Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi
Since 2012, the Foundation has been the Main Sponsor of the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. Carla Fendi began attending the Festival at a very early age, and her acquaintance with Giancarlo Menotti, its creator and creative mind, made her a fan of the event, so innovative and unique at the time on an international level. Every year, Hollywood stars, great musicians, literary and artistic avant-garde figures, and intellectuals from around the world gathered in the Umbrian city, where there were no shortage of major premieres and glamorous cultural events crowded with audiences and celebrities.
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Through the Foundation, Carla Fendi wished to support the festival after a difficult period following the death of Maestro Menotti, offering her backing to Giorgio Ferrara in his role as Artistic Director and collaborating on the festival’s program with numerous productions, events, and exhibitions. She also gave back to the city and the festival one of its iconic venues, the Caio Melisso Theatre, whose lengthy restoration was financed by the Foundation and which today also bears her name. In recognition of her outstanding commitment as a patron of the arts, Carla Fendi was awarded honorary
citizenship of Spoleto and joined the Board of Directors of the Festival Foundation, a position she held until her passing and which was subsequently taken over by Maria Teresa Venturini Fendi, who succeeded her as President of the Carla Fendi Foundation. During the period of Monique Veaute’s artistic direction, and continuing today under Daniele Cipriani, the Carla Fendi Foundation has renewed its commitment as Main Partner, supporting the festival also through the production of independent cultural events related to the festival.
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