From 9th to 15th July Montalcino is hosting the 6th edition of Musica Reale, an international Chamber Music Festival. Details of the program can be found here. World-famous musicians from Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra will be playing in Montalcino’s 18th century Teatro Degli Astrusi. Tickets are on sale at the door from 17.30 or via Montalcino’s tourist office. There is an apertivo at 18.15 and concerts start at 19.00. Season tickets are available.

For information contact Peter Sokole at info@musica-reale.com. From 17th-22nd July there is the 15th edition of Jazz and Wine. Concerts are held in the fortress and start at 21.45. Information can be found via the Proloco (the Tourist Office, tel. 0577 849331). If it seems at all chilly, take a blanket! Locals know how very cold it can be even on a summer night in the fortress. For details of the program and an introduction to the performers, see here. For more music in July in Southern Tuscany, check out this well-researched post.