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8 P.M. VIA XXV LUGLIO

Pizzica workshop by the Taranta dance troupe

8:30 p.m. Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta Piazza Pio XI

GIUSEPPE SEMERARO AND GIUSEPPE GIGANTE Theater in Apocalypse Apocrifa

10 P.M. VIA XXV LUGLIO

FIORENZA CALOGERO in Anima Folk with Biagio De Prisco

STELLA GRANDE in Pizzica Rraggiata

On August 12, the journey of the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta" continues and reaches the city of Nardò, which for a few years now has become one of the usual stops in the musical web. It starts at 8 p.m. in Via XXV Luglio with the Pizzica Workshop by the Taranta Dance Corps, and at 8:30 p.m. near the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Piazza Pio XI the curtain opens on the theater with Giuseppe Semeraro and Giuseppe Gigante's performance in Apocrificial Apocalypse. At 10 p.m. on Via XXV Luglio to the music kicks off with concerts by Fiorenza Calogero in Anima Folk with Biagio De Prisco and Stella Grande in Pizzica Rraggiata .

The festival's pizzica workshops, a prelude in numerous stages to the show that takes place on stage, have become in their own right a much-awaited moment for the audience that is about to attend the performances. An unmissable event for pizzica enthusiasts that leads them to discover the rhythm of the tambourine and the different expressions of pizzica: courtship pizzica, pizzica tarantata and pizzica fencing.

At 8:30 p.m. it is the turn of the space dedicated to theater, one of the arts that the musical web aims to enhance in order to give an increasingly wide and varied range of proposals to the public is entrusted to Giuseppe Semeraro and Giuseppe Gigante.

Theater: APOCALISSE APOCRIFY Giuseppe Semeraro

Every era has its ghost, its apocalypse, its revelation. If we consider the apocalypse a literary genre, this then is an apocalypse in addition to the other apocrypha. What makes it unique is the urge to become a sonic rite and through that to share with the reader/viewer a sacred act. A secular prayer addressed to that future that seems to fall upon us today. The author, Giuseppe Semeraro is an actor and director, founder of the Principio Attivo Teatro company with which he has produced several shows. The text of the Apocryphal Apocalypse, after making its debut in the form of a show in the Cathedral of Santa Caterina in Galatina, lands at the Festival of La Notte della Taranta, with original music by composer Giuseppe Gigante accompanied by violin Annalisa Monteduro, cello Rosa Andriulli, organ Antonio Rizzato, clarinet Michele Nicolaci.

From 10 p.m. on July XXV Street to the music kicks off with concerts by:

FIORENZA CALOGERO in Anima Folk with Biagio De Prisco

Animafolk is a concert rooted in the sounds of Southern Italy. It celebrates the stories and values of an earlier era while modernizing their approach with instrumental work in step with the times. There are tammurriatas, tarantellas, songwriting, and classic Neapolitan songs, all packed into a show that mixes feeling and erudition in equal measure. The group is composed of Fiorenza Calogero (vocals and frame drums), Marcello Vitale (beating guitar and musical direction), Carmine Terracciano (guitars), Nino Conte (accordion), Gianluca Mercurio (percussion). Guest Biagio De Prisco (La Voce della Tradizione Campana)

STELLA GRANDE in Pizzica Rraggiata

Stella Grande, a Salento artist combines folk tradition with a musical poetics closer to our times, cknows the past, the importance of collective memory and knows that it must be preserved, remembered, but in the present, in everyday reality and not only as a nostalgic memory. He sings the folk tradition wrapping it in a current and passionate poetry following a theatrical register connoted by an emotional intensity that distinguishes each of his performances.

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues on Aug. 13 Galatone, 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 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," wrote Calvino in "Civilizations of Machines." A theme-world for interpreting current reality addressed in lectio magistralis by philosopher Umberto Galimberti guest speaker 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 writer Stefano Massini on Aug. 17 in Galatina, and by journalist and writer Angelo Mellone on Aug. 13 in Galatone. On Aug. 8, Vito Mancuso, philosopher and theologian also spoke on the theme of identity in Alessano.

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. LARGO GIUDECCA

Theater FABRIZIO SACCOMANNO and MARCO SCHIAVONE in La guerra del vino, a show by Ura Teatro

10 P.M. PIAZZA DUCA D'AOSTA

ASSURD in Jesce Sole - A journey through southern Italy among traditions and original compositions

LI STRITTULI - Salento folk music company

On August 11, the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta" arrives in Carpignano Salentino and meets theater. This year's edition, in fact of the itinerant embraces all art: music, dance, debates on the theme of identity and theater, precisely. At 8:30 p.m. in Largo Giudecca on stage Fabrizio Saccomanno and Marco Schiavone in La guerra del vino, a show by Ura Teatro. The Wine War is the show loosely based on the book of the same name by Alfredo Polito and Valentina Pennetta by and with Fabrizio Saccomanno music by and with Marco Schiavone. Sixty years after those peasant struggles that, in the province of Brindisi and in the towns of Northern Salento, marked entire communities, the process of building a collective memory becomes urgent and valuable, especially if based on the search for a shared elaboration. 

From 10 p.m. instead, the show moves to Piazza Duca D'Aosta and lights up with the music of Assurd in Jesce Sole - A journey through Southern Italy between traditions and original compositions that brings to light the feminine universe by drawing from the repertoire of traditional Neapolitan song and from texts of their own writing and of Li Strittuli - Compagnia di musica popolare Salentina.

Theater FABRIZIO SACCOMANNO and MARCO SCHIAVONE in The Wine War, a performance by Ura Teatro

The context is the tale of Salento's centrality in the national wine market for the entire 20th century, to which some of its communities link the not-yet-quite-overgrown relationship with the death of three young winemakers-including a woman-which occurred in 1957 in the Brindisi area, in San Donaci, one of the major centers of wine production in Puglia.

