The ”Florence International Music Festival”: Young Talented Musicians of the World” began in the summer of 2002 in Florence, Rome and Venice introducing new talent to an international audience and to music lovers alike.
The Festival prides itself on hosting every year musicians who have flourishing careers and whom have already received numerous performing arts awards.   In the past, the festival has had an array of musicians hailing from Argentina, Japan, Australia, Korea, USA, Canada and Europe.
The festival promotes young talents, many of whom already celebrate major success in the music industry in their own countries.  Each year, we receive numerous recordings of prospective groups that continue to astound our faculty in regards to raw talent and musical integrity. 

The Florence International Music Festival is quickly being considered one the most important cultural events the city of Florence  has to offer.  Our concerts always take place in the most breath-taking venues rich with historical and architectural importance.  The most popular venues are the Salone dè Cinquecento in Palazzo Vecchio (pictured above),The Consiglio della Regione Toscana and Chiesa Evangelica, not to mention the various Renaissance inspired churches and palaces located in the historic center of the city.

The Festival is sponsored by public entities such as the Comune Firenze, Regione Toscana and well as private sponsors.  Due to previous success, The Festival has gained national recognition and is covered by Italian newspapers and magazines.  

The Opening Ceremonies Event is considered by the press, students, and public, as the main event of the Festival. The Cortile del Michelozzo in Palazzo Vecchio makes for a beautiful setting of the gala dinner after the Festival always offered by our private sponsors.

 

Each year, Il Trillo School of Music along with Florence International Music Services receives numerous applications from national and international artists looking to take part in the Festival. Our staff, listens to each and every "audition" application whether it be a professional recording or simply a video from their networking site.  Over the years, our festival has been not only a fantastic opportunity to be heard by european audiences but as a stepping-stone to further one's career. During these years international awarded artists played for the Festival like: Ayano Shimada dal Giappone, (Best performance of a virtuoso study in Stage, First excluded Sydney International Piano Competition), Grace Kim from Australia (best student of the dell’University Colle of Melbourne), Ivan Rutkauskas very talented fourteen year old artist, Liszt player and already invited to play with the Buenos Aires theatre orchestra, Nairi Grigorian Armenian and member of the jury in several international competition, Viktoriya Yermolyeva winner of the  35th Concorso internazionale “Vincenzo Bellini”, Tae-Hyung Kim Korean (winner of Concorso Internazionale di Porto), Italian Federica Marini and Manila Santini who played with the Laurence TownShip Orchestra and with Francesco Manara (First violin Teatro alla Scala), who asked to take part to our last Festival with an acclaimed opening concert.

The Festival is organized together with some public offices like Comune di Firenze, Provincia di Firenze and Regione Toscana and is sponsored by private national companies.