Fondazione Premio Galileo 2000
Fondazione Premio Galileo 2000 – 14th edition. Special for Europe
in association with the Festival d’Europa and the European University Institute
Jacques Delors, Jean Claude Juncker, Marjam Irisbaeva, Josè Manuel Barroso, Ivo Josipovic’, Haris Alexiou,
Orchestre giovanili della Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino: this is the first
group of names of the prize-winners that Alfonso De Virgiliis, lawyer and Chairman of the Fondazione
Galileo 2000, has made official today at the European University Institute during the presentation of the
Premio Galileo 2000. The award, at its 14th edition, will be given in Florence at the historic Teatro della
Pergola on 9th May.
“Carrying on a good tradition and raising further the level of prize-winners, the 14th edition of the Premio
Galileo will make you revive Europe immersed in magic”, affirmed Alfonso De Virgiliis, lawyer and
Chairman of the Fondazione Galileo 2000
“A renewed Pergola will receive the award with a path in the cultures of the various countries constituting it,
with Europe blue as the predominant colour and the participation of over 200 actors coming from the
Accademia Teatrale di Firenze directed by Pietro Bartolini”, underlined Dott. Marco Giorgetti, Art Director
of the Premio Galileo 2000.
Marco Del Panta, the Secretary-General of the European University Institute, explained that “Florence, with
the Festival d’Europa, will become the debate location of the future of Europe”.
The President of the European University Institute has defined the Premio Galileo 2000 as “the most
noteworthy event of the Festival d’Europa.”
This edition of the Premio Galileo 2000 takes place within the ambit of the Festival d’Europa, which will be
held from 6th to 10th May 2011.
List of prize-winners:
Premio per la Politica
Premio per l’Economia
Premio per i Diritti Umani
Premio per la Politica scientifica e tecnologica
Premio per la Pace
Premio una vita per la musica Giglio d’Oro
Premio Pentagramma d’Oro
Premio per la Cultura
Jacques Lucien Jean Delors
Jean Claude Juncker
Marjam Irisbaeva
Josè Manuel Barroso
Ivo Josipovic’
Haris Alexiou
Orchestre giovanili della Scuola di Musica
di Fiesole
Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
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