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Our Blogger: Arianna

9 hot days in July: from the 10 of the 19 you’ll have he chance to enjoy the summer with the Umbria jazz festival, one of the most popular and famous annual appointments with jazz in Europe.

So if you like great music and you would like to do something different, combining music and food, this festival it’s for you.

The location is beautiful: Perugia, a small pretty city full of history and youth. The University of Perugia is in fact the first one in Italy when it comes to exchange students from all around the world.

The strongest names on this edition of the festival are those of Wynton Marsalis and Ahmad Jamal. Marsalis is the stablished leader of a new  batch of jazz musicians and a great educator. Jamal is known to jazz audiences for its minimalistic style that famously influenced Miles Davis. Many of the most important Italian jazz stars will offer concerts as well: Stefano Bollani in duo with Chick Corea, and the young Francesco Cafiso with Wynton Marsalis. To the joy of those more inclined to the more “pop” wing of jazz, Simply Red and Steely Dan will offer concerts as well.

The concerts of the festival will be held at three different venues: the most famous singers will exhibit in the S. Jillian arena . Please take a moment to imagine yourself here. See the beginning of summer, a sweet night, jazz sound all around and the acropolis behind…..Isn’t wonderful?

Actually it’s possible choosing between other two locations: the Morlacchi theatre and the S. Caecilian oratorical where you can enjoy the music for free.

While listening the music you can enjoy some great italian cuisine: in fact in some local in city centre every day you can have, aperitif jazz ,lunch jazz, and dinner jazz.

For more information visit http://www.umbriajazz.com/

There’s nothing better to complete your artistic experience than a visit to Rome, anly a couple of hours of train away from Perugia. Or you can use Rome, a great city for jazz lovers, as a base to do a day trip to Perugia to enjoy the music and then come back to rest and relax in Yes Hotel Rome or Hotel Des Artistes Rome.

Enjoy the music!!!!!!

Our Blogger: Stefano

Sergio Cammariere is an Italian singer renowned for his talent. Cammariere is an interpreter of Italian music and he mixes classical music, jazz and South American sounds.
Cammariere is cousin of the late Italian singer Rino Gaetano, a precursor of his times, a music rebel and a never forgotten artist despite the years.

Cammariere took his first steps in music at a young age, but the success came as a result of his participation in the Sanremo Festival in 2003. The mainstream public knows him for a song that has become famous: Tutto quello che un uomo. This song won the third place prize and the Critics at the Sanremo festival.

His most famous album is probably the first one, released on January 2002: Dalla pace del mare lontano. In this album there is a extraordinary equilibrium between harmony and emotion which makes every song on the album a small work of art.

Are famous his theatrical tour in which you usually play alone with the piano or with an accompaniment of some elements like cello and drums. There are many prizes he has won among which the Riccio d’Argento, the prize given to the best live author.

Among his other works are also memorable the soundtracks of several films including "Teste rasate" of 1994 and "Uomini senza donne" in 1996.
Cammariere is also engaged in social work and in 2008 joined the campaign against the administration of psychotropic drugs to children.

There’s no better place to start enjoying the many enchants of Italian lifestyle than Yes Hotel or Hotel Des Artistes, two hotels that will make understand what Dolce Vita means!

Our Blogger: Arianna

Well known all over the world, Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the major examples of Italian genius: polyvalent  and enigmatic, his talents spanned from painting ( everybody knows the Gioconda and the  Last Supper), to beautiful sculptures and ingenious war inventions.

In particular I’m writing this post just to talk about the relation between Leonardo and the music.

In fact the artist really loved the music and he even composed some aria. Besides, he was a passionate player of the, literally “ arm lyre” (lira da braccio) and he even draw a model of this instrument.

Actually the  Organ Viola, the one that Leonardo draw has been built by the “Association de Recherche Culturelle L. De Vinci” from Sion (CH)

It’s fascinating to learn, regarding Leonardo’s love for music, that according to scholars Gian Mario Pala and Loredana Mazzarella, inside the Leonardo’s Last Supper there is a hidden a musical composition which has been synthesized digitally. Of course a new book on the subject is coming….

  Now in Rome will take place on June the 12th 2009, Leonardo da Vinci e la Musica, a conference about this specific aspect of the artist’s life. There will be on display, too, the organ viola that Leonardo designed. The conference is part of a bigger project intended to draw an itinerary about the history of music between XVII and XX century and will be held at the National Museum of Musical Instruments, on the square of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme (Holy Cross in Jerusalem), near the subway station San Giovanni.

