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FRANCESCO LOCCISANO and ANDREA PICCIONI
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On August 9, the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta," makes a stop in Cursi. Dedicated to the theme "The tradition of the new," this 25th edition, will cross 21 municipalities of Salento from Aug. 4 to 25, with 43 pizzica concerts, more than 400 artists and will lead, stage after stage, to the long night of the Concertone on Aug. 27 in Melpignano (Le), with the master concertmaster DARDUST, and will be broadcast on RAI 1, Thursday, Sept. 1 at 11:15 p.m.
At 9 p.m. the music kicks off in Piazza Pio XII with Francesco Loccisano and Andrea Piccioni. "Tradition is keeping the fire alive, not worshipping its ashes " by Gustav Mahler is the musical focus of Francesco Loccisano (beating guitar) and Andrea Piccioni (tambourine, frame drums, live electronics). Tradition is a living, transforming process that is renewed and regenerated through the unceasing work of its bearers. Exploration of modes and sounds symbolic of the millennial Italian tradition, beyond the classification of "popular," in which tradition is used as a starting platform for a dialogue and sound research through which to deconstruct and reconstruct not through simplistic contamination but on the contrary by digging toward the essence and center of sound. April 2022 saw the release of their first album as a duo, entitled UPGRADE, consisting of original pieces in which tradition renews itself in search of new musical languages and frontiers.
The music then continues with the Scazzacatarante, a musical project that was born in 1998 in Galatina, when a group of friends united by a passion for pizzica- pizzica, decided to carry on the Salento folk tradition. With a pinch of innovation, strong charisma and team spirit, they perform in the most important squares of Salento and beyond, trying to make the pressing rhythm of the pizzica-taranta known in Italy. The new work proposes different musical styles, bringing together the rhythm of the Salento pizzica with raggamuffin and pachanga. Lineup: Tony De Giorgi (Drum and vocals) Matteo Gaballo (Violin and vocals) Davide Donno (Drum and vocals) Roberto Margati (Soprano sax/ clarinet) Luca Congedo (Acoustic drums) Pantaleo De Pascalis (Accordion) Lorenzo Codazzo (Electric bass).
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Aug. 10: Galatone in Piazza San Sebastiano. 7 p.m. Pizzica workshop; 9 p.m. Tamburellisti d'Otranto, followed by Kamafei.
The Itinerant Festival is a project of the Fondazione Notte della Taranta supported by Regione Puglia, Pugliapromozione, Grecìa salentina, Istituto Diego Carpitella.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1etZhAHKKoQpHfZdzZe9nf4rz6ixtaC6X?usp=sharing here you will find more photos from previous Itinerant Festivals
Main Sponsor: DMJ Mercedes of Maurizio De Mariani
Partners: ACQUA ORSINI, GIORGIO CORVAGLIA, OFFICINA PAAR,
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