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The golden voice of Italian music ARISA is the super host of the Notte della Taranta 2023 scheduled for Saturday, August 26, in Melpignano, Salento. She will perform two of the most famous songs of popular culture: Ferma Zitella and Lu Ruciu de lu mare.

"I am overjoyed and excited. It is an honor for me to meet the Taranta audience, said Arisa. It will be a wonderful journey into the rhythms of Salento that recall the sounds of my Basilicata. Two territories that have experienced geographical isolation but thanks to Culture have managed to determine their growth. I thank Fiorella Mannoia for the invitation. Being a guest in this edition dedicated to women is a source of pride. With her I will sing Ferma Zitella, a song that particularly struck me from the first listen. I can't wait to get on the magical Taranta stage and dance the pizzica."

Starting today in Salento, ARISA will be in the rehearsal room with the Popular Orchestra La Notte della Taranta led in this edition by percussionist Carlo Di Francesco and conductor Clemente Ferrari in the Cavallino Bianco Theater in Galatina. The artist will also be engaged in the dance studio in Soleto with choreographer Francesca Romana Di Maio to immerse herself in the pizzica dance.

The singer from Potenza arrives on the Taranta stage after blowing out 41 candles yesterday, Aug. 20, at the height of a dazzling career that began in 2009 with her victory in the newcomers category of the Sanremo Festival with the song Sincerità. In 2010 she launched her television career, landing last year in prime time on Maria De Filippi's talent show Amici. Winner of the Mia Martini Critics' Prize, ARISA will also give the Taranta audience the verses of La Notte taken from the album Amami arranged and produced artistically by Mauro Pagani, maestro concertatore from 2007 to 2009.

With her intense and enveloping voice, ARISA completes the guest artist cast of Concertone 2023, which will also host TANANAI and BRUNORI SAS.

The Concertone della Taranta will be broadcast on September 2 on RAI 1, in late evening, with direction by Stefano Mignucci, set design by Marco Calzavara and photography by Marco Lucarelli.

The Notte della Taranta Festival is a cultural project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation funded by REGIONE PUGLIA and PUGLIAPROMOZIONE with contributions from Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina and the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Diego Carpitella Institute.

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8:30 P.M. PIAZZETTA PALMIERI

Taranta Talk MAURA GANCITANO AND ANDREA COLAMEDICI Tlon: I Work and Think About Me. Rediscovering Identity through Art, in a World Defined by Work

10 P.M. REPUBLIC SQUARE

NUI...NISCIUNU

GIANCARLO PAGLIALUNGA in Arneo Tambourine Project special guest REDI HASA

On Aug. 21, Martignano, hosts the stage of the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta." It starts at 8:30 p.m. in Piazzetta Palmieri with Taranta Talk featuring Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici Tlon: I Work and I Think About Me. Rediscovering Identity through Art in a World Defined by Work. From 10 p.m. Republic Square lights up with the music of: Nui...Nisciunu and Giancarlo Paglialunga in Arneo Tambourine Project special guest Redi Hasa.

Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici Tlon: I work and think about me. Rediscovering Identity through Art in a World Defined by Work
This talk examines the intersection of work and personal identity, leveraging themes from the book "But Who Makes Me Do It? How Work Deluded Us: The End of the Spell" (Harper 2023). In the modern era, work has become a ubiquitous entity that informs our self-perception and our relationships with others. But what happens when we free ourselves from the spell of work? In "I Work and I Think About Me," we delve into the depths of our identity, examining how work has shaped our self-perception and how we can begin to untether our personal identity from our work, and blur its contours into "we." The goal is to encourage critical reflection on our society's entrenched assumptions about work and to stimulate the search for a broader and more authentic definition of personal identity.

NUI NISCIUNU - Cultural association of pizzica and folk songs
'Nui... Nisciunu,' a group of Salento's pizzica and folk songs, was founded in Aradeo in 1999 and has since then labored with care, research and passion to carry on the tradition of Salento music. The musical group consists of seven elements: Giuliano Conte, tambourine and vocals and group leader; Leonardo GUIDO, vocals and guitar; Silvia Menallo, violin; Amelia Carluccio, vocals; Daniele Caputo, tambourine; Eleonora De Benedetto; and Nico Imboldi, accordion.

Arneo Tambourine Project special guest Redi Hasa
Arneo Tambourine Project was born from the passion of Giancarlo Paglialunga, an unmistakable voice and drummer in the Salento folk music scene. The union of nine tambourines, including the most representative voices of Salento, from Rachele Andreoli to Francesco Franchettone Motolese, bringing to life the traditional rite of Ronda. Through the ancient and powerful sound of tambourines and voices, the concert becomes an introspective and mesmerizing journey. The group is enhanced by the sonic presence of two of the best bellows in the current Word scene, Massimiliano Morabito and Rocco Nigro. The group is composed of Lucia Passaseo, Giancarlo Paglialunga, Rachele Andreoli, Edo Zimba, Gioacchino de Filippo, Emanuele Liquori, Carlo e Pascali, and Francesco Motolese all vocals and tambourine, while Massimiliano de Marco vocals tambourine and guitar, Rocco Nigro accordion andMassimiliano Morabito diatonic organ. Special guest of the evening Redi Hasa.

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues on Aug. 22 Soleto, Aug. 23 Sternatia, Aug. 24 Martano, Aug. 26 CONCERTONE DI MEPIGNANO, Aug. 27 Galatina - Notte delle Ronde. FREE ENTRANCE

Festival 2023 is dedicated to Luigi Chiriatti, the recently deceased artistic director, who worked until the end of his days on the Taranta Itinerante program.

The Itinerant Festival is a cultural project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation funded by REGIONE PUGLIA and PUGLIAPROMOZIONE with the contribution of Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina and the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Diego Carpitella Institute. The Notte della Taranta Foundation would like to thank the Torre Guaceto Nature Reserve and the municipalities of Corigliano d'Otranto, Calimera, Sogliano Cavour, Nociglia, Racale, Cursi, Alessano, Ugento, Melendugno, Carpignano Salentino, Nardò, Galatone, Zollino, Galatina, Castrignano de' Greci, Cutrofiano, Aradeo, Martignano, Soleto, Sternatia, Martano, Melpignano and the city of Lecce.

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Record-breaking numbers for the mega stage of the Melpignano Concert: this year's structure is a first as it is one of the most capable support structures in the world: 33m wide by 18m deep with a 24x20 roof capable of supporting 40 tons of weight. Same type of structure, again made of aluminum, was adopted as the solution for the repeater towers compared to the traditional multidirectional ferrous steel systems. Important numbers also for video: more than 240sqm of LED video planned with the activation of 10 extraordinary ENEL utilities in addition to the 4 power generators used for services and shows. The construction works of the mega stage in Melpignano on which, on August 26, the guest artists and the Popular Orchestra La Notte della Taranta directed by the master concertmaster Fiorella Mannoia will perform during the 26th edition of La Notte della Taranta, began immediately after mid-August and are continuing at a fast pace thanks to a team of specialized technicians who are carrying out the project.