The entrance it’s for free but it’s necessary to book in advance.

To enjoy the stimulating cultural life of Rome, there’s no better option than Hotel Des Artistes and Yes Hotel, a great base to explore the Eternal City and Italy!

WHEN: June 12th, 2009 WHERE iazza di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, 9/a (National Museum of Musical Instruments) CONTACTS: 0039 06 7014796/ mnsm@virgilio.it

Our Blogger: Arianna

On June 24th, in Rome Tiziano Ferro will offer a concert in Rome.

Why to write a post about a Italian singer as Tiziano Ferro? Simple, because he is one of the better-known Italian singers worldwide, specially in Europe and South America.

There was a time when Tiziano, now a handsome young man, was a shy, fat teenager who decided to dedicate himself to music in order to mitigate his problems of self esteem ; in fact his first album 111 took its title from his weight in kilos during those years.

Maybe it was for his huge weight, maybe it was for his shyness, maybe it was for his introspection but the Tiziano’s songs stick instantly to your mind and before you know it you are humming the melody.

In the hotel where I work many clients asked about a beautiful song they hear in the streets of Rome. If you want to know why all those people found the song so remarkable, take a look at the video on this post. The song was Universal Prayer, and on it Tiziano teams with the singer  Jamelia.

What do you think now?

I’d like to share with you other details about Tiziano’s career.

Tiziano’s road to success hasn’t been simple at all.

He started studying guitar and violin, and later on he began to write songs hoping to become known at least in Italy. Then he tried to participate in the San Remo festival with the song You ‘ll be back but he didn’t pass the first selection.

It’s only in 2001 that Tiziano releases with EMI his first album Rosso Relativo which had a big success in Italy. Under the name of Relative Red the album was released too in the USA.

The international success of Tiziano it’s due in part to his ability to sing in several languages as Italian, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese.

In June 2006 a new important album comes out  Nessuno è solo, Nobody is alone which is released in 44 countries. In 2008 Tiziano wrote a song for Giusy Ferreri a girl who take part in X factor, the Italian answer to American Idol in USA and Pop Idol In Uk.

Ferro’s last album On my age comes out at the same time in 42 countries.

Finally i would like you to see Tiziano singing with Kelly Rowland the song Breath gentle.

The concert will take place in the Olimpic Stadium, in Rome. To get there, take the red subway line and get off at Ottaviano Station, and then take the bus 32. Both Hotel Des Artistes and Yes Hotel, are located in the station area, so they’re great options to look for a convenient accomodation!

Our Blogger: Marcelo

The multimedia artist André Heller brings to Italy a wonderful troupe. The best performance and the best group to express the culture and artistic traditions of Africa.

In a tour that lasted two years, covering the whole continent, the black circus has gathered nearly three million viewers across Europe. AFRIKA! AFRIKA! is a sensual discovery of Africa by André Heller who aims to enchant the audience with its energy.

Heller recruited more than 100 artists, including tightrope walkers, singers, dancers, musicians, among the descendants of the great migration that has brought the Africans over the centuries both in the Americas and in Europe and the Middle East. His aim was to give the Africans a European stage large enough to express their art.

This is a unique opportunity to discover the African culture, which ‘’shows that Africa is very different from that packed too often stereotyped by the media,” as André Heller emphasizes.

In his review of Afrika! Afrika!, The German magazine Der Spiegel called the show ”the  realm of street artists and the place to save the taste of life”. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung even stated: ”The doctors should prescribe Afrika! Afrika! for therapeutic purposes!”.

Enjoy the magical AFRIKA! AFRIKA!, for the first time in Italy. This Spring in Milan from April 28 to May 3 (at Mediolanumforum) and in Rome May 5-9 (at the Palalottomatica Arena). Discover a continent that is a priceless treasure of cultural traditions and creativity. See artists who move their bodies with natural grace and ease give back to the verb ”to play” the right semantic value: acting and playing, fun precisely.

So why not see it while you stay in the beautiful city of Rome? For further information send a mail to info@hoteldesartistes.com or info@yeshotelrome.com or if you are looking for accomodation, take a look at our websites: Yes Hotel and Hotel des Artistes

Our Blogger: Jona

Metallica is one of the greatest heavy metal bands in the world. From the beginning, with albums like Kill ‘Em All, and Master of the Puppets they became the face of a heavier, more aggressive rock that hooked immediately a whole generation of rock fans.

