Music lights up weekend with Patti Smith

(by Paolo Biamonte).
    (ANSA) - Rome, December 13 - A number of concerts are scheduled over the coming week across Italy, starring leading international and Italian artists including Patti Smith and Cesare Cremonini.
    Cremonini on Sunday is performing at the MediolanumForum in Assago, near Milan.
    Brunori Sas (or Dario Brunori) will be at Venice's La Fenice Theater while singer and song-writer Elisa will kick off a tour on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Verdi Theater in Florence.
    Also in Florence will be Mario Biondi, at the Obi Hal,l on Thursday to continue with concerts in Parma, Saturday, Trento on Tuesday and Wednesday in Padua.
    Patti Smith is singing at the Signorelli Theater in Cortona Friday, then at the Rossini Theater in Pesaro Saturday and at the Sala dei Giganti in Padua the following day.
    Malika Ayane Thursday will be at the Lyrik Theater in Assisi, at the Urban Club of Perugia on Friday, at Bologna's Estragon Saturday and at the EuropAuditorium in Bologna on Monday.
    Emis Killa will perform at the Viper Theatre in Florence Thursday and will continue his tour in Bologna Saturday and Turin Sunday.
    Popular band Manskin are performing Friday and Saturday at the Atlantico Live in Rome.
    Ludovico Einaudi will be at the Theater Dal Verme in Milan starting Thursday through next Wefnesday.
    Salmo will perform in Vigevano and Rome at the weekend while pop music duo Roby Facchinetti and Riccardo Fogli will be in Catania.
    On Monday, the San Raffaele Theater in Rome will host a special evening organized to raise funds for the city's International House for Women, which, among other things, promotes women's rights and helps abuse victims.
    The event will include Nicki Nicolai as host and, as guests, artists including Noemi, Chiara Civello, Maria Pia De Vito, Fabrizio Bosso, Roberto Gatto, Rita Marcotulli. Meanwhile Marlene Kuntz on Monday is scheduled to perform at the Duse Theater in Bologna.
    The round of concerts also features Ron at the theater Gustavo Modena in Palmanova, near Udine, violinist Ara Malikian at the Aditorium della Conciliazione in Rome and then in Turin and Genoa next week.
    Sergio Cammariere will be performing in Rome, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.
    On Saturday, the Vatican's Christmas Concert, which is broadcast by Canale 5 on Christmas night, is scheduled at the Paul VI Hall.
    The evening is aimed at supporting initiatives by non-profit organizations helping refugees in Uganda and Iraq.
    Singers to perform include Alessandra Amoroso, Alvaro Soler, Elisa, Ermal Meta, Edoardo Bennato, Raphael Gualazzi, Anastacia.
    On Saturday, Loredana Berté will sing at the Colosseo theater in Turin.
    Peter Cincotti on Tuesday will be at the Umberto Giordano Theater inFoggia.
    Pianist Giovanni Allevi will play at the Theater Dal Verme in Milan on Wednesday.