A majestic stage ready to welcome the Orchestra and guest artists and a video narration with graphic design of the visuals that will tell in images sounds and rhythms of the most awaited night of the Apulian summer. And in this case, the choice of a major company that has established itself in the economic capital of Italy and has become known and appreciated in Italy and Europe in the sector, is not accidental. The Notte della Taranta Foundation entrusted the task to internationally established Salento excellence: the Milan-based production company MaTi srl. headed by Angelo and Carolina Stamerra Grassi both from Salento who design shows and concerts all over the world. A team of graphic designers created the digital sets for the concert. Art direction Claudia Andreoli, artistic coordination: Carolina Stamerra Grassi. From the ceramic majolica of Grottaglie to the lighthouses of Salento, from the struggles of the tabacchine to the starry skies of Puglia, from the flowers of Terlizzi's greenhouses to the waves of the sea surrounding the Salento peninsula, the sequence of images projected in the mega video walls will be a dreamlike journey through the liquid highway of Puglia: water. A central theme in Taranta's long itinerant journey that began in Corigliano d'Otranto, continued alongside the sea in the stages of Sant'Andrea and San Cataldo, and will land in the Concertone with the anthem linked to the water resource "l'acqua de la funtana."

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21:00 MUNICIPAL VILLA

ARAKMEA

RAIZ & RADICANTO in Quilt of Stars

EDOARDO ZIMBA in Zimba ca te passa

For the first time in its history, the traveling festival chooses Aradeo among the stages of the musical web that will reach 25 cities. A debut in the town of the "pizzica di Aradeo" and the unforgettable Pino Zimba will see on the stage set up in the municipal villa: Arakmea, followed by Raiz & Radicanto in Trapunto di Stelle: a show that revisits the life and songs of the great singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno in the form of a theatrical and musical oratorio. Closing is Edoardo Zimba, son of the late Pino in: in Zimba ca te passa. The performances are scheduled to begin at 9 p.m.

ARAKMEA

"Arakmea" is a group born from a shared passion for music and folk traditions. The elements that compose it have a common goal, that of keeping alive songs, melodies and customs belonging to the history of the Salento territory, respecting their authenticity, adding a pinch of personality and enthusiasm. The lineup consists of: Luigi Caprioli, voice and drum; Stefano Scalese, accordion; Fabrizio De Pascali, voice and accordion; Mattia Chittano, voice and guitar; Samuele Anchora, violin; and Debora Perrone, dance. The ambition of these young people is to bring their peers closer to the beauty of folk music so as not to forget the melodies of their ancestors.

Raiz & Radicanto

A show that revisits the life and songs of the great singer-songwriter Domenico Modugno in the form of a theatrical and musical oratorio. Sounds, stories, narratives that referred to and inspired by the millenary tradition of southern Italy: a land of contacts. A land of emigration and hospitality at the same time. Raiz & Radicanto with their arrangements give with charm, elegance and strong emotional charge to the singer-songwriter's melodies, crossing the seasons of Modugno's life from Puglia to the north, from his passion for theater and cinema, to radio, to song, to the Sanremo Festival, to his international career. The music takes the audience on an emotional journey through the sparkling, pathos-laden poetry of Domenico Modugno evoking an important piece of Italy's history and customs from the postwar period to the present day. The production, produced and staged by the ensemble itself, is inspired by "song theater" as a musical and theatrical art form. The group consists of Raiz, singing Maria Giaquinto, singing and narration Giuseppe De Trizio, classical guitar, arrangements Adolfo La Volpe, electric guitar Giovanni Chiapparino, accordion Francesco De Palma, cajon, percussion

Edward Zimba

Edoardo Zimba, son of the great Pino Zimba, descends from a family of traditional music singing musicians. He recently kicked off his first musical project, "Zimba ca te passa," designed to bring more youthful and rock sounds to traditional music with the intent of bringing the now distant new generations closer to the world of "pizzica pizzica." From this intent, his need and hunger for experimentation and discovery of combinations of sounds that are modern and based on a broader vision that looks toward word music was born.

Ragnatela della Taranta continues Aug. 21 Martignano, Aug. 22 Soleto, Aug. 23 Sternatia, Aug. 24 Martano, Aug. 26 CONCERTONE DI MEPIGNANO, Aug. 27 Galatina - Notte delle Ronde. FREEENTRANCE.

Festival 2023 is dedicated to Luigi Chiriatti, the recently deceased artistic director who worked to the end of his days on the touring Taranta program.

The Itinerant Festival is a cultural project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation funded by REGIONE PUGLIA and PUGLIAPROMOZIONE with the contribution of Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina and the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Diego Carpitella Institute. The Notte della Taranta Foundation would like to thank the Torre Guaceto Nature Reserve and the municipalities of Corigliano d'Otranto, Calimera, Sogliano Cavour, Nociglia, Racale, Cursi, Alessano, Ugento, Melendugno, Carpignano Salentino, Nardò, Galatone, Zollino, Galatina, Castrignano de' Greci, Cutrofiano, Aradeo, Martignano, Soleto, Sternatia, Martano, Melpignano and the city of Lecce.

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From tailoring to jewellery to looks, the excellences of Salento take care of the image on stage

Wide and elegant dresses and to recall tradition and lace, a detail that unites past and present

The Salento tailoring art of Danamò will dress the female voices of the Popular Orchestra La Notte della Taranta. Daniela Amoruso, a well-established seamstress from Lecce, set up a craft workshop a few years ago, but the needle and thread are a family art that has been handed down and sews the wefts of Salento history between past and present. Especially that linked to the world of art, dance and theatre. Daniela Amoruso, who since she was a girl grew up in the family workshop where stage dresses were made, a historical reference for dance in the city of Lecce, has embarked on this adventure, this sartorial journey that will take her with her dresses on the stage of the Notte della Taranta. At the Concertone di Melpignano on 26 August, the voices of the Orchestra: Consuelo Alfieri, Alessandra Caiulo, Stefania Morciano, Enza Pagliara, will interpret traditional Salento songs dressed in clothes that represent them but also the land they will be singing, stresses Daniela Amoruso, who together with Anna Sabina Pastore is making the clothes.

Wide skirts that evoke the gracefulness of pizzica skirts, the dresses will be all black and there will be no lack of lace inserts. Because lace is a return to the past, a reworking of the precious lace that decorated occasion dresses in ancient times with a contemporary reinterpretation. Being in the contemporary by enhancing and recalling those details of timeless elegance. Each dress will be customised because it is essential that they reflect the personality of the artists who will be on stage.

