TAOBUK

TAORMINA – 24TH TO 28TH OF JUNE 2017. EBERHARD & CO., FOR THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION OF ITS 130TH ANNIVERSARY, SPONSORED THE 7TH YEAR OF THE TAOBUK — TAORMINA INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL IN THE CAPACITY OF PARTNER AND OFFICIAL WATCH OF THE EVENT. THE FESTIVAL, WHICH FOCUSES ON LITERATURE, BUT REVERBERATES WITH OTHER CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS INCLUDING CINEMA, MUSIC, THEATRE, THE VISUAL ARTS, GREAT JOURNALISM AND FOOD AND WINE, TOOK PLACE IN TAORMINA FROM THE 24^TH TO THE 28^TH OF JUNE 2017.

EACH YEAR TAOBUK CHOOSES A THEME, AROUND WHICH THE CALENDAR OF MEETINGS TAKES SHAPE, WITH THE COLLABORATION OF IMPORTANT WRITERS, THINKERS AND ARTISTS, WITHIN A STREAM OF IDEAS AND INNOVATION. FOR 2017 THE THEME WAS “FATHERS & CHILDREN”. TAOBUK ALSO BOASTS EXHIBITIONS, THEATRE PERFORMANCES, DANCE AND MOVIE RETROSPECTIVES IN STUNNING LOCATIONS, NOT LEAST THE TEATRO ANTICO, ALONG WITH THE CITY’S PALACES AND LARGE HOTELS.

THE EVENT WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC AND WAS SPONSORED BY MIBACT – THE MINISTRY FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM. IT IS SPONSORED AND PROMOTED BY REGIONE SICILIANA – TOURISM, SPORT AND ENTERTAINMENT DEPARTMENT AND SPECIAL DEPARTMENT FOR CINEMA AND AUDIOVISUALS. TAOBUK WAS PARTNERED FOR MEDIA BY RAI AND RAI1. DURING THE EVENT EBERHARD & CO. PRESENTED A PREVIEW OF ITS PRINCIPAL NEW PRODUCTS FOR 2017 AND FOR THE OPENING GALA CEREMONY AT TAORMINA TEATRO REGIO DI TAORMINA, PRESENTED BY TG1-RAI JOURNALIST ALESSIO ZUCCHINI AND BY ANTONELLA FERRARA, THE MAISON’S GENERAL MANAGER MARIO PESERICO HANDED THE SPECIAL EBERHARD AWARD FOR LITERATURE, AN ELEGANT EXTRA-FORT WATCH, TO ABRAHAM YEHOSHUA, CONSIDERED THE GREATEST REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAELI CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE. THE EXTRAORDINARY ISRAELI SINGER NOA CONCLUDED THE EVENT WITH A CONCERT TOGETHER WITH CATANIA’S ORCHESTRA DEL TEATRO MASSIMO BELLINI, DIRECTED BY MAESTRO DOMENICO SANFILIPPO.