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Umbria Jazz Winter #16: a great success in Orvieto (English)

Pubblicato il 05 maggio 2009

As the 16th edition of Umbria Jazz Winter comes to an end we've seen once again that the international festival has proved to be a great success, despite Joao Jilberto's cancellation. The number of visitors increased by 25% compared to last year.
The Umbrian hill top town, attracted thousands of visitors during the six day festival. Fans filled the theatre, concert halls and restaurants to enjoy the 120 concerts.
Organizers and staff were kept very busy throughout the event. Hotels were full, restaurants and bars working overtime, and one things for sure - music was everywhere. The bars and wine cafés all providing live entertainment. A new night spot, called Bevi Piano, was inaugurated during the festival, and it was actually one of the owners who provided the entertainment here on his piano.
There was no shortage of music outside the programme of events either. One evening, a saxophone player after performing at the Palazzo dei Sette, went on to improvise a free concert with a young up and coming band from Orvieto at the Caffe Cavour.
Unfortunately the enthusiasm wasn't shared by everybody and two of the main bars in the historical centre closed just before midnight on New Years Eve. Their customers moved out into the main street, Corso Cavour, to continue celebrating and move on elsewhere.

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