A sad note that changed forever the story of the band is the demise of Cliff Burton who died when the band’s bus overturned in Sweden. Afterwards, the band was in the verge of separation, but with the help friends, Cliff’s family among them, they overcame the grief and began playing actively again.

Jason Newsted became the new bassist for the band, that still had many successful albums to come like Load, Reload and Death Magnetic. The band put back the heavy metal on its tracks after a decade of excess and manierism and gained almost instantly a place among the living rock legends of our time.

The band has a concert scheduled in Rome as a part of their World Magnetic- European Style tour. The date is June 24^th and the venue is the Palalottomatica Arena (where Bob Dylan will have a concert this year as well!)

A couple of great options to find accommodation are Yes Hotel and Hotel Des Artistes. Both are reasonably priced, and perfectly located to allow you to travel within the city with the public transportation system and to get the most of you staying.

Don’t hesitate to make a booking in any of these hotels!

PALALOTTOMATICA ARENA

Piazzale dello Sport, Roma (Near subway station Eur Fermi)

TICKETS

• A Tribune: 63,25 EUR
• B Tribune: 51.75 EUR

Our Bogger: Diana

From February, Rome is the stage of dance festivals: Festival Equilibrio and Festival Fuga.Two events with one aim: to spread the word about this magical form of art.

Festival Equilibrio is pointing at the exhibition of outstanding newly come dancers from all over the world like Spain, Portugal, Austria, France, Hungary, China. Impressive is the variety of expression between the choreographies: from the pure abstract and spiritual dance of the Chinese Shen Wei to the fusion between theatre and dance created by the Arab-Israeli duo Guy & Roni.

From a selection of ten dancers, the winner will be chosen on the evenings of February 20^th and 21^st where even the audience is invited to take part.

The Accademia Nazionale di Danza, the school founded in Rome by Jia Ruskaia in 1948 to train dance teachers, is proposing March 21st-28th and April 4^th the “Crashing Test”: young choreographers and musicians will test the taste (harsh play on words) of the spectators, craving for applauses on stage.

On the other hand, the Piccolo Festival di Fuga proposes a more articulated program. Besides live exhibitions, specialized books will be presented along with interviews with the most interesting names of the dance scene.

 The Auditorium Parco della Musica of Rome, the venue where the Festival Equilibrium will take place is located on Viale Pietro de Coubertin, near the Palazzetto dello Sport, off Viale Tiziano.

The Auditorium Parco della Musica is in the Flaminio district of Rome, by the Villaggio Olimpico and can be easily reached by public transport:
Bus Routes

• 910, from Termini Station and Piazza Mancini
• 53, from Piazza Mancini and Piazza San Silvestro
• 217, from Viale XVII Olimpiade and Termini Station
• 231, from Piazza Mancini and Piazzale Canestre (in Villa Borghese park). Only weekends
• Linea “M”, special bus route between Termini station and Viale Pietro de Coubertin Auditorium stop. From 17h00 – every 15 mins. Last bus from the Auditorium departs at the end of last event.

Tram routes

• 2, from Piazzale Flaminio and Piazza Mancini

Trains

• Metro A line to the Flaminio stop then no.2 tram
• Or the Ferrovia Roma-Nord train to the Piazza Euclide stop

By car

• From the G.R.A. (ring-road around Rome) take the Flaminio Saxa Rubra exit towards Corso di Francia
• Or from the Lungotevere Flaminio turn off into Viale Tiziano and then again at the
• Palazzetto dello Sport (covered sport complex)

Guy & Roni in action

As for the Piccolo Festival of fuga, it will take place on the Ruskaja Theatre, conveniently located near the subway station Circo Massimo.

To enjoy these and many other stimulating activities the eternal city has to offer don’t hesitate to make a booking at Yes Hotel or Hotel Des Artistes!

Our Blogger: Jonah

The "Teatro della Cometa” in Rome was inaugurated in 1934 in the fascist era. Since the beginning of the theatre, a discreet public has gathered around. The completion of the facility was little more than 20 years after its founding due to targato Buzzi and Trademarks, the two architects who designed the new line of theatre Cometa. Even then came difficult times, such as a fire in 1969 which destroyed it completely. It was in the late eighties when the daughter of the promoter, Viviana Pecci Blunt decided to revive the theatre, which had been strongly desired by her mother. Today, the Cometa continues to offer a program of music and prose, credited as one of the “sparkling” theatres in the capital.

