  19 March 2010
• "Città del Palio" Band: Participation in the parades of the titular feasts of the Contrade
  April - September 2010
• Titular feast in honour of the Patron Saint of the Contrada of Valdimontone (Ram): Our Lady of Good Counsel
  Last sunday of April
• Titular feast in honour of the Patron Saint of the Noble Contrada of the Oca (Goose): St. Catherine of Siena
  Second or third weekend in May
• 9th review of Sienese songs
  from 14 to 15 May 2010
• Titular feast in honour of the Patron Saint of the Contrada of the Drago (Dragon): St. Catherine of Siena
  28 - 30 May 2010
• Extraction of the Contrade for the Palio of 2nd July
  30 May 2010
• The Contrada of the Drago (Dragon): Evenings in the "Paradiso dei Voltoni"
  1 - 5 June 2010
• Presentation of the Palio
  End of June 2010
• Titular feast in honour of the patron saint of the Contrada of Tartuca (Tortoise): St. Anthony of Padua
  In June (date to be defined)
• Titular feast in honour of the patron saint of the Imperial Contrada of the Giraffa (Giraffe): Mary's visitation
  5 - 6 June 2010
• "SDG 1872 Ciccio & Pesce" - 1st grilled meat and fish fair
  from 7 to 12 June 2010
• Titular feast in honour of the Patron Saint of the Prior Contrada of the Civetta (Owl): St. Anthony of Padua
  9 -13 June 2010
• Titular feast in honour of the Patron Saint of the Captain Contrada of the "Onda" (Wave): The Visitation of the Holy Virgin Mary
  second half of June (date to be fixed)
• Titular feast in honour of the patron saint of the Contrada of the Leocorno (Unicorn): St. John the Baptist
  from 24 to 27 June 2010
• Titular feast in honour of the patron saint of the Contrada of the Chiocciola (Snail): Apostolic Saints Peter and Paul
  25 - 29 June 2010
• "Tratta" (assigning of the horses to the Contrade by lots) and trial runs for the Palio of Our Lady of Provenzano
  29 June 2010
• Trial race for the Palio of Our Lady of Provenzano
  30 June 2010
• Individual tours - Special event for the "Palio di Siena": The secrets of the "Palio di Siena"
  from 30 June to 2 July 2010
• Trial races, accompanying and blessing of the Palio, general trial, general trial dinner of the Palio of Our Lady of Provenzano
  1 July 2010
• The Palio of Our Lady of Provenzano
  2 July 2010
• The "Città del Palio" band prepares the Brass-Band for the fanfare of the Historic Procession of the Palio
  2 July 2010
• Procession of the Contrada winner of the Palio of Our Lady of Provenzano
  3 July 2010
• Extraction of the Contrade for the Palio of 16th August
  4 July 2010
• Titular feast in honour of the patron saint of the Noble Contrada of the Bruco (Caterpillar): Visitation of the Holy Virgin Mary
  9-11 July 2010
• "Mangia e Bevi" in the Contrada of the Torre (Tower)
  16-23 July 2010
• "La Pania" food-and-wine fair in the Noble Contrada of the Nicchio (Shell)
  from 24 July to 5 August
• Titular feast in honour of the patron saint of the Contrada of the Torre (Tower): St. James Major Apostle and St. Anne
  25 July 2010
• Presentation of the Palio
  First decade in August
• Titular feast in honour of the Patron Saint of the Noble Contrada of the Nicchio (Shell): St. Gaetano of Thiene
  8 August 2010
• "Tratta" (assigning of the horses by lots to the Contrade) and trail race for the Palio of the 'Assunta'
  13 August 2010
• Trial races, Procession of the Candles and Tributes, accompanying and blessing of the Palio for the Palio of the 'Assunta'
  14 August 2010
• Individual tours - Special event for the "Palio di Siena": The secrets of the "Palio di Siena"
  from 14 to 16 August 2010
• Trial runs, Holy Mass in honour of Our Lady of the Assumption, dinner for the general trial for the Palio of the Assumption.
  15 August 2010
• Palio of Our Lady of the Assumption
  16 August 2010
• The "Città del Palio" band prepares the brass band for the fanfare of the Historic Procession
  16 August 2010
• Procession of the Contrada winner of the Palio of the "Assunta"
  17 August 2010
• Titular feast of the Contrada of the Selva (Forest) - the Assumption of the Holy Virgin
  between the last week in August and the first week in September
• Titular feast in honour of the Patron Saint of the Contrada of the Pantera (Panther): St. John Beheaded
  between the last days of August and the first week of Septembern (to be defined)
• Titular feast in honour of the Patron Saint of the Sovereign Contrada of the Istrice (Porcupine): St. Bartholomew Apostle
  29 August 2010
• Under the stars in Fontenuova, in the Contrada of the Lupa (She-wolf)
  First week in September
• Titular feast in honour of the Patron Saint of the Contrada of the Lupa (She-wolf)
  First Saturday and Sunday in September
• Titular feast in the Noble Contrada of the Aquila (Eagle) and GastroRostronomic week
  from 6 to 12 September 2010
• "Mini-Masgalano" - an event for young standard bearers and drummer boys
  first or second Saturday of the month of October
• "Castagna in Carrozza" in the Contrada of the Selva (Forest)
  November (period to be established)
• New Wine in the Castle:
  first week in November
• Feast of the patron saint St. Ansanus. Date of the start of the Contrada year
  1 December 2010