Fashion designer Daniela Amoruso and her Danamò tailoring workshop will also take care of all the stage costumes for the Taranta Ballet Corps with the collaboration of Vinicio Attanasi.

And again craftsmanship of excellence, the art of embellishing the look bears the signature of Gioielli futuroRemoto for the voices of the Orchestra of the 26th edition of La Notte della Taranta. The futuroRemoto jewellery designed by Gianni De Benedittis are pieces in silver bathed in gold, sometimes finished with enamels of various colours, handmade using the embossing technique and the use of semi-precious stones and small branches of coral. Accessories designed to support the lightness of bodies dancing to the rhythm of music, using original kinetic elements to express the dynamism of modern life and the lively style of renewed freedom. Just like the bewitching kissing necklaces, with bracelet and ring joined by a chain, inspired by the taste of the Orient; captivating coloured necklaces, often embellished with original pendants consisting of real micro-sculptures and finally intriguing earrings with defined geometric lines.

Clothes, jewellery and of course the final touch for the artists to complete the look on stage: make-up and hairstyles. For the fourth year running, the well-established Officina Paar team of 15 professionals: 7 make-up artists and 8 hair artists will take care of the look of the artists on stage.

This is the team of professionals:

for hairstyles Carla Marti, Nico Anglani, Angela lo Parco, Sabrina Giussani, Roberta Apos, Pasquale Santantonio, Stefano Spinetta, Claudia Di Canosa.

For Make-up: Valentina Pagano, Chiara Longo, Noemi Vetrugno, Eleonora Cucurachi, Elena Giannuzzi, Francesca Canana', Deborah Andretta,

The team, which has been working for some time on research to draw on the trends of the moment and propose them on the Concertone stage, will be inspired by a very natural, but at the same time bold and alternative hair look. The hairstyles will therefore be essential, with almost tribal weaves, skilfully modelled to bring a unique and original look to the stage. On the make-up front, warm earth colours will be used, with a glossy and editorial effect, dark red for the mouth, and then many surprises to enhance the beauty and features of each artist and to create a look that is also effective on TV.

7.00 P.M. TOWN HALL SQUARE

MAGICA RONDA - Pizzica workshop organised by the Taranta Dance Band and with the girls and boys of the coop. L'ADELFIA

8.30 P.M. PIAZZA CAVALLOTTI

Taranta Talk MARIA FRANCESCA MARIANO Gender identity between legality and popular culture

Followed by a dance talk with CARMINE D'AMICO and JONATHAN ENEA COSTA

10 PM TOWN HALL SQUARE

THE MALMARITATES

ANTONIO AMATO ENSEMBLE

On 19 August, Cutrofiano will host a stage of the travelling festival 'La Notte della Taranta'. It will start at 7 p.m. in Piazza Municipio: dance will be the protagonist with the special project MAGICA RONDA in collaboration with the Coop L'Adelfia di Alessano, included in Taranta per il Sociale: the girls and boys guests of the therapeutic communities will be the protagonists of the special dance involving the community in the inclusive and solidarity round. (Attached are photos of the Magica Ronda rehearsals at the tetro Cavallino Bianco in Galatina).

At 8.30 p.m., a new appointment with Taranta Talk, the novelty of this edition that has seen writers, philosophers as guests of the cultural salons to discuss the theme of Identity. In the city of ceramics it will be the turn of judge Maria Francesca Mariano in Gender Identity between legality and popular culture. Her meeting will be enriched by demonstrative dance interventions that Maria Francesca Mariano herself will offer Carmine D'amico and Jonathan Enea Costa, who will figuratively comment on the dialogue.

At 8.30 p.m. a new appointment with Taranta Talk, the novelty of this edition that has seen writers, philosophers and guests of the cultural salons to discuss the theme of Identity. In the city of ceramics it will be the turn of judge Maria Francesca Mariano in Gender Identity between legality and popular culture. Her meeting will be enriched by demonstrative dance interventions that Maria Francesca Mariano herself will offer Carmine D'amico and Jonathan Enea Costa, who will figuratively comment on the dialogue.

It will continue at 10 p.m. in Piazza Municipio with the music of Le Malmaritate, a true artistic container, formed by Gabriella Grasso (voice and guitar), Valentina Ferraiuolo (voice and drums), Emilia Belfore (violin), Concetta Sapienza (bass clarinet and soprano clarinet) and Elena Guerriero (keyboards and synth),) a journey that began in 2013 at the Centro Culture Zo in Catania and has since led them to tread prestigious Italian stages.

The conclusion will be entrusted to Antonio Amato Ensemble, one of the historic voices of the Popular Orchestra La Notte della Taranta.

Malmaritate

Since the Middle Ages and up to the 16th century, the desires of maidens yearning for a husband, the regrets of brides in the aftermath of forced weddings, wrong choices or disillusionments in married life, found an outlet in the songs of 'malmaritate' women, who over time have become cornerstones of our popular history and culture. And it is from these 'cantautrici' (female songwriters) that the Malmaritate project is inspired, a true artistic container, formed by Gabriella Grasso (voice and guitar), Valentina Ferraiuolo (voice and drums), Emilia Belfore (violin), Concetta Sapienza (bass clarinet and soprano clarinet) and Elena Guerriero (keyboards and synth),) a journey that began in 2013 at the Centro Culture Zo in Catania and has since taken them to tread prestigious Italian stages. A path along which, however, they also wanted to confront difficult realities, from the boys at the Bicocca juvenile penitentiary in Catania to the numerous anti-violence centres that support women victims of abuse, with whom they organised live events to raise funds for the cause, fto the meeting with the Associazione Nazionale Volontarie del Telefono Rosa Onlus, which decided to invest them with the role of Ambassadors, also sponsoring the group's first record project, 'Ognunu havi 'n sigretu', released on 25 November last year and featuring four leading artists from the Italian music and film scene: Nada, Claudia Gerini, Carmen Consoli and Donatella Finocchiaro. The album premiered at the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome on the International Day Against Violence Against Women and featured two special guests: Claudia Gerini and Donatella Finocchiaro.

Antonio Amato

Antonio Amato is one of the voices of the Popular Orchestra of La Notte della Taranta. He began singing as a child, accompanying his grandfather, and over the years he honed his singing skills, creating his own personal style of the traditional Salento music repertoire, from serenades to pizziches, from work songs and protest songs to stornelli, from lullabies to death songs, making it his own, personalising it and thus becoming a bearer of the musical tradition and not an aseptic interpreter. Over time, this vocation and passion of his for singing, which he often accompanies with his tambourine, is discovered and grasped by ethnomusicological research workers, who lead him to found his own group, which immediately becomes a point of reference for the younger generations who are approaching this new but very ancient musical world. Since 2004 he has been the lead vocalist of the Notte della Taranta Orchestra and has shared the stage with artists such as Stewart Copeland, Franco Battiato, Gianna Nannini, Francesco di Giacomo, Francesco De Gregori, Piero Pelù, Giovanna Marini, Ambrogio Sparagna, Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, Davide Van De Sfroos, Sonia Bergamasco, Sud Sound System, Pino Ingrosso and all the great guests that have appeared edition after edition.

