Two performances at 2.30pm and 8.00pm, Thursday 5 August 2010, Teatro Signorelli

"Twin Spirits" performance portraying the love of Robert and Clara Schumann in words and music, featuring Sting and Trudie Styler as well as Joshua Bell (violin), Nina Kotova (cello), John Chest (baritone), Barrett Wissman (piano), Natasha Paremski (piano) and Charles Dance (narrator).

Biodynamic Wines, 6.00pm - 8.00pm, Friday 6 August 2010, Sant'Agostino

Yoga and Pilates Class, 10.00am – 11.30am, Friday 6 August 2010, Cortona Palestra 

Trudie Styler is an actress, film producer, director, human rights activist, environmentalist, organic farmer and UNICEF Ambassador.

In 1989, along with her husband Sting, Trudie started the Rainforest Fund, an organization devoted to protecting rainforests and their indigenous peoples in South America, Africa and Asia. The Foundation turns 21 in 2010 and to date she has raised more than $23million for the cause.

Trudie’s charitable works have been awarded by many organizations, including the Rainforest Action Network in 1994; Amnesty International in 2000; and Oceana in 2008, who honoured Trudie alongside husband Sting and Former US President Bill Clinton for her outstanding contribution to protecting and conserving our environment.

As an Ambassador for UNICEF, Trudie has been responsible for raising $5million for their projects all over the world. For example, money she raised built new schools for children who live and work on the dumpsites of Ecuador, providing them with education, regular meals and support for their families. She also initiated a clean water project in Ecuador, combining the efforts of the Rainforest Fund, UNICEF Ecuador and the Amazon Defense Fund to install filtration tanks in rainforest communities whose land and water have been polluted by international oil producers for over four decades.

Since the 1990s Trudie has been an organic farmer at her homes in England and Italy. In 1999, the Lake House Cook Book was published. She is now Vice-President of the Soil Association, and in 2010 launches a new organic food brand and a wine label.

Her film company, Xingu Films, produces award-winning documentary and feature films, including  MOVING THE MOUNTAIN (1995); Guy Ritchie’s first two films LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS (1998) and SNATCH (2000); the double Sundance Award-winning A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS (2006) by Dito Montiel; and the BAFTA-winning MOON, by first-time director Duncan Jones.

Most recent acting credits include CONFESSIONS OF AN UGLY STEPSISTER (2001); ME WITHOUT YOU (2001); EMPIRE (2004); LOVE SOUP (2005); LIVING PROOF (2008); PARIS CONNECTIONS (2010); and Paul Haggis’s forthcoming THE NEXT THREE DAYS (2011). TWIN SPIRITS, in which Trudie and Sting have performed together several times since 2006, is an emotional piece about the lives of composers Robert and Clara Schumann. Written by John Caird, the play has recently been filmed by the BBC (2009).