{"id":4991,"date":"2023-03-22T19:05:37","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T19:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lericimusicfestival.org\/chi-siamo\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:19:25","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lericimusicfestival.org\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Lerici Music Festival, now in its 10<\/span>th<\/span> year, represents a one-of-a-kind experience. Its specialness stems from its Founder and Artistic Director Gianluca Marcian\u00f2 and his passion to honour his hometown and create a music festival in his birthplace.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Over centuries Lerici has been treasured by writers, painters and composers for its particular beauty and its inspiration is reflected in their works. Located on the Gulf of Poets with gem-coloured buildings nestling into the hills surrounding the bay, protected by Lerici Castle on one headland and San Terenzo Castle on the other, Lerici Music Festival honours its small towns and their people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

The festival draws musicians and festival audiences from around the world and that international flavour, as well as its social mission to develop young, emerging artists alongside international musicians sharing and learning from each other, defines it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Previously managed by the Suoni dal Golfo Cultural Association the festival is now overseen by the Lerici Cultura ETS Foundation. It is a member of the prestigious European Festivals Association and supported by the Ministry of Culture (MiC), the Liguria Region, and the Municipality of Lerici, while drawing most of its resources from a significant network of friends and enthusiasts who support it and who, to this day, constitute one of its distinctive features.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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President <\/strong><\/h6>\nIrina Gofman – <\/span>President<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Artistic Direction
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Gianluca Marcian\u00f2 – Artistic Director<\/strong> | Giuseppe Bruno – Co-Artistic Director<\/strong> | Natasha Tsukanova – President of Opera<\/strong> | Olivia Ma – Artistic Advisor<\/strong> | Carlo Orsini – Head of Intermediality<\/strong> | Carlotta Sorba – Public Programme Coordination and Curation<\/strong> | Anna Shpilko – Curatorial Visual Identity<\/strong> | Adelina Fishova –\u00a0Illustration & Graphic design of libretto<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Executive Management<\/strong><\/h6>\nGian Paolo Piccini – Executive Director<\/strong> | COOP SOCIET\u00c0 CREATIVA – Administrative Consultancy<\/strong> | Luigi Pretolani – Administrative Director<\/strong> | Valentina Renesto\u00a0– Production Director<\/strong> | Ruben Muradyan\u00a0– IT Director<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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International Development<\/strong><\/h6>

Jill Segal (jill.segal@lericimusicfestival.org<\/a>) – Director of International Development<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Communications<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Giulia Vespoli (giuliavespoli@gmail.com<\/a>) – Festival Press Office<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Festival Secretariat\n<\/strong><\/h6>\nValentina Pira (segreteria@lericimusicfestival.org<\/a>)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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President <\/strong><\/h6>\nIrina Gofman – <\/span>President<\/strong> | Svetlana Stolskaya – <\/span>Vice President<\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Board of Directors<\/strong><\/h6>\nIrina Gofman | Svetlana Stolskaya | Leonardo Paoletti | Margherita Amirkhanian | Maurizio Roi\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Honorary President<\/strong><\/h6>\nPierre Alexandre Popoff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Founding Members<\/strong><\/h6>

Associazione Suoni dal Golfo | Comune di Lerici | Shelley S.r.l.<\/p>

Margherita Amirkhanian | Aurelio Boraschi | Donatello Brotini | Laura Calevo | Emma Desir\u00e9e | Ciaburri Galasso | Franca Costa | Augusto Di Genova | Alberto Dondero | Irina Gofman | Giacomo Grimaldi | Alessandro Laghezza | Patricia Leal | Florian Leonhard | Pierre Alexandre Popoff | Giordano Quinzani | Alessandra Radaeli | Valerie Dawn Roberts | Maurizio Roi | Carlotta Sorba | Svetlana Stolskaya | Gino Tozzi | Natasha Tsukanova | Olga Yastrubinsky<\/p>

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