19:00
Pizzica Workshop
21:00
ENZO PETRACHI & FOLK BAND22
To follow
ANTONIO AMATO ENSEMBLE
hosts FIORENZA CALOGERO and MARCELLO VITALE
On Aug. 14, the traveling festival "La Notte della Taranta," makes a stop in Lecce. Now in its 25th edition dedicated to the theme "The Tradition of the New," Italy's largest traveling festival crosses 21 towns in Salento from Aug. 4 to 25, with 43 pizzica concerts, more than 400 artists and will lead to the long night of the Concertone on Aug. 27 in Melpignano (Le), with the maestro concertmaster DARDUST, in the midst of rehearsal activity these days at the Cinema of Calimera together with the Orchestra of the Notte della Taranta.
The sound journey between memory and vision of Concertone 2022 will be broadcast on RAI 1, Thursday, Sept. 1 at 11:15 p.m.
Curated by the Corpo di Ballo della Notte della Taranta at 7 p.m., the pizzica workshops return, unmissable appointments for fans of the Salento dance who gather in the squares of the Festival's host towns to participate in the great dancing patrol. Large inclusive and open circles are formed led by the Taranta dancers who accompany the audience to discover the rhythm of the tambourine and the different expressions of the pizzica: courtship pizzica, pizzica tarantata and pizzica fencing.
Lighting up the evening in Libertini Square in Lecce at 9 p.m. is Enzo Petrachi & Folk Band22. His career was born following in the footsteps of his father, Bruno, giving as he did, different and new flavors of the Salento tradition. Always close to the heart of the people who have long believed in him for his desire to turn the history of our country into musical notes with his unique style: a tale in music of the life and traditions of his land. To date he has produced 28 record works, Enzo is the author of many of his songs, as in the album "folk salentino." Many hit songs also used in soundtracks of famous movies including "fine pena mai," are sung all over the world. With his FOLK Band22 he is back on tour with Technical Rider. Enzo Petrachi will take the stage at the La Notte della Taranta Festival with: Mariachiara Ferrari, backing vocals; Gabriele Mazzotta, drums; Giuseppe Schirinzi, bass; Michele Russo, guitar; Salvatore Costantini, physa and keyboards; and Beniamino Capoccia, percussion.
A performance by Antonio Amato Ensemble will follow. The group was founded in 2000, and the original plan was for popular music to be juxtaposed with classical music in order to create a refined yet authentic blend. Over the years the project has been enriched with other points of view, expanding beyond the usual boundaries by thinking without "labels." Music as "communication," as a flow of sound thoughts, as trepidation with the introduction of odd rhythms, exotic echoes, contaminations, refined sound, unusual arrangements. Antonio Amato is an eclectic artist, frontman of the group that for the Festival Notte della Taranta 2022 welcomes two guests to the stage performing together with Fiorenza Calogero accompanied by one of the greatest exponents of the chitarra battente, Marcello Vitale. The versatility of her voice, sanguine approach to writing and stage expressiveness make Fiorenza Calogero one of the most profound interpreters of traditional Italian song. A vertical depth that pierces the native land - Naples and Campania - and sprouts in the opposite hemispheres, in the forests, among the spirits and peoples who inhabit them. The group consists of: Antonio Amato, vocals, guitar and tambourine; Antonio Marra, drums; Valerio Rizzello, keyboards and oboe; Nico Berardi, bagpipes, charango, woodwinds and guitar; Gianluigi Amato, vocals and tambourine; Roberto Gemma, synth and accordion; Giacomo Casciaro, mandola and mandoloncello; Mario Esposito, bass; Antonella Maggio, tambourine.
And at the Lecce stage of La Notte della Taranta there will also be the Libringiro. initiative, the traveling project for the enhancement of Apulian bibliodiversity carried out by APE-Associazione Pugliese Editori with the support of the Apulian Region, Institute of Mediterranean Cultures, Polo Biblio - Museale di Lecce, Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, Province of Lecce. It is fulfilled thanks to the ApeBiblioCamper, the vehicle branded with the project logo and equipped to become a mobile bookstore: it stops at places where major events are held, regional but also supra-regional, on the occasion of which the bookstore can also be set up with a selection of thematic volumes inherent to the content of the event (e.g., music, cinema, folklore, etc.) as well as of general interest, further enhancing the event itself to which it is flanked. It is thus also meant to be a literary offering for tourists and visitors.
