So what is it that made Giovanni Paisiello so angry on 16 February 1816. For 34 years he had been lauded as the composer of a very popular opera since his Barber of Seville premiere. Yet on this day he organised a claque to destroy the premiere of an opera by a Read more…
The last Sunday in November, the second day of the annual Candles in Candelara festival, on the hills above Pesaro, clear blue skies and it is cool but not wintery. This festival was born only in 2004, but has become a worldwide Christmas market magnet in just a few years. Read more…
The first time I met Vittorio Livi he seemed to come straight out of a story by Fellini: his long curly hair, his accent and his good humour are what you would expect to find in Romagna. When I was growing up we were all enchanted by people from this Read more…
Near Pesaro in Marche lives a fine entrepreneur, poet, humourist, gentleman and enigmatic genius, Nani, il Conte Alessandro-Ferruccio Marcucci Pinoli di Valfesina and his enchanting wife Paola. Nani is master of The Hotel Alexander on the beach in Pesaro. This hotel is the epitome of the Energitismo philosophy. It is Read more…
You stand in the Piazza di Popolo in Pesaro, it is near Christmas, cold but not bitter, the sun has set and shop owners are wondering whether there is a life before the rush for an aperitif and, away from the loneliness of the shop, an accord at the bar Read more…
Tiziana Paci is the author of 2 books on the method to be a fashion designer, “The Figure in Fashion” and “Male Figure in Fashion” translated in 8 languages and sold in millions of copies (Edited by IKON for Italy and PEPIN for other languages). We asked her how these Read more…
Fashion Design vs the computer I am Tiziana Paci, a professional writer and illustrator and I have taught fashion design since the 80s, when the personal computer did not exist and everything was done by hand both at school and in companies. Then, from the 90s, the computer has invaded Read more…
In Pesaro lives a fine entrepreneur, poet, humorist, gentleman and enigmatic genius, Nani, il Conte Alessandro Ferruccio Marcucci Pinoli di Valfesina, inventor of the Esaltabuchi, and his elegant and enchanting wife Paola. Nani and Energitismo met when the search for elegant sustainable products in the Marche Region was launched Read more…
Pesaro is known internationally for two men. One was a magnificent composer of brilliant rhythmic operatic works, and he is celebrated for the month of August each year, Gioachino Rossini, the first jazz composer, his Messa di Gloria from 1820. The other has been celebrated much more recently in another Read more…
As you enter the foyer of the restaurant of the Alexander Palace Museum Hotel you see in front of you a table with a small card sign ‘Conte e Contessa’. Over in the back, one or two couples and a single businessman sit enjoying their repasts, talking quietly. The dining Read more…