The 2023 edition of the La Notte della Taranta Festival, which started on 1 August, will cross 25 towns and villages in the Salento region, the Torre Guaceto nature reserve and the iconic Sant'Andrea bay, with over 400 guests including musicians, dancers, actors, writers and philosophers, until 27 August. An edition that promises to be extraordinary and that confirms La Notte della Taranta as the largest Italian travelling festival promoting popular music as a score of emotions born from the dialogue between the arts, interweaving and creating reflections and insights with dance, theatre, literature, philosophy and will lead, stage after stage to the Concertone on 26 August in Melpignano (Le), to the long night with concertmaster FIORELLA MANNOIA and will be broadcast on 2 September on RAI 1, in late evening with direction by Stefano Mignucci, set design by Marco Calzavara and photography by Marco Lucarelli.

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues on 20 August Aradeo for the first time included in the Festival, 21 August Martignano, 22 August Soleto, 23 August Sternatia, 24 August Martano, 26 August CONCERTONE DI MEPIGNANO, 27 August Galatina - Notte delle Ronde. FREE ADMISSION.

The theme of this 26th edition is IDENTITY, inspired by Italo Calvino, the writer whose birth centenary falls this year: "Identity is a bundle of divergent lines that find their point of interest in the individual," wrote Calvino in The Civilisation of Machines. A theme-world to interpret current reality addressed in lectio magistralis by philosopher Umberto Galimberti, guest speaker in Martano on 24 August, by Tlon philosophers Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici on 21 August in Martignano, by criminal judge Maria Francesca Mariano on 19 August in Cutrofiano, by journalist Marcello Veneziani on 23 August in Sternatia, by theologian Vito Mancuso on 8 August in Alessano, by writer Stefano Massini on 17 August in Galatina, by journalist and writer Angelo Mellone on 13 August in Galatone.

Festival 2023 is dedicated to Luigi Chiriatti, the artistic director who passed away recently and who worked until the end of his days on the Taranta Itinerante programme.

The Itinerant Festival is a cultural project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation financed by the PUGLIA REGION and PUGLIAPROMOZIONE with the contribution of the Union of Municipalities of the Grecìa Salentina and the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Diego Carpitella Institute. The Notte della Taranta Foundation thanks the Torre Guaceto Nature Reserve and the municipalities of Corigliano d'Otranto, Calimera, Sogliano Cavour, Nociglia, Racale, Cursi, Alessano, Ugento, Melendugno, Carpignano Salentino, Nardò, Galatone, Zollino, Galatina, Castrignano de' Greci, Cutrofiano, Aradeo, Martignano, Soleto, Sternatia, Martano, Melpignano and the city of Lecce.

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9 P.M. PALAZZO DE GUALTIERIS

CONSUELO ALFIERI in Doors to Punente

MASCARIMIRÌ 25 years Tradinnovation hosts HAKIM HAMADOUCHE in Electric Ronda

On August 18, Castrignano de Greci, hosts stage number 18 of the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta," and does so by celebrating an important anniversary: the 25 years of artistic activity of Mascarimiri. It starts at 9 p.m. Palazzo De Gualtieris with Consuelo Alfieri, one of the voices of the Popular Orchestra of La Notte della Taranta, who offers her project: Porte a Punente and followed by Mascarimirì 25 anni Tradinnovazione who host Hakim Hamadouche, virtuoso of the Algerian mandola in Ronda elettrica: a moment of Mediterranean feast precisely, to pay homage, within the Notte della Taranta 2023 festival, to the 25 years of the group from Muro Leccese.

Consuelo Alfieri

The show 2023 takes its name from the recently released single and album "Porte a punente" and is inspired by the richness of Salento folk music and dance, revisited and re-proposed thanks to unreleased songs capable of engaging the audience with their cathartic and liberating energy. And by skillfully mixing traditional and contemporary dance elements that allow Consuelo Alfieri and her band to recover the primal propulsive force of the work, love and struggle songs of peasant culture, giving the audience a moment of authentic beauty and deep sharing. The band consists of Consuelo Alfieri (accordion and vocals), Giuseppe Astore (violin and vocals), Sergio Pizza (frame drums), Giacomo Contaldo (guitar), Carlo Massarelli (woodwinds), Serena Pellegrino (dance).

MASCARIMIRÌ 25ANNI guest Hakim Hamadouche and Ronda Elettrica

The special project Mascarimiri 25ANNI guest Hakim Hamadouche and Ronda elettrica represents a moment of Mediterranean celebration to pay homage, within the Notte della Taranta 2023 festival, to the 25 years of the group from Muro LecceseThe band, led by Claudio "Cavallo" Giagnotti hosts Algerian mandola virtuoso Hakim Hamadouche, longtime collaborator of French-Algerian musician Rachid Taha, now engaged in an international project to advance his language of electrification and contamination of kabyle culture, a historical region in the north from Algeria, a place with a unique musical culture. In his collaborations in addition to flanking Rachid Taha for over 20 years, he has worked with: Patti Smith, Mick Jones (The Clash), Brian Eno, Tricky and countless other internationally renowned musicians. The evening will be concluded by Ronda Elettrica a new "format by" Mascarimiri where the concept of the "traditional ronda" is married with the group's electronic beats in a Pizzica Pizzica that has no time, only emotions to dance to.

In 2023 they celebrate 25 years of activity by retracing their artistic and research journey through an entirely original live show. With thirteen studio albums under their belt and a first-rate concert activity, Mascarimiri rewrite tradition while remaining the most innovative lineup among the Pizzica Pizzica Salentina groups.

Claudio “Cavallo” Giagnotti voice, tamburreddhu (frame drum) programming, ethnic winds, Gabriele Martino voice, elettric mandolin, Alessandro Schito voice tamburreddhu (frame drum), Matteo Tornesello voice electric guitar, Katarzyna Janina Kudziel visual – production.

Ragnatela della Taranta continues on August 19 Cutrofiano, August 20 Aradeo for the first time included in the Festival, August 21 Martignano, August 22 Soleto, August 23 Sternatia, August 24 Martano, August 26 CONCERTONE DI MEPIGNANO, August 27 Galatina - Night of the Patrols. FREE ENTRANCE.

Festival 2023 is dedicated to Luigi Chiriatti, the recently deceased artistic director, who worked until the end of his days on the Taranta Itinerant Program.