ASSURD in Jesce Sole - A journey in southern Italy between traditions and original compositions

 A journey in Southern Italy between traditions and original compositions. This is the philosophy of the Assurd project "jesce sole tour," which brings to light the female universe by drawing from the repertoire of traditional Neapolitan song and from texts of their own writing. The ensemble is composed of traditional instruments and to these is added the electric double bass instrument that transforms traditional sounds into modern ones. Further characterizing the project are the three female voices that, if well very different from each other, achieve perfect harmony in the choral parts. The concert tells of the great strength and power of women of the past and present, speaks of the need for acceptance of the different (a theme that is more contemporary than ever today), addresses the male universe by speaking of it with gentleness and irony, and speaks of love in eternal conflict between joy and pain. The line up consists of Lorella Monti; vocals, frame drums Cristina Vetrone; vocals, accordion Chiara Carnevale; vocals, frame drums - percussion Fulvio Di Nocera; electric double bass.

LI STRITTULI - SALENTINIAN FOLK MUSIC COMPANY

 "Li Strittuli," a group formed in 1996, uses typical instruments such as the violin, accordion, accordion, guitar and the Salento frame drum to then research songs from the Brindisi area in their hometown of San Pancrazio Salentino. They become intimate with local elders and draw from there to enrich and complete their musical repertoire, which features pizzica pizzica, pizzica tarantata, stornelli d'amore, work and protest songs.

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues on August 12, Nardò, August 13, Galatone, August 14, LECCE, August 16, Zollino, August 17, Galatina, August 18, Castrignano de Greci, 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 Roundabouts. FREE ADMISSION.

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," wrote Calvino in "Civilizations of Machines." A theme-world to interpret current reality that will be 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, and 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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Cultural Partner: ACQUEDOTTO PUGLIESE

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8 P.M.

Pizzica workshop by the Taranta dance troupe

9 P.M.

I MANDATARI

Special concert on the sea - POPULAR ORCHESTRA THE NIGHT OF THE TARANTA

On the night of the stars, the starry sky meets the sea and the vibrant notes of the Popular Orchestra La Notte della Taranta, with a special concert for the stage of the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta" a in the iconic bay of S. ANDREA - Marina di MELENDUGNO. It is the third, concluding one of the events related to the theme of the humanity of water, which was one of the festival's novelties this year. After the reservoir of the Apulian aqueduct in Corigliano d'Otranto where Pizzica in scena sanctioned the start of the musical web and the acoustic concert in the Torre Guaceto nature reserve, the beauty of nature and water return as protagonists of the August nights and the most magical one, the night of San Lorenzo in which the immensity of the blue will be observed by listening to the voices and rhythms of the popular music of the Orchestra that on stage will see: Alessandra Caiulo, Enza Pagliara, Consuelo Alfieri, three great interpreters of popular song and the 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, , Mario Esposito - bass, Giuseppe Astore - violin, Nico Berardi - woodwinds.

Special concert on the sea closes the 2023 triad of the traveling festival dedicated to water the highway of humanity. Water is the most important link that has crossed the past and flows into the future. A highway with a fluens shape in front of which we are struck by unexpected emotions that we call "astonishment."  As Amazement is the sea, movement and depth, breath, sounds and colors toward which we seek caresses, understanding, embraces. "Lu ruciu de lu mare" we sing even when the sea is far away bringing in its wave motion. Amazement is the public water that flows in every place, "l'acqua de la funtana" we sing to remember the beauty of the villages and the past when it flowed from the village fountain and formed communities at the footprint. Amazement is the invisible water that projects us into the future, when it immense crosses all underground Apulia and plunges into the Mediterranean Sea. Astonishment that the artists of the Orchestra and the dancers of the corps de ballet will be ready to give the spectators.  At 8 p.m., in fact, it will begin with the Pizzica Workshop, which has an extraordinary ability to aggregate and attract people who want to get closer to the traditional culture of Salento and its traditional dance.

For the corps de ballet, it will be the dancers Stefano Campagna, Fabrizio Nigro, Andrea Caracuta, Laura Boccadamo, Serena Pellegrino, Lucia Scarabino, Mihaela Coluccia, and Cristina Frassanito who will give these dancing moments suspended between land and sea.

Before the long-awaited concert of the Popular Orchestra on stage: I Mandatari

Ambassadors of traditional music from Taranto, the brainchild of Salvatore Cavallo Galeanda, they trace the roots of their music to careful research into the traditions, customs and traditions of their area. The music has a specific goal: to recover and make usable the cultural, musical and magical-religious heritage of the Taranto area. From the interweaving of the stories of the elders and the work of ethnographer Alfredo Majorino, the Mandatari build the basket into which they pour the past and bring it into the present. A formation that brings into its repertoire the ritual aspect with tarantismo; playful with pizzica-pizzica, tarantella, quadriglia, work songs, stornelli, serenate and polyvocal songs; religious-devotional with songs of passion, ancient Lenten and Easter songs typical of the province of Taranto and of the Arbëreshë culture of ancient Albania Tarantina, religious and pilgrimage songs, litanies, propitiatory songs, biographies and sung religious stories and prayers; and intercultural, with an Arbëreshë repertoire (an Albanian-speaking community still strongly present in the municipality of San Marzano di San Giuseppe and in some municipalities of Calabria and Basilicata).

Special concert on the sea by the POPULAR ORCHESTRA LA NOTTE DELLA TARANTA

La Notte della Taranta, a cultural project to enhance the music and dance of Salento, aims in 2023 to highlight the value of water, of the humanity of water. The water that defines the beauty of places, the water that weaves the thoughts of the community, the water that sculpts time. The water to be cherished and protected.

