Do you want to enjoy a spectacular and unforgettable experience with your orchestra, choir or band?
Then plan a musical trip to Italy! You will perform in beautiful venues while discovering a fascinating country.
We have organized music tours in Italy for the past six years and the range of venues, hotels, special visits we can offer is growing every year! Have a look at the topics listed below, and do not hesitate to ask for a personalized proposal for your own group that exactly fits your artistic level, group size, travelling option and formula: whether you already have your programme ready and are mostly interested in performing concerts and discovering Italy, or whether you prefer to spend a week in a quiet location to rehearse and terminate your stay with concerts... just ask!
We have a range of venues for you to perform in, the choice will depend on your itinerary, the season, the size of your ensemble, and your repertoire (churches often require a sacred programme only). In our experience, if is often less expensive and more rewarding to perform outside big cities, where the cultural offer is quite extensive and concerts of foreign unknown ensembles can be snobbed, whereas in villages your concert is considered as a big event and the welcome is usually warmer.
If you need to rent instruments, of if you are missing that special trumpet or double-bass player, please let us know, we will do our best to help you find one on the spot.
Here are a few examples of the venues we can offer:
We can help you find the best accommodation for your group, according to the number of participants, the standard, price, location and facilities required (room for rehearsals, hotels or apartments, …). In our experience, countryside “agriturismi” are best for group cohesion and artistic residences, while city hotels are preferable for sightseeing. A combination of both in the same itinerary is of course possible!
If you arrive in Italy by plane or train, we can help find a coach for your group, with the advantage of a local driver who knows the places and complicated procedures that regard the access to the historical centre of most cities in Italy. If you arrive with your own coach, we will coordinate the itinerary with your driver to help with local roads, parkings, permits to access the art cities, etc.
If you have heavy instruments to transport, it might be useful to have a small van to access as close as possible to the venues and hotels. Let us coordinate that with you depending on your actual itinerary and programme of concerts.
In order to ensure you a smooth trip in Italy, it is essential that one of our staff stay with your group during the whole tour, coordinating all details of your transportation, accommodation, concerts, visits... and solve day-to-day issues that might occur. All our tour escorts have several years experience in accompanying musical groups and speak your own language plus Italian. They will work hand-to-hand with us, on the one side, and with your own tour leaders, on the other side, ensuring an enjoyable, stress-free trip for everyone.
Your itinerary will depend on many factors: the number of days of your tour, the number and location of your concert venues, the number and ages of your participants, and whether you are looking for great classics or off-the-beaten-track visits (this is especially true for groups who are coming for the 2nd or 3rd time...). If you wish, we can send you 3 examples of one-week tours in Tuscany and Umbria, to give you a first idea of what a music tour created by Musicando Italy would look like.
Tuscany "Great Classics" with visits to Pisa, Volterra, Lucca, the seaside, Siena, San Gimignano, Florence and three concerts to be held for example in Collodi, San Gimignano and Pian di Scò.
Tuscany "Glimpses of Heaven" with visits to Niki de Saint Phalle's Tarots Garden, the seaside, Valdorcia, Sant'Antimo Abbey, Montalcino's Fortress, Massa Marittima, Siena, Arezzo, Florence and three concerts to be held for example in Montalcino, Massa Marittima and San Giovanni Valdarno.
Umbria "Hidden Treasures" with visits to Orvieto, Todi, Spoleto, Spello, Perugia, Gubbio, Arezzo, Cortona, Assisi and three concerts to be held for example in Todi, Gubbio and Perugia.
But of course ALL music tours must be adapted to perfectly suit your group, therefore these are intended only as sample itineraries. Please send us an email to receive a copy of these or to ask for a proper offer for your group.
L'Echo du Cret de la Neige, dir. Francesco Grassini
35-musician philharmonic band, Sergy (France) - OCTOBER 27th-30th, 2011
3 nights in Siena
1 concert in Rapolano Terme's Teatro del Popolo together with a local band
visits of San Gimignano, Siena, Florence, the Monte Oliveto Maggiore Abbey, Montalcino, wine-tasting of Vernaccia and Brunello wines, bathing in Bagno Vignoni thermal waters
Orchestre du Collège de Genève, dir. Philippe Béran
80-musician youth orchestra, Geneva (Switzerland) - JULY 1st-9th, 2011
4 nights in Maremma, 4 nights in Valdarno
4 concerts in Massa Marittima's San Agostino church, Montalcino's Fortress, San Giovanni Valdarno's Masaccio square, Pistoia's Cathedral Square
visits to Castiglion della Pescaia, Pitigliano, Niki de Saint Phalle's Tarot Garden, Siena, Pistoia, Arezzo, Florence... and one day on the beach!