The Itinerant Festival is a cultural project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation funded by REGIONE PUGLIA and PUGLIAPROMOZIONE with the contribution of Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina and the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Diego Carpitella Institute. The Notte della Taranta Foundation would like to thank the Torre Guaceto Nature Reserve and the municipalities of Corigliano d'Otranto, Calimera, Sogliano Cavour, Nociglia, Racale, Cursi, Alessano, Ugento, Melendugno, Carpignano Salentino, Nardò, Galatone, Zollino, Galatina, Castrignano de' Greci, Cutrofiano, Aradeo, Martignano, Soleto, Sternatia, Martano, Melpignano and the city of Lecce.

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8:30 P.M. PIAZZETTA ORSINI

Taranta Talk STEFANO MASSINI Narrates

10 P.M. PIAZZA DANTE ALIGHIERI

CHI SONÄ E CANTÄ NO NMÓRË MAJÏ

CGS-CANZONIERE GRECANICO SALENTINO with INUDE special guest

The touring festival La Notte della Taranta on Aug. 17 lands in Galatina, where it will also return on Aug. 27 with La Notte delle ronde, immediately after the big concert in Melpignano, for the final leg of the August journey in music and art that has involved 25 locations in Salento and more than 400 artists since Aug. 1. A festival that is embracing multiple artistic expressions: music, dance, theater and, new for this edition: the Talks. Six appointments with big names in literature, philosophy etc to tell and deepen a theme: Identity. And it is precisely in the city of Saints Peter and Paul that the third appointment with the Taranta Talks will be held, at 8:30 p.m. in Piazzetta Orsini in the company of Stefano Massini, the only Italian in history to win the Tony Award, the Oscar prize of American theater. Massini will try to shed light on the theme of identity with the usual trait of his storytelling. The magic of words, the rapture of a story, the ability to stimulate reflections and shift points of view: these are the ingredients of Massini's art of storytelling, composer and "decomposer" of words and stories, investigator of everyday stories and states of mind, with his narrative frescoes he "touches the heart and the mind," excites and makes us reflect.

From 10 p.m. space for music in Dante Alighieri Square with performances by Chi sonä e cantä no nmórë majï and then the historic group of Salento folk tradition, the -Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino. And the world-celebrated masters of the pizzica meet the electronic music of Inude, one of the most original and creative realities in the Italian alternative scene, in a brand-new project, a world premiere, that promises an imaginative and psychedelic journey punctuated by the ancestral pulse of the drum.

 Chi sonä e cantä no nmórë majï

A project that starts from the Cantori di Carpino, authors and performers of the sonnets, compositions full of poetry, and from a Storyteller, Matteo Salvatore, who told us about hunger, misery and exploitation of laborers, as well as love stories, slices of the South. The journey always skirts the Tradition, sometimes landing on islands of modern-day music. Chi sonä e cantä no nmòrë majï, contributes to keeping alive the enchantment of music in tradition. The lineup consists of: Giovanni Calcaterra (double bass); Paolo Caruso (percussion); Antonio Pizzarelli (sax, clarinet); Guido Sodo (voice, guitars, oud, mandoncello), Michele Russi (frame drums), Vincenzo Aniello(guitars), Antonella Gallo (voice).

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino meets Inude

 " Pulse" Pulse the project that the historic group of Salento folk tradition proposes in Galatina, represents the vital pulse, which pumps the blood in our veins and makes us live. The natural scanning of time, which slows down and speeds up along with our emotions. It is the impulse, physical and electronic, that transmits sensations in every fiber of our body. The urge to move toward each other, to erase distances. It is the rhythm of our being together.

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues on Aug. 18 Castrignano de Greci, Aug. 19 Cutrofiano, Aug. 20 Aradeo for the first time included in the Festival, Aug. 21 Martignano, Aug. 22 Soleto, Aug. 23 Sternatia, Aug. 24 Martano, Aug. 26 CONCERTONE DI MEPIGNANO, Aug. 27 Galatina - Night of the Patrols. FREE ENTRANCE

The theme of this 26th edition is IDENTITY, inspired by Italo Calvino, the writer whose centenary since his birth falls this year: "Identity is a bundle of divergent lines that find in the individual the point of interest," Calvino wrote in "Civilizations of Machines." A theme-world to interpret current reality addressed in the lectio magistralis by philosopher Umberto Galimberti guest in Martano on Aug. 24, by Tlon philosophers Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici on Aug. 21 in Martignano, by criminal judge Maria Francesca Mariano on Aug. 19 in Cutrofiano, by journalist Marcello Veneziani on Aug. 23 in Sternatia.

Festival 2023 is dedicated to Luigi Chiriatti, the recently deceased artistic director, who worked until the end of his days on the Taranta Itinerante program.

The Itinerant Festival is a cultural project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation funded by REGIONE PUGLIA and PUGLIAPROMOZIONE with the contribution of Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina and the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Diego Carpitella Institute. The Notte della Taranta Foundation would like to thank the Torre Guaceto Nature Reserve and the municipalities of Corigliano d'Otranto, Calimera, Sogliano Cavour, Nociglia, Racale, Cursi, Alessano, Ugento, Melendugno, Carpignano Salentino, Nardò, Galatone, Zollino, Galatina, Castrignano de' Greci, Cutrofiano, Aradeo, Martignano, Soleto, Sternatia, Martano, Melpignano and the city of Lecce.

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21:00 MUNICIPAL VILLA

ENEA, HUMAN HERO narrative performance in music conceived and performed by ANDREA SIRIANNI

LEONARDO CORDELLA SALENTO PIZZICA E TARANTE

ASHÈBLASTA

After a break on August bank holiday, the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta" resumes its journey at full speed on August 16 and arrives in Zollino. The traveling web, is at the halfway mark and stage after stage is approaching the concert in Melpignano on August 26, although the final journey will not be the big concert in front of the square in the former Convent of the Augustinians; the festival, in fact will end on August 27 with La Notte delle ronde in Galatina.

On Aug. 16, in the heart of Grecìa Salentina, in Zollino it starts at 9 p.m. at the Villa Comunale with Enea, Umano Eroe: a narrative show in music conceived and performed by Andrea Sirianni. The Myth of Aeneas intersects with the History of the Salento territory. The findings of Prof. D'Andria and the University of Salento regarding the sanctuary of Athena and the statuette of the Goddess with the Phrygian helmet (typical headgear of Trojan culture) have finally given evidence of Aeneas' landing on the Italian coast, just as Virgil had given literary testimony by accurately describing in the Aeneid the promontories and the port of ancient Castrum Minervae, the present town of Castro in the province of Lecce. Onstage, like an invisible actress, music participates parallel to the narrative, restoring to the viewer the sounds of battle and the moods of the protagonists. Immediately following on stage will be Leonardo Cordella in Salento Pizzica: from grandfather to grandson, it's pizzica Cordella, from the past to the present, the future. and Tarante, and then the conclusion will be entrusted to Ashèblasta. Ashèblasta in Grico dialect is the name of a "pizzo" (seasoned bread) typical of Zollino, the project bears the signature of Roberto Chiga on drums.

