Jane Far, the Palermo-born violinist, Ambassador for the Feast of San Gennaro inLas Vegas, Nevada From September 17th to 21st at the 45th annual Feast of SanGennaro in Las Vegas.

Palermo-born violinist Giovanna Pia Ferrara, aka Jane Far,

will perform in Las Vegas during the procession dedicated to San Gennaro, the

Miraculous Saint venerated throughout the world. The Feast, conceived and

organized by Italian-American entrepreneur Anthony Palmisano, President of the

Feast of San Gennaro, Inc. in Las Vegas, will take place at the M Resort from

September 17th to 21st in Las Vegas. President Palmisano stated: "I appoint

Professor Maestro Giovanna Pia Ferrara (aka Jane Far) as Ambassador of the Feast

of San Gennaro in Las Vegas, for her extraordinary artistic and social commitment,

for her constant dedication to promoting the values of culture, art, solidarity,

Sicilianness, Italianness, and brotherhood through the universal language of music,

and for her unconditional love for Sicily, Italy, and its traditions, which she has

masterfully conveyed through every note of her compositions, every word, and every

gesture, becoming the voice and symbol of our common roots beyond national

borders." Jane Far is a composer, violin and music teacher, choir director, and expert

and scholar of regional music, musical multiculturalism, ethnomusicology,

Byzantine, and Oriental music. She attended the ten-year violin course at the

Vincenzo Bellini Conservatory of Palermo, now Alessandro Scarlatti, under the

guidance of Maestro Diego Obiso. She is currently studying at the “Alessandro

Scarlatti” Conservatory in Palermo to obtain her fifth degree in Theories and

Techniques of Music Therapy. She is the winner of numerous awards: “Women in

every sense”, “Women who made it”, “Precious tile of the mosaic of the city of

Palermo”, “Cettina Settineri Culture Award”, “Federico II Costa Normanna

International Award”, and the prestigious International Career Award 2023 Talents

and Professionals, organized by the Alessandro Costanza Foundation, and the

“Grand Prix Excellence SAINT-GERMAIN DES-PRÉS 2024 Paris” award, at the

Sorbonne University in Paris. Her musical composition entitled “Meridiem”, chosen

to represent the women of the world at Expo Dubai 2020 in the United Arab

Emirates, received the acclaim and compliments of the Vice President of the

European Commission Věra Jourová, and the music video “Meridiem” was awarded

at the Cefalù FILM Festival in 2021. She has performed in numerous concerts,

including in Paris and New York.