Lupi della Majella: the abruzzese tradition’s recovery
The Gran Sasso and the Maiella, natur’s oasis and magnificent myths, with their impressive and majestic beauties, have always been the symbol and the reference of the whole Abruzzo overlooked by their tops, the highest and the most picturesque of the Italy Apennines. This attractive mountain systems,in their sublime and ancestral silences, are covered by a myriad of myths, tales and mysteries, often tied to traditions, rites and pagan cults. From here it takes the name on of the most…
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La Notte della Taranta ha un nuovo direttore artistico: Daniele Durante
E’ Daniele Durante, musicista, docente di etnomusicologia del Conservatorio di Lecce e fondatore nel 1975 del Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, il nuovo direttore artistico de La Notte della Taranta. Il CdA della Fondazione ha affidato all’etnomusicologo salentino, tra i massimi esperti di musica popolare in Italia, il compito di elaborare il progetto artistico-culturale relativo alla scelta degli spettacoli che formeranno il Festival itinerante e il Concertone di Melpignano 2016. Nella stessa seduta il CdA ha confermato l’incarico anche a Luigi Chiriatti,…
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Talea, Giulio Cantore & Almadira’s first album
The 14 March it comes out the first album of the singer-songwriter and luthier Giulio Cantore, named “Talea”. “Talea” is a plant’s part that, buried, takes root and produces a new specimen. In the same way, the trio Giulio Cantore & Almadira renovates the song shape with a balanced dosage of Flamenco and eastern music, western african rythms and popular music elements, leaving wide space to the instruments’ dialogue. Giulio Cantore, classe 1984, è cantautore, chitarrista e liutaio. Dal 2006 al…
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Puglia Sounds brings apulian music in Usa and in France
From 13 to 19 March Puglia Sounds partecipates to SXSW in Usa and to Babel Med in France, among the main musical exhibition in the world, with the Kalascima showcase (in both events) and Moustache Prawn’s one. Puglia Sounds parteciperà ai due eventi con stand dedicati alla promozione del sistema musicale regionale, con la presenza di artisti e operatori musicali pugliesi e gli showcase di Kalàscima e Moustache Prawn. I salentini Kalàscima, a distanza di pochi giorni, si esibiranno in…
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Viggiano’s harp: the indissoluble bond between land and music
The Viggiano’s harp is a popular harp, of which we have news date back to 1700, strictly linked to territory, a small Basilicata village set in Val D’Agri, Potenza province. At Viggiano, the harp was a very commond instrument, so that the municipality archives prove that in one family out of three there was a harp musician. Many Viggiano’s inhabitants place their life hopes in the music, and particularly in the harp. Le arpe dei Viggianesi, costruite da artigiani locali, erano leggere…
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Filippo Trajetta’s music relives thanks to Modus String Quartet
A monographic album gathers Filippo Trajetta’s quartets, son of the known Tommaso, emigrated to America in 1800, where he founded Boston and Filadelfia’s conservatories and was President Madison and Monroe’s counselor. Presentation the 13 March at 20.30 h at Bitonto among the Traetta Theatre. Registrato negli studi di Digressione Music nel gennaio del 2016, “Filippo Trajetta. Un musicista italiano in America” è l’album monografico che raccoglie tre quartetti, e tre marce, scritti dal compositore Filippo Trajetta, dopo essersi trasferito negli…
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Decalamus: from Comino’s valley a minitour to France
Decalamus: from Comino’s valley a minitour to France DECALAMUS in a tour to France to present in a preview their debut album anticipated by the videoclip “Wind”. The ensamble from Lazio will present in a preview the new album’s songs during a minitour to France, the 18 March at Festival Printemps des Bretelles and the 19 March at Orly. Dopo oltre dieci anni di intensa attività artistica e di ricerca sul campo, l’ensemble DeCalamus si appresta a pubblicare il suo album di…
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The Malinteisa: Valle Stura’s Occitan music group
The La Malinteisa is a Cultural Association with the headquarters in Demonte, center of Valle Stura in Cuneo’s province. It has the aim to perform typical Occitan dances of south-west Piedmont and French people and wide valleys: courente, balet, gigo, bourrèe, scottish, brandle de chevaux, congo. The group enlivens parties and events with the aim to put in contact an increasing number of people and most of all young people to this ancient culture in the friendship and fun’s spirit. La Malinteisa…
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