Studio Festi

Studio Festi Srl

Type	Private
Industry	Performing Arts
Founded	1982
Founder(s)	Valerio Festi and Monica Maimone
Headquarters	Varese, Italy
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Valerio Festi, President
Employees	50
Subsidiaries	Studio Festi do Brasil
Website	www.studiofesti.com

Studio Festi is an Italian artistic project and production centre bringing into being shows and grand installations. Founded in 1982 by Valerio Festi and Monica Maimone, Studio Festi operates from its main offices in Velate (Varese, Italy), its workshop in Venegono Superiore (Varese) and, in 2010, it set up a branch in Sao Paulo, 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). ^{[1] [2]}

Studio Festi has organized large-scale celebrative events in many Italian cities as well as internationally. ^{[3] [4]}

Works

• La luce italiana, lights architecture in the occasion of Italy in Houston 1987 ^[5]

• Antigone delle città, Bologna, Italy, 1991 - 1992 ^[6]

• Se in Trentino d'estate un castello, 1994 ^[7]

L'Angelo e il Cavaliere, Castello di Stenico, Trento, Italy ^[8]

Il viaggio di Yonec, Castello di Avio, Trento, Italy ^[9]

L'incantesimo dei quattro narratori, Castello di Stenico, Trento, Italy ^[10]

• Festino di Santa Rosalia, Palermo, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001 ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

• Kobe Lights architecture, Kobe, 1995 - 2010, memorial of the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake ^{[15] [16]}

• I Pianeti (The Planets), by Gustav Holst, opening gala concert of 41st Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto (Italy), 1998 ^[17]

• 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 at Vatican City in occasion of the inauguration of the renovated facade of St. Peter's Basilica ^[18]

• La città della luce - L'illuminazione delle porte della città (Artistic illumination of the gates of Bologna), Bologna, 1999 ^[19]

• Tokyo Millenario, Tokyo, 1999 - 2005 ^[20]

• La Creazione (The Creation), by Joseph Haydn, Jubilee celebration concert, Spoleto Festival 2000 ^[21]

• L'ultimo angelo. Un'elegia per il paradiso perduto, Spoleto, Spoleto Festival 2000 ^[22]

• Una festa barocca (Baroque celebration), Lisbon, 2000, Festival dos Oceanos de Lisboa ^[23]

• La luce degli angeli (Angels' light), Moscow, 2001 ^[24]

• La festa del cielo (Celebration of the Sky), Tokyo, 2001 ^{[25] [26] [27]}

• Heaven and Eath, Beijing, 2002, lights architecture ^[28]

• De los àngeles y de la luz, Bogotà, 2002, closing show of VIII Ibero-American Theater Festival (Festival Iberoamericano de teatro de Bogotà) ^[29]

• Robe de Lumière, Paris, Galeries Lafayette, 2002 - 2010, Christmas light architecture ^{[30] [31] [32]}

• Chritsmas de-light, Istanbul, Akmerkez shopping mall, 2003 - 2008, Christmas light architecture ^{[33] [34] [35] [36] [37]}

• Of Angels and Light

Sydney, 2004, Sydney Festival-Sydney Olympic Park ^{[38] [39]}

Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2004 ^[40]

• Il Mandarino Meraviglioso (The Miraculous Mandarin) by Béla Bartók, L'apprendista stregone (The Sorcerer's Apprentice) by Paul Dukas, Quadri di un'esposizione (Pictures at an Exhibition) by Modest Mussorgsky (orchestration: Maurice Ravel), opening concert of Festival dei Due Mondi 2004 in Spoleto ^[41]

• La caída de los ángeles, Bogotà, 2004, X Ibero-American Theater Festival (Festival Iberoamericano de teatro de Bogotà) ^{[42] [43]}

• Fuochi di gioia e di allegrezza (Fireworks of joy and happiness), Bilbao, 2004 ^[44]

• Cabalgata de Reyes, Madrid, 2005, 2006 2008, 2009 ^{[45] [46] [47] [48]}

• The Dancing Sky, Adelaide, 2006, Adelaide Festival of Arts ^{[49] [50]}

• The Renewal of Time, Beijing, 2006 ^[51]

• Dal Rinascimento al Barocco (From Renaissance to Baroque), Turin, 2006, part of the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin ^{[52] [53]}

• Special Olympics European Youth Games Opening Ceremony, Rome, 2006 ^[54]

• Columbus Day Parade", New York, 2006 ^{[55] [56]}

• Smart Night, Bologna, 2006 ^{[57] [58]}

• Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü 1907 - 2007, Istanbul ^[59]

• Summer Glory, Rome, 2007, 2008, 2009 ^{[60] [61] [62]}

• The dream of Assol, Saint Petersburg, 2007, on the occasion of Scarlet Sails celebrations ^{[63] [64]}

• La nascita della bellezza (The birth of beauty), Rome, 2007, the show was part of the celebrations for the 45th anniversary of Valentino Garavani's career. The evening is witnessed by Valentino: The Last Emperor, a feature-length documentary produced and directed by Matt Tyrnauer^[65]

• Deluge (The flood), Laikipia (Kenya), 2008 ^{[66] [67]}

• The Beauty of Harmony, Macao, 2008 ^[68]

• Munich Revue, Munich, Germany, 2008, 850th anniversary of the city ^[69]

• La Città giardino sul tetto del mondo (The garden town on the top of the world), Varese, 2008, opening ceremony of UCI Road World Championships ^[70]

