David Krakauer

When a couple of American young adults fly to Israel to visit the city of Jerusalem, a biblical nightmare falls upon the city.

In a rapidly changing New York of the 1980s, a Russian Jewish teenager wrestles with his identity, faith, and sexuality, all of which seem irreconcilable until he befriends two closeted men in his grandfather's senior housing complex.

From the 2018 Chigiana International Festival, the Siena Jazz University Orchestra, the Chigiana Percussion Ensemble, and the Orchestra Toscana dei Conservatori come together in a single ensemble conducted by Tonino Battista and Roberto Spadoni, featuring exceptional soloists in a tribute to L. Bernstein and G. Gershwin on the 100th and 120th anniversaries of their births.