The University Music Festival is organized by Federico II and will be held at Arenile Reload with three thematic contests in three weeks
For the first time in its history, the Federico II University of Naples will organize a real international musical event dedicated mainly to its students.
It is of 'University Music Festival, a festival that will start onJune 1st at Arenile Reload e the 21 June will end. It starts, therefore, just from Naples, a city that historically has a strong musical tradition and that can be configured as a springboard for the revival not only of Frederick II, but of the South in general.
This first edition of the event, organized in collaboration with the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Naples, the Department of Youth Policies of the Municipality of Naples and the Campania Region and within the ambitious June Youth, will have as special guests the eclectic collective of Hercules & Love Affair and the dj set by Stefano Miele in art Riva Starr.
The UMF, however, will also see numerous other international artists alternate on stage and will consist of three thematic tables, divided into three weeks characterized by a color: orange week, blue week and red week. Each week will be dedicated to a contest and a specific theme and a musical contest for bands, soloists and DJs, whose winners will open the exhibition of the Disclosure of the 21 June.
Orange Week - From 1 to 7 June 2014
Week dedicated to poetry and literature in general. Contest participants will be able to send their own poems, musical pieces or anything they deem relevant to the organizers and the winner's work will be permanently exhibited in the spaces made available by Federico II and the partners involved.
Blue Week - From 8 to 14 June 2014
Week dedicated to business in which the student will have to send their own business idea divided into: Business idea, Context, Strategy, Action plan. To the winner, the WIDE Foundation for the Creative Economy will provide € 2000 in services to make his idea come true.
Red Week - From 15 to 21 June 2014
Week dedicated to design, whose contests will be divided into a Product Design and a Structure Design.
For the product design it will be necessary to identify common use goods that the students will have to revisit in an innovative perspective
The best creations will be exhibited or projected in the event locations and subsequently installed in the locations set up by the partners. In addition, students' work will be advertised in potentially interested companies and / or institutions.
The winner will win a weekend in Berlin, the European capital of Design, and will receive admissions to the city's museums.
Information on the University Music Festival (UMF)
When: from 1 to 21 June 2014
Where: Arenile Reload
Timetable of 1 June:
- Opening hours 16.00 Arenile.
- 19.00 Hercules & Love Affair concert begins.
- 21.00 Hours Start set Riva Starr.
Prezzi: 12 € (including presale rights). Free admission for students of the University of Naples Federico II, by downloading the coupon on the UMF website.