Enea, Umano Eroe - narrative performance in music

Enea, Umano Eroe is the reading concert conceived and performed by actor Andrea Sirianni. The deception of the horse built by the Greeks and the escape from the burning city of Troy are evoked by music and the first-person narrative of Aeneas, in a contemporary version of the Aeneid in which the whole human aspect of the valiant warrior emerges. Onstage, throughout the performance, like an invisible actress, the music participates parallel to the narration, restoring to the viewer the sounds of the battle and the moods of the protagonists; Not a simple aesthetic filler, but a recitative construction made of timbres, harmonies, melodies and above all implicit onomatopoeias where each musical instrument has the primary purpose of "imitating" the sounds of the space in which the action takes place and merging with the dramaturgy.  Original pieces by Sandro Di Stefano, Maurizio Cicchetti, Carlo Putignano and Enzo Di Stefano from the Duni Audiovisual Works of the Conservatory of Matera are performed by an ensemble composed of Emanuele Cacciatore's flute, Angela Cosi's harp, Marco Schiavone's cello and Alberto Stefanizzi's percussion. The performance - which is credited with covering the myth of Aeneas and enhancing the history of the Salento area - is included as part of the events recognized by the "Route of Aeneas" Association, promoter and manager of the itinerary of the same name certified by the Council of Europe in 2021.

Leonardo Cordella Salento Pizzica and Tarante

The mission is to keep alive the folk traditions of Salento music (pizzica pizzica) in order to make it known and transfer it to new generations as a cultural heritage to be passed down Cordella's music is one of tradition; you can hear it in every note the reminder of a vision that has been handed down for generations. His accordion emits a magical, energetic, unmistakable sound. From grandfather to grandson, it is pizzica Cordella, from the past to the present, the future. The line up consists of Leonardo Cordella lead vocals, accordion, accordion, Ippazio Rizzello guitar, Sergio Pizza tambourine, Gianluca Milanese winds, Valentina Cariulo violin and vocals, Antonio Dema drums, Francesca Grasso dancer.

Ashèblasta Apulian Un_Popoular Music

Archaic voices, scratchy bass, ancient drums and ritual rhythms, tales of land and sea. The Ashèblasta project bears the signatures of Roberto Chiga on drums, programming, Mario Esposito on bass and Peppo Grassi on mandolin and aims to move Salento music from the squares to the clubs, for everyone to dance to, not just in summer. It aims to tell the stories of today's youth through a new popular music with which they can identify and which entrusts the voices of the elderly with the haunting myth of the Salento spider. Ashèblasta in Grico dialect is the name of a "pizzo" (seasoned bread) typical of Zollino, without shape kneaded with simple ingredients that put in parallel with music becomes a meltin pot of styles, melodies, rhythms, instruments. A drum, a mandolin and a bass join samplers, synths, drum machines, to continue the ritual that makes people dance to heal. The music is all original and is based on the haunting rhythms of pizzica-pizzica and tarantelle that is sometimes contrasted with Cumbia, Gnawa rhythms, hiphop beats, electronic music and insistent loops.

The 2023 edition of La Notte della Taranta Festival, which began on August 1, will run through August 27, through as many as 25 villages and towns in Salento, the Torre Guaceto nature reserve and the iconic Sant'Andrea Bay, with more than 400 guests including musicians, dancers, actors, writers and philosophers. An edition that promises to be extraordinary and that confirms La Notte della Taranta as the largest Italian traveling festival that promotes popular music as a score of emotions born from the dialogue between the arts, interweaving and creating reflections and insights with dance, theater, literature, philosophy and will lead, stage after stage to the Concertone on August 26 in Melpignano (Le), to the long night with the concertmaster FIORELLA MANNOIA.

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues on Aug. 17 Galatina, Aug. 18 Castrignano de Greci, Aug. 19 Cutrofiano, Aug. 20 Aradeo for the first time included in the Festival, Aug. 21 Martignano, Aug. 22 Soleto, Aug. 23 Sternatia, Aug. 24 Martano, Aug. 26 CONCERTONE DI MEPIGNANO, Aug. 27 Galatina - Night of the Patrols. FREE ENTRANCE

The theme of this 26th edition is IDENTITY, inspired by Italo Calvino, the writer whose centenary since his birth falls this year: "Identity is a bundle of divergent lines that find in the individual the point of interest," Calvino wrote in "Civilizations of Machines." A theme-world to interpret current reality addressed in lectio magistralis by philosopher Umberto Galimberti guest in Martano on Aug. 24, by Tlon philosophers Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici on Aug. 21 in Martignano, by criminal judge Maria Francesca Mariano on Aug. 19 in Cutrofiano, by journalist Marcello Veneziani on Aug. 23 in Sternatia, by theologian Vito Mancuso on Aug. 8 in Alessano, by writer Stefano Massini on Aug. 17 in Galatina, by journalist and writer Angelo Mellone on Aug. 13 in Galatone.

Festival 2023 is dedicated to Luigi Chiriatti, the recently deceased artistic director, who worked until the end of his days on the Taranta Itinerante program.

The Itinerant Festival is a cultural project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation funded by REGIONE PUGLIA and PUGLIAPROMOZIONE with the contribution of Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina and the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Diego Carpitella Institute.

The Notte della Taranta Foundation would like to thank the Torre Guaceto Nature Reserve and the municipalities of Corigliano d'Otranto, Calimera, Sogliano Cavour, Nociglia, Racale, Cursi, Alessano, Ugento, Melendugno, Carpignano Salentino, Nardò, Galatone, Zollino, Galatina, Castrignano de' Greci, Cutrofiano, Aradeo, Martignano, Soleto, Sternatia, Martano, Melpignano and the city of Lecce.

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BRUNORI SAS guest at the Notte della Taranta 2023.

On August 26 in Melpignano (LE), the singer-songwriter from Cosenza will be on stage at the Concertone directed by Fiorella Mannoia.

His poetic credibility is once again affirmed in the choice of songs he will perform: Lule Lule in the Arbëreshë language and Aremu in Grico. Accompanied by the famous Popular Orchestra Notte della Taranta with the coordination of percussionist Carlo Di Francesco and conductor Clemente Ferrari, Dario Brunori will give the audience a new narrative through the two songs linked by the feeling of nostalgia.

"It is the tangible sense of the research that is accomplished and manifested every year in the Concertone, explains Massimo Manera president of the Notte della Taranta Foundation. Minority languages are saved languages in the contemporary dimension of music. In 2023 we take a further step forward. We entrust Brunori with the task of not only singing songs in Arbëreshë and Grico but also of rediscovering regional literature itself. A literature that has territorial dictation as its primary datum. The anthropological value of this path has always been fundamental in that dialogue between identity and territory, belonging and linguistic heritage, patterns of nostalgia and learning."