The humanity of water is expressed in the Canticle of the Creatures by St. Francis: "humile et pretiosa et casta." In this humble and precious water of Apulia we mirror ourselves, matter and symbol of our region. A place of poetry and contemplation, water has its own musical rhythm, preceded by mysterious silence. From springs to wells, from fountains to that tap that connects us with the larger community of our borough through the pipelines of Acquedotto Pugliese, the amazing network of water conservation and distribution, the fruit of the labor and ingenuity of countless generations.

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues on Aug. 11 Carpignano Salentino, Aug. 12 Nardò, Aug. 13 Galatone, Aug. 14 LECCE, 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 ADMISSION. 

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," wrote Calvino in "Civilizations of Machines." A theme-world to interpret current reality that will be 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 writer Stefano Massini on Aug. 17 in Galatina, and by journalist and writer Angelo Mellone on Aug. 13 in Galatone. Yesterday, on the other hand, the first appointment in Alessano of the Taranta Talk was held with philosopher and theologian Vito Mancuso, who delved into the theme: Guarding Identity.

FREE ENTRANCE

Festival 2023 is dedicated to Luigi Chiriatti, the recently deceased artistic director who worked to the end of his days on the Taranta's 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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Cultural Partner: ACQUEDOTTO PUGLIESE

Social Partner: FRATRES, L'INTEGRAZIONE, L'ADELFIA, OLIVAMI

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TANANAI will be on stage at the Notte della Taranta on August 26 in Melpignano in the Concertone directed by Fiorella Mannoia.
17 platinum records, nearly 4 million monthly listeners on Spotify, 110 million views on YouTube, Alberto Cotta Ramusino, real name of the artist, after the success of "Tango," certified triple platinum, is considered one of the biggest revelations in the music scene of 2022.
The artist lands in the most important European event of popular culture, which attracts two hundred thousand spectators every year, to pay homage to the pizzica. Accompanied by the renowned Notte della Taranta Orchestra, Tananai will perform the overwhelming Pizzica di Aradeo and the grico song Ri lo la la.

One of the most promising talents in Italian music, Tananai, which in Lümbard dialect means "cackle, great confusion," has accepted the challenge of singing not only in Salento dialect but in Grico, the minority language of the Hellenophone area of Salento, but there will be no shortage of verses from the Milanese singer-songwriter who has been winning over audiences for the past two years.

"A young talent who has taken up a special invitation of tradition and culture. I am happy to celebrate with him this ancestral and always modern rite," comments Fiorella Mannoia, the master concertmaster who has been in Salento for a few hours to meet the Popular Orchestra.
The Concertone will involve the Melpignano audience in an experience as always unique and unforgettable, with a show characterized by the hypnotic rhythm of the pizzica and the authentic melodies of tradition.
"We are certain that Tananai will give the square of Taranta great emotions in connection with the new generations that every year approach the world of popular music, of pizzica," explains Massimo Manera, president of the Foundation that in Puglia organizes the great collective gathering.

Following the success of Tananai's first arena tour last spring, which sold out on all dates with more than 40,000 tickets sold, through September Tananai and his band will take to the biggest stages of the summer playing and singing his biggest hits with the audience, such as "Tango" (triple platinum), "Baby Goddamn" (quadruple platinum), "Occasional Sex" (double platinum), and "Abyssal" (double platinum), taken from his first unreleased album "Rave, Eclipse," certified platinum, and the EP "Small Boos." During the live performance, Tananai shows all his souls, from the more pop side to the electronic side and on the Taranta stage also that of the interpreter sensitive to the protection of linguistic minorities.

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 organizational machine is already at work to welcome the large Taranta audience. Since August 1, the Popular Orchestra has been busy rehearsing in Galatina at the Cavallino Bianco Theater with percussionist Carlo Di Francesco and conductor Clemente Ferarri. Relentless rehearsals also for the Taranta dancers led by choreographer Francesca Romana Di Maio.

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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9 P.M. SAN VINCENZO SQUARE

PIZZICA IN SCENE by the TARANTA DANCE BODY

MARIA MAZZOTTA

SCAZZACATARANTE in Sciamu Alli Balli

On August 9, the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta" reaches Ugento. On the stage in Piazza San Vincenzo, the evening opens at 9 p.m. with Pizzica in Scena by the Corpo di Ballo Taranta and continues with concerts by Maria Mazzotta whose repertoire is the result of meticulous research and extreme respect for the various cultures that make it up, with particular regard for the vocal characteristics of each musical tradition. In 2023 she presents a new live project as a trio: with her on stage are guitarist Ernesto Nobili and percussionist Cristiano Della Monica.

Afterwards it will be the turn of Scazzacatarante in Sciamu Alli Balli.

Before the music, the opening of the evening sees dance as the protagonist with a "pizzica in scena" project that for several years now has been one of the most interesting and fascinating proposals for the festival's spectators: Pizzica in scena: a moment of performance in dance in which some evocative places in the city or village reached by the traveling web become a natural and evocative setting for the "pizzicato" choreographies.

Maria Mazzotta

Maria Mazzotta is one of the most appreciated voices on the European world music scene. Ranging naturally from the sounds of Southern Italy to Balkan cadences, the repertoire proposed by Mazzotta is the result of meticulous research and extreme respect for the various cultures that compose it, with particular regard for the vocal characteristics of each musical tradition. In 2023 she is presenting a new live project as a trio: with her on stage are guitarist Ernesto Nobili and percussionist Cristiano Della Monica, two eclectic personalities with whom she is recording a new record work that will see the light of day at the end of the year. The electric sounds of post-rock meet Maria's visceral interpretation, creating an original and profound union. The search for this sound is rooted in the past, stemming from teenage listening and a passion for a musical genre that for years the singer from Puglia thought could not become part of her record production. Since January 2020, the year that marked her solo debut with the release of the album "Amoreamaro," her project has touched 25 countries. The new show is the result of all this traveling, encounters and influences, emotions and reflections on modern society. For the first time in her 20-year career, Maria Mazzotta chooses to express the straightforward life force of the country tradition through contemporary, suburban-sounding instruments.

