The 2014 edition of The Season included a Writers’ festival, concerts, writer’s readings of poetry and fiction, and actors performing in various sites in the gardens of Villa La Pietra and in downtown Florence.
A look back at the past year's events.
A talk by fiction writer Nicola Gardini... Learn More >
A talk with Laurence Maslon, an arts professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, as well as... Learn More >
A reading by NYU Creative Writing faculty, Dorothea Lasky and Eileen Myles... Learn More >
Dialogues and readings with contemporary American and Italian writers, two concerts with performative poetry and Italian songwriting. Villa La Pietra... Learn More >
A reading by NYU Creative Writing faculty, Jonathan Lethem and Chris Kraus... Learn More >
Poetry with Mark Wunderlich... Learn More >
A theatrical event by The Continuum Company that views Homer’s immortal epic through the lens of several great poets of... Learn More >
The ancient biblical story of Judith Slaying Holofernes performed by the NYU Commedia dell’Arte Students. This biblical story is presented... Learn More >
A concert by pianist Luisa Valeria Carpignano, and video artist Veronica Citi. A visual-concert that compares works of art with... Learn More >
A sound based performance created for Villa La Pietra in collaboration with Jason Thompson that reflects upon occupation, faith and... Learn More >
The NYU undergraduate Commedia Troupe presents the rollicking comedy of the original military braggart who swaggers his way through high... Learn More >
The great song cycles of Franz Schubert will be presented by two world-renowned musicians, Ian Bostridge, tenor, and Thomas Adès... Learn More >
An evening of classical piano music performed by world renowned pianist, Kirill Gerstein... Learn More >
A world première production of Shakespeare’s classic by the Aquila Theater company. ... Learn More >