On the strength of the consecration he has achieved with his successes in the palasport venues, Dario Brunori has won numerous awards attesting to his authorial caliber including the Tenco prize, the Faber plaque, the silver ribbon, the Ciampi prize and many others. He is one of the main artists in Italy capable of conceiving a song as a cultural and artistic fact, who knows how to describe reality according to the attitude of our best songwriters. "In his creative seasons," reads the motivation for the award dedicated to De Andrè, "Brunori has marked out a path in which fidelity to his own poetics and his own way of seeing things is the central motif.

One of the most appreciated artists on the contemporary singer-songwriter scene, Brunori Sas shines for his unmistakable irony that shines through in his songs full of authentic tales about the everydayness of small things. His latest major studio work, Cip!, is platinum. He recently ushered his return to the music scene with "La vita com'è," the unreleased track that graces the soundtrack of "Il più bel secolo della mia vita," the new film by Alessandro Bardani starring Sergio Castellito and Valerio Lundini, the film presented at the Giffoni Festival that will arrive in all theaters starting Sept. 7.

The writing for Concertone 2023 continues in Galatina's Cavallino Bianco Theater with the Popular Orchestra busy choosing the 30 songs that will make up the set list. Unmissable are the powerful Taranta of Lizzano, the long-awaited Aria Caddhipulina, and the hypnotic Pizzica of Stifani. Work in progress also in the dance hall of Soleto where choreographer Francesca Romana Di Maio guides the steps of 10 folk dancers and 4 academic dancers engaged in the composition of ten paintings.

The Concertone della Taranta will be broadcast Sept. 2 on RAI 1, in late evening with direction by Stefano Mignucci, set design by Marco Calzavara and photography by Marco Lucarelli.

The Notte della Taranta Festival is a cultural project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation funded by REGIONE PUGLIA and PUGLIAPROMOZIONE with contributions from Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina and the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Diego Carpitella Institute.

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8 P.M.

Pizzica workshop by the Taranta dance troupe

9 P.M.

MARIO INCUDINE and PEPPE SERVILLO in A Sud del Sud dei Santi.

FOLK ORCHESTRA LA NOTTE DELLA TARANTA

On the eve of mid-August, as has become a tradition, the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta" lands in Lecce, but this year presents a novelty, because the stop in the Salento capital will be held in the marina of San Cataldo. As was the case two years ago, when an area more peripheral than the central Piazza Sant'Oronzo was chosen, also for this edition, the project aims to enhance other places in the city and its hinterland. It starts at 8 p.m. 00 with the Pizzica Workshop organized by the Taranta Dance Corps, and from 9 p.m. instead, the great protagonist is music and two unmissable shows to greet the night that welcomes the highlight day of the summer: Mario Incudine and Peppe Servillo and the Popular Orchestra La Notte Della Taranta, which after the two extraordinary concerts, one acoustic in the nature reserve of Torre Guaceto and the other in the suggestive Baia di Sant'Andrea, marina di Melendugno, returns to play accompanied by the rhythm of tambourines and the rhythm of the sea.

Mario Incudine and Peppe Servillo in South of the South of the Saints

Mario Incudine and Peppe Servillo's show is a strong message of openness and solidarity to subaltern cultures, particularly marginalized in the time of prevailing globalization. The driving force of the show is the visceral rhythm of the southern regions, which in this one-of-a-kind performance recounts that south of the Saints so dear to Carmelo Bene as well. But the other peculiarity is the ability of the two performers to take turns on stage with their hits and blend into a chorus, often extemporaneous, that makes each performance unique and unrepeatable.

Concert on the sea by the POPULAR ORCHESTRA LA NOTTE DELLA TARANTA with Enza Pagliara, Stefania Morciano, Alessandra Caiulo, Consuelo Alfieri, Antonio Amato, Giancarlo Paglialunga, Salvatore Galeanda and musicians Attilio Turrisi - chitarra battente, Alessandro Monteduro - percussion, Gianluca Longo - mandola, Roberto Gemma - accordion, Peppo Grassi - mandolin, Leonardo Cordella - accordion, Antonio Marra - drums, Roberto Chiga, Alessandro Chiga, Carlo Canaglia De Pascali, Gioele Nuzzo - tambourine, Mario Esposito - bass, Giuseppe Astore - violin, Nico Berardi - woodwinds.

"Two years ago, with the La Notte della Taranta Foundation, we brought the Lecce leg of the festival to the San Giovanni Battista district. It was the first time - says Mayor Carlo Salvemini - of such a popular and beloved event organized in the heart of a popular neighborhood. This year, another first: the stage will be hosted in the marina of San Cataldo, which continues to host some of the top initiatives of the Lecce summer. I would like to thank the Foundation and its president Massimo Manera for sharing with us the desire to have the concert by the sea. We will wait for Ferragosto with the rhythms and energy of popular music that has the ability to bring together different generations in a common involvement," says Lecce Mayor Carlo Salvemini.

"Lecce and La Notte della Taranta have long since started a synergy capable of giving the audience of the capital an unmissable stage of the Notte della Taranta on the eve of mid-August. The beauty of the capital and the extraordinary energy of traditional music are an unbreakable combination. But as happened two years ago, when the Taranta went to the suburbs to bring its rhythm there, this year, too, the chosen venue is unprecedented, so it will be a debut in the Lecce marina of San Cataldo. The Orchestra of La Notte della Taranta will play in front of the sea, a perfect setting for a project that as a Foundation we care a lot about and that we have proposed for this edition, "The Humanity of Water," says La Notte della Taranta Foundation President Massimo Manera.

The theme of this 26th edition is IDENTITY, inspired by Italo Calvino, the writer whose centenary since his birth falls this year: "Identity is a bundle of divergent lines that find in the individual the point of interest," Calvino wrote in "Civilizations of Machines." A theme-world to interpret current reality addressed in lectio magistralis by philosopher Umberto Galimberti guest in Martano on Aug. 24, by Tlon philosophers Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici on Aug. 21 in Martignano, by criminal judge Maria Francesca Mariano on Aug. 19 in Cutrofiano, by journalist Marcello Veneziani on Aug. 23 in Sternatia, by theologian Vito Mancuso on Aug. 8 in Alessano, by writer Stefano Massini on Aug. 17 in Galatina, by journalist and writer Angelo Mellone on Aug. 13 in Galatone. FREE ENTRANCE

Festival 2023 is dedicated to Luigi Chiriatti, the recently deceased artistic director who worked until the end of his days on the Taranta touring program.

The Itinerant Festival is a cultural project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation funded by REGIONE PUGLIA and PUGLIAPROMOZIONE with the contribution of Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina and the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Diego Carpitella Institute.