Scazzacatarante

Scazzacatarante is a musical project that began in 1998 in Galatina, when a group of friends united by a passion for pizzica pizzica decided to carry on the Salento folk tradition. 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).

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues August 10 Sant'Andrea - marina di Melendugno, August 11 Carpignano Salentino, August 12 Nardò, August 13 Galatone, August 14 LECCE, August 16 Zollino, August 17 Galatina, August 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," wrote Calvino in "Civilizations of Machines." A theme-world to interpret current reality that will be 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 to the end of his days on the Taranta's 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. DON TONINO BELLO SQUARE

Taranta Talk VITO MANCUSO: Preserving identity

10:00 P.M.

PINO INGROSSO in Canto Pasolini musical theater show

KALÀSCIMA with JOAO SILVA special guest

Music and more on Aug. 8 for the August 8 stop in Alessano, a historic stage of the traveling festival La Notte della Tranta, now in its 26th edition. Expected in addition to music, is the appointment, the first in the itinerant taranta talk program, with theologian Vito Mancuso. Identity is a primary need of every human being and cultivating it means being able to answer this decisive question: who am I? To whom do I belong? However, there are two ways of guarding identity, one of which is wrong and the other right. The right way is distinguished by its capacity for relationship and acceptance. The theme of identity that is the focus of this edition will be debated by the first guest of Taranta Talk, in Don Tonino Bello Square at 8:30 pm. Then it will be the turn of music with Pino Ingrosso in Canto Pasolini musical theater show and the Kalàscima, a formation well known now well beyond local borders, but "at home" in Alessano that for the occasion will perform with a special guest: Portuguese violinist Joao Silva.

These are the guests for the evening in the city of the prophet of peace, Don Tonino Bello and this is the program:

at 8:30 p.m. we start with Taranta Talk with Vito Mancuso in Custodizing Identity.

Identity is a primary need of every human being and cultivating it means being able to answer this decisive question: who am I? To whom do I belong? However, there are two ways of guarding identity, one of which is wrong and the other is right. The right way is distinguished by its capacity for relationship and acceptance. Vito Mancuso, a lay theologian and philosopher, earned the three degrees of theological training by obtaining his bachelor's degree in Milan, his licentiate in Naples and his doctorate in Rome with a thesis on Hegel. He has been a lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Theology at San Raffaele University in Milan and History of Theological Doctrines at the University of Padua. He is currently a lecturer at the Master of Meditation and Neuroscience at the University of Udine. He founded and directs the "Laboratory of Ethics" in Bologna. He is the author of numerous essays that have attracted considerable public attention on such topics as Hegel's philosophy, illness and pain, the nature of God, the soul, love, thought, freedom, beauty, the cardinal virtues, courage, fear, and the meaning of life. In a recent essay he presented in synopsis the figures of Socrates, Buddha, Confucius and Jesus. A monograph on him has been published in Germany (Essentials of Catholic Radicalism. An Introduction to the Lay Theology of Vito Mancuso, Frankfurt am Main 2011). His thought can be collectively defined as a "philosophy of relationship." A guest on several radio and television programs, he has collaborated with Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, Il Foglio. Since 2022 he has been a columnist for La Stampa.

From 10 p.m. kicking off with music:

Pino Ingrosso

Composer, musician and singer, known to the general public for having been the lead vocalist for Oscar winner Nicola Piovani for more than two decades, in this new musical theater work, he takes on, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth, the poetic work of a not "easy" Author: Pier Paolo Pasolini. The performance is based on the record of the same name, which contains an edited song written by Pasolini and Domenico Modugno and 11 poems by Pier Paolo Pasolini set to music by Pino Ingrosso. Ingrosso's compositions, lend gentleness and grace to even the starkest words redeeming any harshness of content: even the theme of death, which in Pasolini's verses is always lashing out, in Ingrosso's music becomes Serenade. An authentic declaration of love by the Lecce artist to this unparalleled and profound intellectual of the 20th century.

Kalàscima 2023

A group of musicians, who grew up together playing and singing the hypnotic melodies and rhythms of the magical ritual associated with tarantismo, reinvent the tradition with a mix achieved by mixing massive doses of electronics and lysergic beats with original melodies and the folk atmospheres of their origins. Salento dialect, Grico and English language create an imaginary bridge between Apulian music and the international scene. Kalàscima's live set is energetic and powerful and embraces typically traditional and rare instruments (bagpipes, ciaramella, launeddas, tambourine, accordion, irish bouzouki) to modern instruments (laptops, loop machines and synthesizers) for a completely original sound, which while remaining tied to tradition opens up with an international, contemporary and urban breath. It is the ancient meeting the modern with an original and explosive result. Kalascima are conquering audiences all over the world with their groove: in 2019 they opened Patty Smith's Italian concert in Taranto earning the attention and interest of the rock icon who praised their energy on stage, and their sound catapulted them onto the international world scene and led them to play in important festivals including the Jova Beach Party 2022.

JOAO SILVA

Portuguese violinist and composer. His musical projects have been presented throughout Europe at various festivals, clubs and concert halls. His deep interest in classical music, jazz and world musics leads him to a constant curiosity and search for new sounds, styles, instruments and cultures. This fusion is clearly present in his

music.

