Trasimeno Music Festival June 25 to July 3, 2025

SHORT HISTORY: We are excited to announce that our package is now available for the 2023 Trasimeno Music Festival June 29-July 5, 2023. Please join music lovers for Angela’s renowned festival. Our group will arrive in Italy on June 28th and will depart on July 6th.
We will be staying at the Brufani Palace Hotel in Perugia. The cost for this program is Euros 3590 per person based on double occupancy in a standard room. Single supplement Euros 840. This package includes the following:
- 8 nights at the luxury Brufani Palace Hotel in Perugia
- 8 Breakfasts
- Tickets to six concerts. Gold Patron, Patron or Donor participants will be invited to a very special event on July 3rd in the evening.
- Two Gala dinners (June 29th & July 5th) with drinks included (aperitif, water, wine, coffee and Italian champagne).
- Transfers to the concerts to and from the hotel (not included for free concert)
- 3 excursions
- All tips for drivers, waiters, etc. and taxes
Rooms can be upgraded to a classic room, Superior, Junior Suite or Suite at an extra cost. Prices available upon request.
There will be three excursions included in our tour as follows:
- La Foce (Tuscany)
- Todi & Roccafiore winery
- Orvieto & Underground
All excursions will include lunch. Dates & Excursion details will be advised at a later date.
We can also arrange for airfare from Canada to Rome return which will be an additional cost. We will be booking transfers from Rome Airport to your hotel in Perugia and return at an additional cost depending on the number of participants we have arriving on each flight.
The program is as follows: Please note there is a free Pre-Festival concert in the Town of San Savino, Maginone on June 28th.
June 29 - Opening concert: Angela Hewitt in recital
Oratorio di San Francesco dei Nobili, Perugia
Angela Hewitt, piano
Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann
Gala Dinner following the concert in the gardens of the Oratorio di San Francesco dei Nobili, Perugia
June 30 - Interview with Margaret Atwood
Interview 16:00
Sala dei Notari, Palazzo dei Priori, Perugia
Margaret Atwood, author
Eric Friesen, interviewer
Eric Friesen in conversation with renowned Canadian author Margaret Atwood.
Interview 21:00
The Music and Poetry of Love
Castle of the Knights of Malta, Magione
Roger Allam, reciter (subject to availability) Angela Hewitt, piano
An enchanting evening of poetry and music on the theme of LOVE.
July 1 - Songs for Murdered Sisters (European premiere)
Castle of the Knights of Malta, Magione
Joshua Hopkins, baritone
Tabea Debus, recorder
Samuele Telari, accordion
Angela Hewitt, fortepiano and piano
Handel, Bach, Pärt, Dowland, Bartók, Villa-Lobos,
and the European premiere of Jake Heggie’s song cycle, Songs for Murdered Sisters, to words by Margaret Atwood
Pre-concert talk with Eric Friesen and the artists at 8 p.m.
July 2 - Chamber Music in Magione
Castle of the Knights of Malta, Magione
Petrit Çeku, guitar and mandolin
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Florian Eggner, cello
Angela Hewitt, fortepiano
Beethoven, Mozart, Boccherini, Paganini
Pre-concert talk with Eric Friesen and the artists at 8 p.m.
July 4 - Bach and Beethoven with Schmid and Hewitt
Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Angela Hewitt, piano
Bach, Beethoven
July 5 - Closing Concert of the Festival
Basilica di San Pietro, Perugia
Jonathan Ferrucci – Julia Hamos – Angela Hewitt – Mishka Rushdie Momen, pianos
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Riccardo Cellacchi, flute
Orchestra da Camera di Perugia
Angela Hewitt, conductor
Bach, Mozart, Mozart/Grieg
Gala Dinner following the concert in the cloister of the Basilica di San Pietro, Perugia
June 28 - Pre-Festival Concert
Piazza, Town of San Savino, Magione
Bradley Smith, tenor
Samuele Telari, accordion
Angela Hewitt, piano
Schubert, Liszt, Italian and English songs
We can also arrange for airfare from Canada and transfers from Rome Airport to your hotel in Perugia. This would be an additional cost.