It’s on line Andrea Parodi contest’s announcement
It’s on line Andrea Parodi contest’s announcement It’s on line the new announcement of the only italian world music contest, the “Andrea Parodi’s Award”, organized for the ninth year by the namesake Foundation and whose final phase is expected at Cagliari from 13 to 15 October 2016, with the artistic direction of Elena Ledda. The Andrea Parodi’s Award contest aims to give value the new trends in the population’s music or “world music”, that is artists who mix the so…
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Su pipiolu, the sardinian dances’ accompainment
The most common choreutic form in Sardinian dances is the circle disposition of the dancers, with a circular walk always towards left. Inside this rich patrimony a variety of sources scan the dance’s rythms: the monodic singing of the male and female voice, the vocal polyphony, the voice with instrumental accompainment. It’s indeed present in Sardinia a great number of “smaller” instruments, used in the narrow areas and in the non professional settings mainly for dance’s accompainment. Among these musical…
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Nuoro Ciusa Institute at its first Folk festival
A coloured party that of Saturday 13 February at Nuoro Ciusa Institute, where dozens of students wore traditional costumes giving life to the firs Folk Festival of the school. The Festival “A borghe ‘e ballu” was commissioned by the new Ciusa Folk Group, coordinated by the professor Rita Porcu and strongly supported by the School Leader, professor Francesco Cucca, who has been particularly favorable to let relive in the school moments of intense past revival, strongly connotative of the social…
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To Mario Pau the “Father of Folklore” diploma
An important recognition for the siniscolese dance master Mario Pau honoured with the “Father of Folklore” diploma in a cerimony at Ravenna. The initiative is by the Popular Tradition Italian Federation and Pau is the third person from Nuoro to get the recognition after Bovore Nuvoli from Sos Canarios and Tonino Puddu from Su Nugoresu. Lo studio e il particolare interesse che Mario Pau rivolge alla conservazione di alcuni balli tradizionali sardi specifici di Siniscola gli sono valsi la conquista…
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New location for the sardinian folk group Thiu Juanne Piu
It was born in 1982 the folk group Thiu Juanne Piu, gathering the inheritance handed down by the first siniscolese group that born in the baroniese center in the far 1954. The brotherhood, that today has a 34 years of activity experience, knew the first performance at Barletta, taking part at a school laboratory called “boys and folklore”, winning the first prize. Da lì, in maniera quasi spontanea, il gruppo rappresentato da Marcello Mele, che oggi conta 40 iscritti, ha iniziato…
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The Alghero’s Panta Rei among the finalists of the “Popular music and ethnic songs’ national Festival”
There will also be Aghero the 22 and 23 of January among the finalists of the “Popular music and ethnic songs’ national Festival” organized by the Popular Tradition Italian Federation, in the wonderful frame of Raisi Theatre. The contest is dividced into two categories: one for the acoustic and traditional musicians of the folk groups, while the other one is for the groups and popular music orchestras, etnoflok, progressive, contaminated, with experimentation. Ci sarà anche Alghero il 22 e 23…
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Launeddas: The Sound of Sardinia
The launeddas are a woodwind musical instrument with knocker reed, originating from Sardinia. The Launeddas are a direct descendant of the ancient double egyptian and sumerian clarinet and have some archaic sections preserved concerning both the building and the execution technique that, at first sight, make them surprisingly similar to their ancient precursors. It is an instrument with very ancient origins able to produce polyphony, it is played with the circular breathing technique and it is built using different kinds…
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Suns Europe Festival, Cagliari e Udine protagoniste
Con il festival Suns Europe, il Friuli diventa il centro dell’Europa «unita nella diversità». La rassegna, nata nel 2009, quest’anno torna e raddoppia. La versione “originaria” – Suns – riguardante la sola produzione musicale e limitata all’Europa alpina e mediterranea si tiene quest’anno per la prima volta in Sardegna: sabato 28 novembre a Cagliari è previsto il confronto dal vivo tra band o solisti che cantano in una delle lingue minoritarie di Italia, Francia del sud, Svizzera, Austria, Slovenia, Croazia…
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