Ragnatela della Taranta continues Aug. 9 Ugento, Aug. 10 Sant'Andrea - marina di Melendugno, Aug. 11 Carpignano Salentino, Aug. 12 Nardò, Aug. 13 Galatone, Aug. 14 LECCE, 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 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 that will be 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, and 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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CURSI

9.00 p.m. PIAZZA PIO XII

DAMIANO MULINO & KARDIA AND POPULAR TZICHÌ

TARANTARNEO

DAKKAMÀ AND CARLO "CANAGLIA" in Vizio di Forma

The travelling festival 'La Notte della Taranta' arrives in Cursi on 7 August. On the stage in Piazza Pio XII, at 9 pm the evening opens with concerts by Damiano Mulino & Kardia and Tzichì Popolare, Tarantarneo and Dakkamà with Carlo "Canaglia" in Vizio di Forma

Seventh stage of the music web in which art, theatre, debate and dance come together. Started on 1 August, it will run until 27 August through no less than 25 towns and villages in Salento, with over 400 guests including musicians, dancers, actors, writers and philosophers. Stage after stage at the Concertone on 26 August in Melpignano (Le), the long night with concertmaster FIORELLA MANNOIA, but the festival will end on 27 August with La Notte delle Ronde in Galatina.

In Cursi, at 21:00, the following will perform:

DAMIANO MULINO Kardia and Tzichì Popolare

Damiano Mulino is a singer-songwriter from Lecce who has always been passionate about music. He began playing the tambourine at the age of seven, interpreting traditional Salento folk music, a path that over the years has led him to collaborations as an author and songwriter with various names on the Italian scene such as Benji & Fede, Fred De Palma and others. Success with several singles including "Ti porterò a ballare" in the Earone charts for over 20 weeks and the Top 100 most played Italian songs in the year 2019, totalling with his songs, millions of streams on the web. Kardia e Tzichì Popolare is his new live project, in collaboration with Fondazione La Notte Della Taranta, which brings back, in a different and innovative key inspired by the world of word music, songs and sounds typical of the Salento folk tradition, creating a hybrid project. The aim is to pass on in a more modern key, but respecting the fundamental values, a culture that unites us and in which we can find a sense of belonging.

Tarantarneo

The Tarantarneo, a group of local pizzica and popular music. The name is not just a reference to the Taranta, which is one of the main symbols of this music, but indicates a journey and a musical crossroads between the province of Taranto and the Terra dell'Arneo, stretching from San Pietro in Bevagna to Torre Inserraglio, including the hinterland with Veglie, Leverano, Copertino and Nardò, then going up through Avetrana and Manduria, until reaching the Mascia di Lizzano canal. From the Indiavolata of Nardò to the Taranta of Lizzano, from the Pizzica of Galatone to the Taranta of San Marzano; a journey where the tradition and popular music of the Tarantarneo intersect with the energy of the audience and time stands still in a single emotion. The decision to unite in this project was born in 2017 from the meeting of seven friends from the provinces of Lecce and Taranto with the aim of joining forces and researching, studying and passing on the musical tradition that unites our lands. The line-up is made up of Emanuele Liquori (Voice and Drum), Francesco Pastorelli (Voice and Drum), Giulia Piccinni (Voice), Cosimo Pastore (Voice and Strings), Daniele Giumentaro (Accordion), Giovanni Alemanno (Winds).

Dakkamà and Carlo Canaglia

Dakkamà and Carlo 'Canaglia' bring to the stage Vizio di Forma, a singer-songwriter music project made in Salento that stems from the fusion of traditional musical instruments (tambourine, mandola, accordion and guitar) and pop music instruments such as electric bass, drums and keyboard. The overwhelming rhythm of the pizzica constitutes the fulcrum on which the group experiments and offers a pressing contamination with numerous references to the melodic and singer-songwriter rock scene. With the voice of Giacomo Casciaro, the musical project develops into a contemporary sound, but richly imbued with the canons and musical patterns of popular culture from all over southern Italy. The lyrics of the songs are deliberately written in dialect and often reconcile with the great poetry that Salento has been able to engrave in popular memory over the years.

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues on 8 August Alessano, 9 August Ugento, 10 August Sant'Andrea - marina di Melendugno, 11 August Carpignano Salentino, 12 August Nardò, 13 August Galatone, 14 August Lecce, 16 August Zollino, 17 August Galatina, 18th August Castrignano de Greci, 19th August Cutrofiano, 20th August Aradeo for the first time included in the Festival, 21st August Martignano, 22nd August Soleto, 23rd August Sternatia, 24th August Martano, 26th August CONCERTONE DI MEPIGNANO, 27th August Galatina - Notte delle Ronde. FREE ENTRANCE

The theme of this 26th edition is IDENTITY, inspired by Italo Calvino, the writer whose 100th anniversary of his birth 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 world-theme for interpreting current reality that will be addressed in lectio magistralis by philosopher Umberto Galimberti guest 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 touring Taranta 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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8 P.M. SAN SEBASTIANO SQUARE

Pizzica workshop by the Taranta dance troupe

9 P.M.

I BRIGANTI DI TERRA D'OTRANTO

KALURYA

MIMMO EPIFANI - PIETRO CIRILLO AND THE TARANTULA DRUMS OF TRICARICO

Stop in Racale on August 6 for the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta." The evening at 8 p.m. opens with the Pizzica Workshop by the Taranta Dance Corps, and from 9 p.m. in Piazza San Sebastiano, the music kicks off with concerts by I Briganti Di Terra d'Otranto,

Kalurya and Mimmo Epifani - Pietro Cirillo and the Tarantula Drums of Tricarico.

Salento therefore meets Basilicata, a mixture of sounds and traditions that will mix on stage with the project of Mimmo Epifani, one of the most appreciated mandolin players as well as a profound scholar of that popular musical culture, and Pietro Cirillo, considered by critics as one of the best connoisseurs and researchers of Lucanian popular music, founder of the Officine Popolari Lucane musical movement.

