Five dates, nine concerts, including a special closing event, and five side events, from 10th September to 17th October, for the eleventh year of Lucca Jazz Donna. Thirty-two women in the festival (21 musicians and 11 guests) from Italy, Europe and the United States and five charitable organizations involved in the first completely free entry event. These are the statistics for Lucca Jazz Donna 2015, the festival dedicated to female jazz talents organized since 2005 by the Circolo Lucca Jazz with the City and Province of Lucca, support from Tuscany Region, Lucca’s CRL and BML Foundations and the collaboration of many individuals and associations. This year the city of Capannori is included which hosts a concert and panel discussion.
On Tuesday, September 15th at 4 pm in Capannori (sala Athena, Via Carlo Piaggia), there’s a workshop Dalla carta al web: evoluzioni per la creatività nella comunicazione. The workshop, held by Ilaria Ferrari (art director) and Chiara Cinelli (webmistress & wordpress developer), will focus on the evolution of communication tools and the working methods that characterize the fast evolving field of graphic communication. Chair is Anna Benedetto (journalist). From Tuesday, September 15th, at the Palazzo Ducale, and during all the Lucca Jazz Donna concerts, there’s a photography workshop by Laura Casotti. Information and reservations: +390583417489 (centro.po@provincia.lucca.it); +390583442444 (Urp@comune.lucca.it); +393297084432; www.luccajazzdonna.it