Every summer the town hosts one of the highest profile musical events in Europe, the Ravello Festival, also known as the Wagner Festival, featuring two months of orchestral music, chamber music, jazz and especially opera, with open air venues above the Mediterranean.

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The Turtle Island Quartet has earned rave reviews for their jazzy take on traditional chamber music and their classical take on traditional jazz.

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Beyond the chamber circuit, the group has also appeared in nightclubs and with pop and jazz singers such as Luke Temple and Kurt Elling.

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Vivaldi intended the solo violinist to improvise so for a kick check out the jazz-influenced version with clarinetist, Eddie Daniels, The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Bernard Rubenstein.

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