At 8 p.m., therefore, it is dance and in particular the pizzica workshop curated by the Corpo di Ballo della Notte della Taranta that will open the curtain on stage No. 6 of the musical spider web. The pizzica workshop has also become a must-attend event for fans of Salento dance who gather in the squares of the Festival's host towns to participate in the great round .

From 9 p.m. music on stage with: 

I Briganti di Terra d'Otranto

The Briganti di Terra d'Otranto were born in 2001 and to the re-proposal of traditional folk songs they combine original compositions, with particular care given to the sounds entrusted to the instruments with which, from the beginning, such songs were interpreted. With tambourines in the rhythm section, multiple solo voices, guitar, violin and flute alternate and chase each other drawing a palette of colors that are an expression of a land rich in color and light, in which even the elements of nature seem to harmoniously vibrate with the music.

KalurYa

KalurYa is a project born in 2016 from the collaboration of a group of musician friends with the aim of bringing novelty and contamination to Apulian folk music. The group consists of 10 elements: 8 musicians, a singer and a dancer. The instruments present are not only the traditional ones of Salento folk music, but to these are added instruments and sounds from other ethnic groups and musical genres. The group ranges between unreleased repertoire and traditional songs revisited in a modern key. The members of the group are: Sandro Pelle' voice, piano and founder of the group; Lucetto Micolani electric guitar, bouzouki, mandola, mandolin; Marcello De Cruto ukulele, guitar; Mimmo Quarta drums, percussion; Giuseppe Pati keyboards, piano; Maurizio Mancarella bass; Stefano De Monte tambourine; Alessia Pelle' vocalist, dancer.

Mimmo Epifani - Pietro Cirillo and the Tarantula Drums of Tricarico 

Mimmo Epifani is considered by critics as one of the best mandolin players on the international scene, as well as a profound scholar of the popular musical culture that, starting from the traditions handed down orally in the barbershops of San Vito dei Normanni, province of Brindisi, to the Neapolitan song, tarantella and pizzica, represents one of the most intense phenomena of southern folklore. A technical innovator of the plectrum instruments typical of his homeland (mandolin, mandola and mandoloncello), with a long solo career behind him and numerous collaborations with the likes of Eugenio Bennato, Massimo Ranieri and Matteo Salvatore, Mimmo Epifani, as part of this summer tour, will bring̀ on stage the genuine passioǹ of the musical tradition of Southern Italy together with Pietro Cirillo, considered by critics as one of the best connoisseurs and researchers of Lucanian folk music, founder of the Officine Popolari Lucane musical movement.

Ragnatela della Taranta continues Aug. 7 Cursi, Aug. 8 Alessano, Aug. 9 Ugento, Aug. 10 Sant'Andrea - marina di Melendugno, Aug. 11 Carpignano Salentino, Aug. 12 Nardò, Aug. 13 Galatone, Aug. 14 LECCE, 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 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," wrote Calvino in "Civilizations of Machines." A theme-world to interpret current reality that will be 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 to the end of his days on the Taranta's 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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Sponsor: ACQUA ORSINI

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Cultural Partner: ACQUEDOTTO PUGLIESE

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8 P.M. RUGGIERI SQUARE

Pizzica workshop by the Taranta dance troupe

9 P.M.

THE ORCHESTRONA OF THE POPULAR MUSIC SCHOOL OF FORLIMPOPOLI in Europe Dances

THE CALANTS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS

The journey of the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta" after the stop in Sogliano Cavour, August 5 arrives in Nociglia. On stage in Piazza Ruggieri, from 9 p.m. The Orchestrona of the School of Popular Music of Forlimpopoli in l'Europa Balla. The Orchestrona of the School of Popular Music of Forlimpopoli is, at the same time, an ensemble music class and a group that has been involved in Popular Music for more than 35 years. Next up are I Calanti, who are celebrating an important birthday this year, their 25th year of activity. The lineup consists of five musicians and four dancers who renew a family musical tradition made up of pure passion for the culture and folk traditions of Salento.

The one in Nociglia is the fifth stage of the La Notte della Taranta festival, which began on Aug. 1 and will cross as many as 25 locations in Salento until Aug. 27. A musical web that with its suggestions and rhythms has also reached the natural reserve of Torre Guaceto and will also arrive at the long-awaited appointment with the iconic bay of Sant'Andrea, for the special projects on the Humanity of Water, interweaving and creating reflections and insights with dance, theater, literature, philosophy to arrive at the Concertone on August 26 in Melpignano (Le), directed by FIORELLA MANNOIA.

Before the concerts, pizzica workshops curated by the Notte della Taranta Dance Corps return at 8 p.m. Ruggieri Square. In Nociglia there will be dancers Lucia Scarabino, Mihaela Coluccia, Mattia Politi, Stefano Campagna and Andrea Caracuta who will show the typical steps and movements of the pizzica pizzica to the audience, which always shows great interest and intense participation.

At 9 p.m., space for music with:

THE ORCHESTRONA OF THE SCHOOL OF POPULAR MUSIC OF FORLIMPOPOLI

The Orchestrona of the School of Popular Music of Forlimpopoli is, at the same time, an ensemble music course and the group that has been involved in popular music for over 35 years. Davide Castiglia, has created an absolutely atypical formation, a mixture of a band and an orchestra, a faithful synthesis of the musical project that the Association is pursuing. The formation sees students and already experienced musicians side by side, through a journey of discovery of what are the "classics" and "standards" of the School of Popular Music, ranging among the folk melodies of Italy, France, Germany, Ireland, without neglecting some pieces of the ancient "liscio," telling the heterogeneous richness and enthralling beauty of traditional music. For the 2023 edition of the festival, L'Orchestrona proposes, in addition to the established repertoire, a special revisiting "in a folk key" of some iconic songs from the history of Italian and international rock.