La Sinfonietta, dir. Benoit Willmann
40-musician orchestra, Geneva (Switzerland) - JUNE 26th-JULY 3rd, 2011
7 nights in Chianti,
2 concerts in beautiful Garzoni Garden in Collodi (Pinocchio's city) and in ancient Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta church in Casole d'Elsa.
visits to Radda in Chianti, Siena's pre-Palio races, Florence, the seaside
La Lyre de Chene-Bougeries, dir. Francesco Grassini
35-musician philharmonic band, Geneva (Switzerland) - APRIL 22nd-25th, 2011
3 nights in Florence
1 concert in Florence's auditorium, 1 marching parade on Florence's main streets and squares
visits of Florence culturage heritage and Easter's traditions, excursion to Chianti with wine-tasting in a century-old castle
Atelier Choral et Instrumental, dir. Raphael Leite Osorio
65-person choir and 15-musician orchestra, Geneva (Switzerland) - JULY 4-10th, 2010
6 nights in Chianti
3 concerts in Siena, San Gimignano and Pian di Scò
visits of the Crete Senesi area, of Monte Oliveto Maggiore's Abbey, of Siena, Florence, San Gimignano, of The Mall outlet and Chianti with wine-tasting in a century-old castle
La Sinfonietta, dir. Benoit Willmann
40-musician orchestra, Geneva (Switzerland) - JUNE 28th-JULY 5th, 2009
5 nights in Chianti + 2 nights in Perugia
1 open rehearsal in San Casciano, 2 concerts in Pian di Scò, Perugia
visits to Greve in Chianti, Volterra, Arezzo, Assisi
Bavarian Classics, dir. Hans-Walter Kaempfel
50-musician orchestra from Bavaria (Germany) - AUGUST 23rd-30th, 2008
7 nights in Monte San Savino
1 open rehearsal in Monte San Savino, 2 concerts in Pian di Scò, Asciano
visits to San Gimignano, Monte Oliveto Maggiore, Arezzo, Massa Marittima, San Galgano
Kairos Youth Choir, dir. Laura Kakis Kerper
25-member youth choir from Berkeley (California - United States) - JUNE 19-JULY 1st, 2008
6 nights in Florence, 3 nights in Chianti, 3 nights in Rome
6 concerts in Florence, Pratolino, Fiesole, Greve in Chianti, Gargonza, Rome
visits to Florence, Pisa, Fiesole, Pisa, San Gimignano, Greve in Chianti, Siena, Niki de Saint Phalle's Tarots Garden, Rome, the Vatican... and one day on the beach!
Bavarian Classics, dir. Hans-Walter Kaempfel
50-musician orchestra from Bavaria (Germany) - SEPTEMBER 1st-9th 2007
5 nights in Montecatini Terme, 2 nights in Castelnuovo Berardenga
3 concerts in Montecatini Terme, Arezzo, Asciano
visits to Lucca, Florence, San Gimignano, Siena, Cortona, Arezzo
La Sinfonietta, dir. Benoit Willmann
40-musician orchestra from Geneva (Switzerland) - JULY 9-15th, 2006
4 nights in Montecatini Terme, 3 nights in Chianciano Terme
3 concerts in Montecatini Terme, Peretola (Florence), San Gimignano
visits to Montecatini Alto, Lucca, Pisa, Florence, Siena, San Gimignano, Montepulciano, Pienza... and one day on the beach!
Chiesa di Sant'Agostino, San Gimignano (SI)
Pieve di Santa Maria, Pian di Scò (AR)
Villa Demidoff, Parco di Pratolino (FI)
Giardino Garzoni, Collodi (PT)
Chiesa San Pietro, Perugia
Tenuta il Corno – San Casciano (FI)
Hotel Excelsior - Siena
Hotel La Principina - Grosseto
Tenuta di Fassia - Gubbio (PG)
