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TRI This show is a journey into the cultural heritage of Sicily with a project that will see on stage, three historical artists:   the Lautari, group from Catania has always been committed to the revival of traditional folk styles; Alfio Antico, living legend, recognized worldwide as one of the greatest performers of the frame drum; Rita Botto, is a singer who finds in her Sicily the energy to take back the sound roots that today are back in the news. It is the voice of the Mediterranean woman who tells stories and feelings of an ancient land.   A project that will see musicians interact in...

Amàri That of Biagio Guerrera is a new Sicilian chansonnier, a collection of verses but also of songs, arranged together with some of the protagonists of the new island music scene. One might think that the new collection of verses in Sicilian by Biagio Guerrera is a book about love. You could call it Amùri, but it’s called Amàri. Love and Love do not mean the same thing: Love is name but also idea, concept, often ideal; Instead, loving is a verb and an act that, declined depending on the circumstances, tells stories and emotions, is listened to or whispered, is shouted out loud....

Un bel dì vedremo The soprano Marianna Cappellani and the actor Bruno Torrisi accompanied on the piano by the master Ninni Spina propose a journey between word and music in the world of opera punctuated by the performance of the most famous arias for Soprano and the presentation of each of them through a narrator who reveals the events, historical references and anecdotes that have seen the birth of the most famous theatrical and musical genre of undisputed Italian origin. Some of the most famous arias by the most famous composers such as Puccini, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Mascagni will be performed. It is...

Pèriplo Buttita Chisciotte Colapesce   Pèriplo is the narration in the form of cunto and song of a Mediterranean journey, coast coast, as the navigations of the ancient peripli. Between the sides of the don quixotic comedy and those of the poetry of Buttitta evokes the ancient legend of the famous Colapesce. Cervantes himself, the author of Quixote, cites in his monumental work the famous swimmer, calling him Pescecola, and Buttitta in the last years of his life will write his theatrical text Colapesce. Periplo takes its cues from these literary and theatrical suggestions to begin this navigation between myth, fantasy, music and poetry....

Nec spe nec metu Café Maté was born in the autumn of 2022 from the meeting of diverse cultures and traditions that define both the name and the musical character of the group. Traditional instruments such as the Mexican Jarana, the Brazilian Pandeiro, the Sicilian Marranzano, blend with the contemporary sound of the transverse flute, electric bass and guitar, as a blend of grains of a good coffee or a Mate. From the experience of an Argentine who moved from Bunos Aires to Catania, and from other members of the group who by study have traveled to Latin America, comes to life...

Terra ca nun senti The origins of the Band of Avola are lost in the Bourbon nights but only in 1996 is reformed thanks to the commitment of the master Sebastiano Bell'Arte and for some years it has been one of the most important and original musical realities of Sicily, revolutionizing the concept of the band. If once popular orchestras had the role of making everyone know that music that was the privilege of only those who could afford an opera stage, thanks to the band arrangements of many masterpieces by Verdi, Rossini, Bellini and Mascagni, The Band of Avola aims...

Desert Blues vs Etna Blues...

Fora Tempu...

Traditional Sicilian music, songs and dances...

Jacarànda is a young World Music ensemble with the objective of renovating the repertoire of traditional Sicilian music, through cross-contaminations with contemporary artists and traditions from all over the world. A very flexible ensemble that according to the context can be composed of a variable number of 5 to 15 musicians, all of them young and versatile multi-instrumentalists who are united by a strong bond with musical tradition in their homeland and by the love of traditional instruments from Sicily and the whole world. “With our Piccola Orchestra we like to compose and perform original songs to tell simple stories,...