Then it will be the turn of I Calanti

I Calanti, a Salento folk music group of five musicians and four dancers, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, during which time they have released six record works, and recently presented their new video clip "Caddhripulina." The members of the group are: Daniele Colitti (voice, tambourine, guitar), Mirco Colitti (voice, tambourine, castanets), Michele Costantini (voice, accordion), Federico De Pascali (voice, mandola, mandolin), Francesco Arnesano (voice, violin), Fabrizio Ricchello (dance), Anna Maria Manni (dance), Marco Franza (dance), Simona Tornisello (dance).

La Ragnatela della Taranta continues, Aug. 6 Racale, Aug. 7 Cursi, Aug. 8 Alessano, Aug. 9 Ugento, Aug. 10 Sant'Andrea - marina di Melendugno, Aug. 11 Carpignano Salentino, Aug. 12 Nardò, Aug. 13 Galatone, Aug. 14 LECCE, 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 Patrols.

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," wrote Calvino in "Civilizations of Machines." A theme-world to interpret current reality that will be 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 to the end of his days on the Taranta's 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.

Main Sponsor: DMJ - DE MARIANI Group

Sponsor: ACQUA ORSINI

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The "Taranta" turtle of the "Caretta Caretta" species, cared for in the sea turtle recovery center of the Torre Guaceto (BR) Reserve, was released last night in the sea of Penna Grossa at the opening of the acoustic concert of the Popular Orchestra La Notte della Taranta.

An exciting surprise for the audience, announced by the president of the Reserve Rocky Malatesta, who emphasized the extraordinariness of a magical evening, full of emotions linked to music with the suggestions of an extraordinary place, in full respect of the ecosystem and the protected species that inhabit it and are found in a more distant area. It was not easy, but we did it, said Malatesta, reiterating the originality of this appointment, included in the special project "The Humanity of Water," which in Apulia is a highway of humanity, a highway with the forma fluens that, crossing the pipelines of the Apulian aqueduct, influences the life of Apulia, the gestures and language of its inhabitants. Water with its incessant flow that becomes sound punctuated the rhythm of the acoustic concert, accompanying notes, voices and dance steps of the dancers of the Notte della Taranta Dance Corps. Next appointment with the project related to the theme of water on August 10 from the iconic Sant'Andrea Bay.

9 P.M. FALCONE BORSELLINO SQUARE

THE TAMBOURINE PLAYERS OF OTRANTO

THE TRAINIERS

CRIAMU

The traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta" continues and on August 4 makes a stop in Sogliano Cavour. On the stage in Piazza Falcone - Borsellino on stage from 9 p.m. are the concerts of I Tamburellisti di Otranto, I Trainieri and the Criamu.

The 2023 edition of the La Notte della Taranta Festival, which began Aug. 1, will run through Aug. 27, through as many as 25 villages and towns in Salento, the Torre Guaceto nature reserve and the iconic bay of Sant'Andrea, 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 touring 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.

At 9 p.m. the music kicks off and the square in Sogliano lights up with the three concerts:

THE TAMBURELLISTS OF OTRANTO

Roots and traditions to be protected and passed on to future generations to remember their essence. Thus was born the idea of Massimo Panarese, a musician from Salento, to put together forty children with a passion for music and a sanguine talent for the tambourine instrument: what comes out of it is a mix of purest energy, which is linked back to traditions. This sums up the talents of the young group of "Tamburellisti di Otranto," spawned by the artistic - cultural association "Music...ando," desired by maestro Panarese and founded in April 2009, with the intention of bringing children and enthusiasts in general closer to popular music. The Tamburellisti represent a unique piece throughout the country, having established themselves as a real "case," so much so that they have attracted attention and consideration from many quarters: the group's debut took place a little over six years ago, when a small nucleus of 13 baby tamburellisti presented themselves to the public in Otranto, for their first performance. That narrow base, over the months, has grown into an ensemble, consisting of as many as 55 young percussionists. Many were their appearances on TV, especially in various Rai programs, and performances in Italy and abroad.

I TRAINIERI

The group, founded in 2015 in Minervino di Lecce, interprets and spreads the magic and charm of Salento's musical culture, researched, studied in detail and handed down by the group's veterans who lived through those times. The music they will perform is represented by pizziche, stornelli and ballabili, musical genres that represent songs of love, hope, suffering, work in the fields and useful therapy for the cure from the taranta bite. The Trainieri are: Paolo de Pietro and Giorgio Ruggeri (tambourine and tammorra); Bruno Rizzello and ohiara Greco (Vocals); Lorenzo Pio (Accordion); Francesco Erriquez (classical guitar); Alberto Pezzuto (violin); Matteo Cacciatore (mandolin).

CRIAMU

For more than two decades, Criamu has been conveying a message of recovery and respect for folk traditions while remaining wide open to the even technological reality that surrounds us. Their melodic line is traced by the sound of the strings of the mandolin the mandola and bouzucki and an accordion that interlock with an ensemble of Mediterranean Salento sound. Criamu "Pittata live 2023" (Union of three southern Italian rhythms pizzica pizzica tarantella tammurriata) Criamu's music keeps intact, powerful, pulsating and catalyzing the typical intensities of archaic Salento folk music. Often with valuable contemporary style arrangements well appreciated by a modern 'ear'; at other times with competent respect for ancient rhythms and melodies. Always they circulate well-being and harmony. When one of their concerts begins, even before the first note, there is a change of vibrations in the air...; already those who are present perceive, at various levels, each according to his sensitivity in letting go, that something is changing. Then it happens that we all enter together, those who play, those who sing, those who dance, into an 'other' dimension, co-present with the real one -in which the whole place is immersed- but much, much more powerful. Depending on the pieces played, the bodies and minds of those who dance find themselves vibrating with different emotions, all therapeutic; because, yes, 'healing' processes happen. Sadness dissolves into determination; weariness becomes lightness; discontent becomes passion; boredom turns into pure joy of life! And everyone smiles fulfilled; and grateful. Those who dance to Criamu's music miss them greatly between concerts; 'that CDs somewhat make up for it, but they are not the same as being with them, close, live.

