PROGRAM

SATURDAY 24^th  April
10.00 am
Official opening of the 6^th International Meeting of Bonsai and Suiseki open to the public

10.30 am
“The expert answer”: free meeting-laboratory with Maurizio Rolfi, writer of the bimonthly BONSAI & news 

10.45 am - 12.30 pm
Demonstration of bonsai technique - 1^st part: "Shaping and restyling of a bonsai", given by the Master Toshio Ishii and Terasawa Tatsuya

2.45 pm
Demonstration of bonsai technique - 2^nd part: "Shaping and restyling of a bonsai", given by the Master Toshio Ishii and Terasawa Tatsuya

3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
Free Didactic laboratory: “An idea for your bonsai: suggestions and advices for the maintenance and the shaping”, given by Adriano Nalon

3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
“Shin Wa - Shiatsu point” proof massage antistress - with energy power, given by the Italian Academy Shiatsu - Do and Centres Treatments Shin Wa

3.00 pm
Demonstration of oriental painting: "Eastern flowers on porcelain and on rice paper", given by Donatella Viggiani of the Hobbyceram and the artists of International School of Decorative Arts

5.30 pm
“The Chinese cooking and the art to carve flowers with vegetables”, given by Valerio Fang Lei

SUNDAY 25^th April
9.30 am - 12.30 pm ● 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
Workshop for beginnings: "To the discovery of the bonsai", given by Adriano Nalon. Against booking - from 100,00 euro material included (maximum 10 participants)

9.30 am - 12.30 pm ● 2.45 pm - 5.30 pm
“Competition best talented 2004 Piemonte-Lombardia”: 15 aspirants to the title will work contemporaneously in order to transform a nursery plant in a bonsai

10.30 am - 12.30 pm ● 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
“Shin Wa - Shiatsu point” proof massage antistress - with energy power, given by the Italian Academy Shiatsu - Do and Centres Treatments Shin Wa

10.30 am
Lecture: “The fertilization of the bonsai: the news in the field of the experimentations", given by Luca Bragazzi

10.30 am
Demonstrative lecture: “Roll and symbology of the stones in the zen garden”, given by Alessandra Bonecchi and Alberto Lavazza

2.45 pm
Demonstration of bonsai technique: "From plant to bonsai", given by Toshio Ishii and Terasawa Tatsuya

3.30 pm
“Prisma Duo: concert for percussion instruments and taiko - Japanese drum”, given by Chieko Umezu and Cristiano Pirola

5.30 pm
Martial arts: “Demonstration of Daito-ryu aikijujutsu”, given by the Master Antonino Certa 

MONDAY 26^th April
3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
Free didactic laboratory: “An idea for your bonsai: suggestions and advices for the maintenance and the shaping”, given by Alberto Lavazza

3.30 pm
Cinematographic projection in English language: “Ikebana: the art of flowers settlement; The art and the meaning of the ikebana” -  “Creator of landscape; Gardens of Japan”

TUESDAY 27^th April
9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Free didactic laboratory: “An idea for your bonsai: suggestions and advices for the maintenance and the shaping”, given by Alberto Lavazza

Wednesday 28^th April
3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
Free didactic laboratory: “An idea for your bonsai: suggestions and advices for the maintenance and the shaping”, given by Alberto Lavazza

3.30 pm
Cinematographic projection in English language: “The four seasons of Japan; The four seasons of children; Generosity of the nature: the flowers for the Japanese people”

Thursday 29^th April
9.30 pm -12.30 pm
Free didactic laboratory: “An idea for your bonsai: suggestions and advices for the maintenance and the shaping”, given by Alberto Lavazza

Friday 30^th April
9.30 am - 12.30 pm ● 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
Bonsai workshop: "Juniperus chinensis: work on dried wood", given by the Master Cheng Cheng Kung. Against booking - 300,00 euro with material of value of 230,00 euro included - 130,00 euro with one’s material (maximum 10 participants)

Saturday 1^st May
10.30 am
Demonstration of bonsai technique: "A glimpse of mountain in miniature”, given by Cesare Brusa

10.30 am
Lecture: "The art of Suiseki in East and in West", given by Jean Michel Guillaumond - vice president E.S.A.

2.45 pm
Demonstration of bonsai technique: “Creating the dried wood", given by the Master Cheng Cheng Kung

3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
“Shin Wa - Shiatsu point” proof massage antistress - with energy power, given by the Italian Academy Shiatsu - Do and Centres Treatments Shin Wa

3.00 pm
Demonstration-laboratory: “Lanterns of paper & Shodõ”, given by Luisa Canovi and Maki Yoshimori

5.30 pm
Martial arts: “Demonstration of Katana and Ninjitsu”, given by the Masters Pappalardo and Bronzato

9.00 pm
Gala dinner with awarding of prizes and spectacle. Against booking within the 4^th of April - 40,00 euro

Sunday 2^nd May 
9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Demonstration-laboratory “How build a mini-garden zen” given by Alberto Lavazza. Against booking - 30,00 euro material included (max. 15 participants)

10.30 am - 12.30 pm
Demonstration of bonsai technique - 1^st part: "Juniperus chinensis: creation of a masterpiece", given by the Master Cheng Cheng Kung

10.30 am - 12.30 pm ● 3.00 pm - 6.00 pm
“Shin Wa - Shiatsu point” proof massage antistress - with energy power, given by the Italian Academy Shiatsu - Do and Centres Treatments Shin Wa

11.00 am - 12.30 pm
To the discovery of the most ancient drink of the world “Tasting of tea coming from the Orient”, given by Piero Muscio

2.45 pm
Demonstration of bonsai technique - 2^nd part: "Juniperus chinensis: creation of a masterpiece", given by the Master Cheng Cheng Kung

3.00 pm - 6.30 pm
Free project: “An idea for your zen garden: suggestions and advices for realizing a zen corner on your own terrace or garden”, given by Maurizio Rolfi, Responsible technical and development of the Crespi Gardens

3.00 pm
Chinese tea ceremony and Japanese tea ceremony: two cultures in comparision, given by Livio Zanini, Alessandra Bonecchi and Makiko Wakita of the Omote-senke school

7.00 pm
Closing of the manifestation