The Notte della Taranta Foundation would like to thank the Torre Guaceto Nature Reserve and the municipalities of Corigliano d'Otranto, Calimera, Sogliano Cavour, Nociglia, Racale, Cursi, Alessano, Ugento, Melendugno, Carpignano Salentino, Nardò, Galatone, Zollino, Galatina, Castrignano de' Greci, Cutrofiano, Aradeo, Martignano, Soleto, Sternatia, Martano, Melpignano and the city of Lecce.

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8:30 P.M. SAN SEBASTIANO SQUARE

Taranta Talk ANGELO MELLONE in This only I can give you

10 P.M.

SCIACUDDHUZZI in Pizzica Melodica

ENZO PETRACHI & FOLKBAND23 in Gioia e Veleno

ON Aug. 13, the journey of the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta" makes a stop in Galatone. It starts at 8:30 p.m. in Piazza San Sebastiano with Angelo Mellone's Talk in Questo solo ti posso dare. At 10 p.m. the music kicks off with concerts by Sciacuddhuzzi in Pizzica Melodica followed by Enzo Petrachi & Folkband23 in Gioia e Veleno.

Taranta Talk ANGELO MELLONE in This Only I Can Give You

Eight years after the last chapter of the so-called "southern trilogy," Angelo Mellone returns with a reading that, after Addio al Sud, Acciaiomaree Meridione a rota, constitutes a completion of his poetic meditation on the Mezzogiorno. In the case of this monologue, the roots of a spatriate, become prologue to a question that lacerates the author's soul: when I am gone, what will be left of me? What can I do not to be forgotten like a puff of dust? The question immediately takes on the face of challenge because it is not thrown into the void but addressed directly to the author's three children. Ideally, Mellone meets them in October on the low wall of a seafront promenade, among the few autumnal inhabitants of Castellaneta Marina, in the province of Taranto, one of his heartlands. They all sit looking out at the sea, eating something, observing their surroundings, gazing at the sea and the contours of the industrial town that lies to their east, the town where the author was born and at a very young age buried his father, one of the first Tarantines to be hired to build the great steel plant.With Marianna, Jacopo and Elena, Mellone weaves dialogue, and to each of them he conveys memories, fears, anxieties, confidences, in a courageous acknowledgement of weakness, a laying bare of father eternally grappling with a sense of inadequacy that, however, does not prevent him from recovering the violent and lyrical tone of his earlier civil orations, as when he flogs southerners obsessed with metropolitan life or when he claims his youthful militancy "on the right" for the sake of making a scandal and becoming a man in his own way. But it is above all the theme of fragility and, in the end, the fear of disappearing even in the eyes of his children-to whom Mellone strives to tell the soul of the Meridione, precisely to them born elsewhere-that animates this writing, this acting, this obsessive journey to dozens and dozens of places, where his words mingle with the notes of guitarist Salvatore Russo, double bassist Camillo Pace and accordionist Francesco Longo, the trio (MEDITERRANIMA TRIO) with which Mellone sets up on stage to accompany the audience in a little over fifty minutes inside a journey that weaves polemically, poetically and with a great sense of melancholy the South, belongings, forgetfulness, fatherhood, loss, inheritance, tradition and, in the end, death and love.

Sciacuddhuzzi - "Pizzica Melodica" Project

The ethnic music group Sciacuddhuzzi is an ensemble of acoustic instruments (voice, violin, accordion, guitar, double bass and tambourine with rattles) of mainly folk extraction. Specializing in a repertoire whose retrieval is the result of extravagant and passionate ethno-musicological investigations, the Sciacuddhuzzi ensemble currently lives from the experiences made in direct contact with a specific folkloric entourage, that of Salento. Founded and directed by the late Francesco Attanasi, and carried on over the years by his brother Giuseppe Attanasi and his friends, the ensemble experiments with a self-managed teamwork, primordially tested within the cultural activities promoted by the Faculty of Musicology of Cremona, which, if from an academic point of view represents the cradle of its professional training, from a purely artistic point of view it is configured as the furnace in which spontaneously the ensemble itself was forged. Dense with researched contaminations with other popular musical traditions and more innovative genres (rock and jazz), the "Pizzica Melodica" project aims to rearrange and rewrite the songs of the Salento tradition enhancing and enriching the melody, while preserving the original narrative line and atmosphere: contaminating ... without dirtying.

ENZO PETRACHI & FOLKOBAND23

His career was born following in the footsteps of his father, Bruno. Always close to the heart of the people. Appreciated abroad as well, to date he has produced 23 record works, each telling a period of Lecce history in ironic characters, involving ethnic rhythms and dance steps. Enzo is the author of many of his songs, as in the record "folk salentino" and writes lyrics and music for "AHI PAPA' MIU," the third song dedicated to his father Bruno, where the Lecce singer-songwriter, explains a unique and unbreakable bond, encapsulating his inner richness. Today he embarks on a musical journey alongside the FolkBand, starting with Bruno Petrachi's much-loved songs from the 1970s/80s, symbols of the Salento tradition and the city of Lecce, offering a fun and dynamic concert.

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues Aug. 14 LECCE (SAN CATALDO), Aug. 16 Zollino, Aug. 17 Galatina, Aug. 18 Castrignano de Greci, Aug. 19 Cutrofiano, Aug. 20 Aradeo for the first time included in the Festival, Aug. 21 Martignano, Aug. 22 Soleto, Aug. 23 Sternatia, Aug. 24 Martano, Aug. 26 CONCERTONE DI MEPIGNANO, Aug. 27 Galatina - Night of the Roundabouts. FREE ENTRANCE.

The theme of this 26th edition is IDENTITY, inspired by Italo Calvino, the writer whose centenary since his birth falls this year: "Identity is a bundle of divergent lines that find in the individual the point of interest," Calvino wrote in "Civilizations of Machines." A theme-world to interpret current reality addressed in lectio magistralis by philosopher Umberto Galimberti guest in Martano on Aug. 24, by Tlon philosophers Maura Gancitano and Andrea Colamedici on Aug. 21 in Martignano, by criminal judge Maria Francesca Mariano on Aug. 19 in Cutrofiano, by journalist Marcello Veneziani on Aug. 23 in Sternatia, by theologian Vito Mancuso on Aug. 8 in Alessano, by writer Stefano Massini on Aug. 17 in Galatina, by journalist and writer Angelo Mellone on Aug. 13 in Galatone.

Festival 2023 is dedicated to Luigi Chiriatti, the recently deceased artistic director, who worked until the end of his days on the Taranta Itinerante program.

The Itinerant Festival is a cultural project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation funded by REGIONE PUGLIA and PUGLIAPROMOZIONE with the contribution of Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina and the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Diego Carpitella Institute.

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