The Ragnatela della Taranta continues, Aug. 5 Nociglia, Aug. 6 Racale, Aug. 7 Cursi, Aug. 8 Alessano, Aug. 9 Ugento, Aug. 10 Sant'Andrea - marina di Melendugno, Aug. 11 Carpignano Salentino, Aug. 12 Nardò, Aug. 13 Galatone, Aug. 14 Lecce, 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 Patrols.

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 that will be 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.

Main Sponsor: DMJ - DE MARIANI Group

Sponsor: ACQUA ORSINI

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Cultural Partner: ACQUEDOTTO PUGLIESE

Social Partner: FRATRES, L'INTEGRAZIONE, L'ADELFIA, OLIVAMI

Technical Partner: BUSFORFUN, APOS

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 3

TORRE GUACETO nature reserve (Br)

At Lido Penna Grossa

9 P.M.

SPECIAL CONCERT ON THE SEA UNPLUGGED

POPULAR ORCHESTRA LA NOTTE DELLA TARANTA

in THE HUMANITY OF WATER.

The journey of the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta" on August 3 stops in TORRE GUACETO nature reserve (Br). On stage from 9 p.m. special acoustic concert on the sea at the Lido Penna Grossa, of the popular orchestra La Notte Della Taranta in the humanity of water, a show that sold out in a few hours.

Access to Lido Penna Grossa, (northern end of the Torre Guaceto nature reserve that falls under the protected area as category C, i.e., partial reserve area), is allowed from 8 p.m. Those who have made reservations can go to the PORTA RISERVA parking lot where they will show their coupon and be accompanied by the Park train to the equipped lido where the concert will take place.

La Notte della Taranta, a cultural project to enhance the music and dance of Salento, aims in 2023 to highlight the value of water, of the humanity of water in collaboration with ACQUEDOTTO PUGLIESE. The water that defines the beauty of places, the water that weaves the thoughts of the community, the water that sculpts time. Water to be cherished and protected. Water in Apulia is the highway of humanity. It runs through cities, villages, the coast and the mountains, lakes and rivers, forests and the table land, olive groves and reeds, the sea! Water influences the life of Puglia, the gestures and language of its inhabitants. Water is the most important link that has flowed through the past and flows into the future. A fluens-shaped highway in front of which we are struck by unexpected emotions that we call "astonishment." Astonishment is the sea, movement and depth, breath, sounds and colors toward which we seek caresses, understanding, embraces. "Lu ruciu de lu mare" we sing even when the sea is far away bringing in its wave motion. Amazement is the public water that flows in every place, "l'acqua de la funtana" we sing to remember the beauty of the villages and the past when it flowed from the village fountain and formed communities at the footprint. Awe is the invisible water that propels us into the future, when it immense crosses all of underground Apulia and plunges into the Mediterranean Sea. The humanity of water is expressed in the Canticle of the Creatures by St. Francis: "humile et pretiosa et casta." In this humble and precious water of Puglia we are mirrored, matter and symbol of our region. A place of poetry and contemplation, water has its own musical rhythm, preceded by mysterious silence. From springs to wells, from fountains to that faucet that connects us with the larger community of our borough through the pipelines of Acquedotto Pugliese, the amazing water distribution network from Gargano to Santa Maria di Leuca.

Special concert on the sea by the POPULAR ORCHESTRA LA NOTTE DELLA TARANTA, immersed in the nature reserve of Torre Guaceto

And here at 9 p.m., immersed in nature, the sounds and songs of the Notte della Taranta land in the equipped lido of the Torre Guaceto reserve with the special unplugged concert on the sea by the POPULAR ORCHESTRA LA NOTTE DELLA TARANTA with Enza Pagliara, Consuelo Alfieri and Antonio Amato, and the musicians Attilio Turrisi - beating guitar, Alessandro Monteduro - percussion, Gianluca Longo - mandola, Roberto Gemma - accordion, Antonio Marra - drums, Roberto Chiga, Alessandro Chiga, Carlo Canaglia De Pascali, Gioele Nuzzo - tambourine, Mario Esposito - bass, Giuseppe Astore - violin, Nico Berardi - woodwinds. Dancing on the sea will be Serena Pellegrino, Lucia Scarabino, Mihaela Coluccia, Fabrizio Nigro, Stefano Campagna and Mattia Politi.

Access to the Reserve is allowed from 8 p.m. Those who have made reservations can go to the PORTA RISERVA parking lot where they will show their coupon and be accompanied by the Reserve's little train to the equipped lido where the concert will take place.

The 2023 edition of La Notte della Taranta Festival, which began on August 1, will run through August 27, as many as 25 villages and towns in Salento and the iconic bay of Sant'Andrea, 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 touring 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. 4, Sogliano Cavour, Aug. 5, Nociglia, Aug. 6, Racale, Aug. 7, Cursi, Aug. 8, Alessano, Aug. 9, Ugento, Aug. 10, Sant'Andrea - marina di Melendugno, Aug. 11, Carpignano Salentino, Aug. 12, Nardò, Aug. 13, Galatone, Aug. 14, Lecce, 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 - Le Ronde della Taranta. FREE ADMISSION.

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 that will be 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, and 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.

Main Sponsor: DMJ - DE MARIANI Group

Sponsor: ACQUA ORSINI

Official Carrier: SOUTH EAST Railways

Cultural Partner: ACQUEDOTTO PUGLIESE

Social Partner: FRATRES, L'INTEGRAZIONE, L'ADELFIA, OLIVAMI

Technical Partner: BUSFORFUN, APOS

Festival Notte della Taranta

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