Here is the latest show which will be taking place in the next few days (27/01/2009 to 22/02/2009)

SECONDO ME

I think its a story of love, faith, and perfumes. 
Its the story of Sergio, a carpenter with a scent of wood, and Mary his wife, with her scent of bread … but its also the history of "Joseph: the old carpenter,  and a youngster  steeped in football with unfortunately, no smell … 

After the success of "Root of 2", Michele La Ginestra, is back with this new show, assisted by the skilful direction of Augusto Fornari, from Sergio Fiorentini, the elegance of Corinne Bonuglia and creativity of Emanuel Caserio, to communicate something disenchanted.

So why not come and visit us at Yes Hotel in Rome and we’ll help you get the best out of the arts scene.

Our Blogger: Stefano

Ennio Morricone is an Italian composer and musician, born in Rome. His long artistic career includes a wide range of composition genres and he has always produced, as well as worked as a conductor.

He worked at the RAI television company in Italy as a music assistant too. But he became famous working with Sergio Leone, the great Italian director of western films. For Leone’s films he composed the music for: A Fistful Of Dollars (1964), For A Few Dollars More(1965), The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966), Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)and A Fistful Of Dynamite (1971). Many of this films remain very popular in Italy today.

From that time, Morricone has scored over 400 films working with many Italian and international directors, including Sergio Leone, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Oliver Stone, Pedro Almodovar, Giuseppe Tornatore, Brian De Palma, Roman Polanski, and Warren Beatty.

Among the most famous films he worked on include: The Battle Of Algiers; Sacco and Vanzetti; Cinema Paradiso, Once Upon A Time In America, and The Untouchables.

Ennio Morricone is an acclaimed Italian Academic at the prestigious Accademy of Santa Cecilia in Rome. Infact, he has conducted many orchestras worldwide, including the Orchestra of the Santa Cecilia Academy for many symphonic seasons. He also conducted the Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Theatre, the National Brazilian Orchestra, the Budapest Opera House Orchestra, Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Munich Rundfunk, the Orquesta Nacionales de España, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra. He was a composer for theatre, radio too.

In his long career, Ennio Morricone has received many awards: a Golden Lion, 3 Golden Globes, 1 Grammy Award, 7 David Di Donatello, 1 European Film Award and after 5 Oscar Nominations. But on February 25 2007 he received an Oscar for his career.

Quentin Tarantino even used several of his compositions for the Kill Bill trilogy and many musicians continue today to make Morricone part of their concerts. The Ramones used the soundtrack from “the good, the bad, and the ugly” as an introduction to their concerts while Bruce Springsteen used “ Once upon a time in the West” for his entrances. If you would like to go to a concert at the Accademy of Santa Cecilia, why not check into our elegant Yes Hotel? Being so well located you can travel with ease.

Romaeuropa, for the artistic traveler
Do you like art and are looking for different ways to explore Rome? Well, we have something for you here.
The Romaeuropa Festival is a celebration of art and diversity, and as you might have guessed by its name, it takes place every year in Rome.
Every Romaeuropa Festival brings to the city the newest tendencies in art, blurring, in their own words, "the boundaries between high and low art." So, every year the most innovative musicians, dancers and artists of every kind perform in the festival, challenging our notions about art and what’s artistic.
For detailed information about this exciting festival, check their program. If you like contemporary or electronic music the Romaeuropa festival is for you. The program of the festival is packed with this kind of events, that will delight the connoisseurs. There’s also theater and multimedia art on the menu. Among the most interesting presentations for the mainstream public we found IN-I an artistic adventure that sees together Juliette Binoche (yes, the world-famous french actress) and the English dancer Akram Khan. Both artists will challenge the public and themselves for four days form November the 5th at the Teatro Olimpico Nazionale, at 20:30.
The festival has different venues. Among them the Officine Marcone (147 Biaggio Petrocelli St.), the Brancaleone ( 11 Levanna St.) and te Palladiun Università Roma Tre ( 8 Bartolomeo Romano Square). With so many different locations to go to you need a well-located hotel- Hotel Des Artistes, Lucci Hotel and Yes Hotel are excellent points to move between the many venues of the Romaeuropa Festival or to just explore the city. Both are conveniently located near the Termini Station, a hot spot for transportation in Rome. From there you can go virtually anywhere in the city and even in Italy, since Termini is a Bus station, a subway station and a train station as well.