Next 2 July, on the occasion of the third edition of the music festival inspired by the French Grands Cru Musicaux, Castello Banfi will host a concert by the cellist Henri Demarquette together with the pianist Marc Laforet.
After the great success of the first two editions, the Melodia del Vino Festival returns, a real journey through Tuscan wine excellence, together with the magic of international classical music.
On 2 Julyon the occasion of the third stage of the festival, in the evocative setting of the walls of Castello Banfi in Montalcino, the notes of Marc Laforet and the cellist Henri Demarquette. Soul and creator of the Festival, the pianist Marc Laforet he arrived on the musical scene at a very young age. He has received many awards, among them the First Prize at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris, the Gold Medal of the Czitfrra Foundation and the " New York Young Artist Award " in 1985. Marc Laforet also won the Silver Medal of the International Frederic Chopin Award in Warsaw in 1985.
The cellist Henri DemarquetteAfter studying at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, he worked with French cellists Pierre Fournier and Paul Tortelier. Fundamental to his training was his meeting with cellist Janos Starker and with Yehudi Menuhin, an American violinist and conductor who invited Demarquette to play under his direction in Prague and Paris. Finally, a curiosity: the French musician plays an all-Italian cello, made by Italian craftsman Goffredo Cappa.
Guests can enter from 6.30 p.m., and at 7 p.m. a tasting of two prestigious labels from Banfi's wide range of wines will be offered: La Gossip Vermentino, vintage 2012, and the Belnero 2010. The concert will start at 8.30 p.m.
"Considering that the first two editions were exceptionally well received by the public and critics, it seemed natural to us to continue our collaboration with the Melodia del Vino Festival,' says Cristina Mariani-May. Maestro Marc Laforet, whom we will have the honour of hosting at the piano for the concert at Castello Banfi this year, was the creator of the Festival project together with Michel Gotlib. And their idea of fusing the harmony of all the senses, from classical music to the excellence of the wines of a prestigious territory such as Tuscany, into a single, extraordinary experience, year after year, is proving more and more successful."
Castello Banfiimmersed in this extraordinary terroir and always devoted to the pursuit of quality, produces wines all characterised by a soul deeply rooted in this unique and extraordinary territory. A point of reference for the production of Brunello di Montalcino, Castello Banfi was established in 1978 by the Mariani family, who decided to develop a centre of excellence in Montalcino for the production of quality wines, indissolubly linking Banfi to this territory and its development. Located on the south-west side of the municipality of Montalcino, the estate occupies 2,830 hectares, of which approximately 800 are cultivated with specialised vineyards, while the rest of the property is occupied by woods, olive groves and other crops.