LibrInGiro's ApeBiblioCamper continues to move these days in Salento, participating in some stages of the La Notte della Taranta Festival. Next events will be Aug. 14 in LECCE (Piazza Libertini), Thursday, Aug. 18 in GALATINA (Piazza Dante Alighieri) and Sunday, Aug. 21 in CALIMERA (market area).
For the audience of La Taranta, it can be an opportunity to learn more about the themes of Italy's largest festival and one of the most significant events on popular culture in Europe, through the selection of thematic volumes made available by APE's twenty-eight publishing houses. These are books on the history and popular and musical tradition of Apulia but, more generally, publishing productions unquestionably linked to the territory that precisely with LibrInGiro APE members want to showcase. With LibrInGiro Ape wants to show a new dynamism, aimed at the valorization of the intangible cultural heritage constituted, precisely, by Apulian publishing, understood both in terms of editorial "workers" and talented authors, already known or misunderstood, highlighting the exquisitely regional historical, anthropological and artistic specificities of the sector.
The ApeBiblioCamper will be stationed near the concert area.
The mobile bookstore will allow consultation, lending and purchase of volumes.
Next stops:
AUGUST 16 UGENTO - PIAZZA SAN VINCENZO
21:00 Pietrevive of Salento
To follow Seven Mouths
Mascarimirì
AUGUST 17 ZOLLINO - VILLA COMUNALE
21:00 A SUD DI BELLA CIAO with Riccardo Tesi, Elena Ledda, Lucilla Galeazzi, Gabriella Aiello, Alessio Lega, Nando Citarella, Maurizio Geri, Marzio Del Testa, Claudio Carboni
To follow Criamu
AUG. 18 GALATINA - PIAZZA DANTE ALIGHERI
21:00 Pino Ingrosso
To follow Orchestra Popolare La Notte Della Taranta
AUGUST 18 GALATINA PIAZZA DANTE ALIGHERI
21:00 Pino Ingrosso
To follow Orchestra Popolare La Notte Della Taranta
AUGUST 19 CASTRIGNANO DE' GRECI - PALAZZO DE GUALTIERIS
21:00 I Calanti
To follow Alla Bua
AUGUST 20 CUTROFIANO - PIAZZA MUNICIPIO
21:00 Parafonè
To follow Li Strittuli - Compagnia di Musica Popolare Salentina
AUGUST 21 CALIMERA - AREA MERCATALE
21:00 I Trillanti
To follow Kalascima
AUGUST 22 MARTIGNANO - PIAZZA DELLA REPUBBLICA
21:00 Briganti Di Terra D'otranto
To follow Orchestra Popolare La Notte Della Taranta
AUGUST 23 SOLETO - PIAZZA OSANNA
21:00 Corpo Di Ballo La Notte Della Taranta - Pizzica In Scena
21:30 Rocco Nigro "Come fece come non fece" with Antonio Castrignanò, Giorgio Distante, Redi Hasa, Egidio Marullo, Fabrizio Saccomanno, Giuseppe Spedicato
To follow Enza Pagliara - Fasinfasò with Antongiulio Galeandro, Dario Muci, Gianluca Longo, Claudia De Ventura, Sofia Giordani Pagliara, Viola Centi.
AUGUST 24 STERNATIA - PIAZZA UMBERTO I
19:00 Laboratorio Di Pizzica
21:00 Unzapzap Bif Band
To follow Cgs - Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino.
AUGUST 25 MARTANO - LARGO PRIMO MAGGIO
21:00 Taranters
To follow Nui...Nisciunu
Armonia Greca
Stella Grande
Concertone: August 27 in Melpignano: FREE ENTRANCE
The Itinerant Festival is a project of the Notte della Taranta Foundation supported by the Puglia Region, Pugliapromozione, Grecìa salentina and the Diego Carpitella Institute.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1etZhAHKKoQpHfZdzZe9nf4rz6ixtaC6X?usp=sharing here you will find more photos from previous Itinerant Festivals
Main Sponsor: DMJ Mercedes of Maurizio De Mariani
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