• The Dancing Sky, Singapore, 2008 ^{[71] [72] [73]}

• Le rideau se lève (The Curtain Rises), Damascus, 2008, Opening ceremony of Damascus 2008 Arab Capital of Culture ^[74]

• Pianeti (Planets), Mexico, 2009, touring show, Festival Internacional Cervantino 2009.^[75]

• Sinfonia degli oceani (Symphony of the Oceans), Rome, 2009, opening ceremony of 2009 World Aquatics Championships ^[76]

References

1. ^ Valerio Festi - artistic bio
2. ^ Monica Maimone - Aritstic bio
3. ^ Studio Fest's performances: worldwide
4. ^ Studio Fest's performances: Italy
5. ^ Italy in Houston - Official program
6. ^ Antigone delle città - Official program
7. ^ Se in Trentino d'estate un castello - Guida ai castelli del Trentino - Official program
8. ^ Se in Trentino d'estate un castello - Castello di Stenico - Official program
9. ^ Se in Trentino d'estate un castello - Castello di Avio - Official program
10. ^ Se in Trentino d'estate un castello - Castello di Stenico - Official program
11. ^ 373° Festino di Santa Rosalia - Municipality of Palermo - Official video, part 1
12. ^ 373° Festino di Santa Rosalia - Municipality of Palermo - Official video, part 2
13. ^ 373° Festino di Santa Rosalia - Municipality of Palermo - Official video, part 3
14. ^ 373° Festino di Santa Rosalia - Municipality of Palermo - Official video, part 4
15. ^ Kobe Lights Architecture - video
16. ^ Flickr Kobe light architectures foto documentation
17. ^ 41 Spoleto Festival 1998 - Opening gala official program
18. ^ RAI Clips from the live broadcasting
19. ^ Bologna si illumina - Mille luci per la città - Official publication by the organizers - ASCOM
20. ^ Tokyo Millenario Official billboard
21. ^ Spoleto Festival 2000 - Official concert program
22. ^ Spoleto Festival 2000 - Official program
23. ^ Fucus Events
24. ^ III Theatre Olympics in Moscow - Official program
25. ^ 2001 Italia in Giappone - Official brochure, Italian
26. ^ 2001 Italy in Japan - Official brochure, Japanese
27. ^ Extract from Le armi delle arti, a cura di Marino Marin, Milano, Franco Angeli, 2003
28. ^ Event official billboard
29. ^ VIII Festival Iberoamericano de teatro de Bogotà - Official program
30. ^ 2009 official opening ceremony
31. ^ “Ladepeche” 29 ottobre 2009
32. ^ Sample of the computer controlled Galeries Lafayette architecture of light
33. ^ Radikal 2003, Şölen tasarımcısı Festi'den en 'ışıltılı' mesleğin sırları
34. ^ Kosmoturk 2004, Akmerkez, yeni yılı ışıl ışıl karşılıyor
35. ^ Yeni Yılda Akmerkez Yine Işıl Işıl, 15 Aralık 2005
36. ^ Star Gazete 2006, Festi Akmerkez’in içine de imza attı
37. ^ Flickr, Akmerkez Christmas interior decorations
38. ^ Sydney Olympic Park official website
39. ^ The Blurb Magazine - Australia Arts and entertainment news and reviews
40. ^ The 2004 Colorado Festival of World Theatre - Official program booklet
41. ^ Festival dei Due Mondi 2004 - Official program brochure
42. ^ Corriere della sera, 4 aprile 2004
43. ^ Dziennik Teatralny - Teatry w Internecie, Bogota bogata w teatr
44. ^ Video recording of the performance
45. ^ El Mundo, 5 January 2005
46. ^ El Pais, 4 January 2006
47. ^ Municipality of Madrid - Cabalgata de Reyes 2008 - Official program
48. ^ Guia sobre Madrid, 4 January 2009
49. ^ ARTe MEDIA - Announcement
50. ^ ARTe MEDIA - Report
51. ^ 2006 The Year of Italy in China - Official inauguration brochure
52. ^ La Repubblica, 07 February 2006, Leonetta Bentivoglio, Festa barocca per le Olimpiadi
53. ^ La Repubblica, 26 February 2006, Marina Amaduzzi, Il mio teatro volante nel mondo
54. ^ Special Olympics Official website, Regional games, Opening Ceremonies
55. ^ New York Times, 10 October 2006
56. ^ New York Times, 10 October 2006, clip
57. ^ Event official press release
58. ^ Comune di Bologna - Smart Night - La città in movimento
59. ^ Fenerbahçe Spor Kulübü Official Web Site
60. ^ Acea Official Web Site - 2007
61. ^ Acea Official Web Site - 2008
62. ^ Acea Official Web Site - 2009
63. ^ Petersburg – Channel 5: Clips from the live broadcast
64. ^ Neva News, August - September 2007
65. ^ Valentino: The Last Emperor - Clips
66. ^ Earth Festival website
67. ^ RAI TG3 news service
68. ^ TimeOut Hong Kong
69. ^ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Munich Revue - Clips from the live broadcast
70. ^ RAI - Clips from the live broadcast
71. ^ Italian Cultural Institute in Singapore - Press release
72. ^ The Dancing Sky on Flickr
73. ^ TimeOut Singapore 18 July 2008
74. ^ Syrian Television - Clips from the live broadcast
75. ^ Festival Internacional Cervantino 2009 - Official program
76. ^ RAI Sport Live broadcast recording

External links

• Studio Festi Official site
• Studio Festi do Brasil Official site