special guests Niccolò Fabi, Giovanni Sollima and others
Talking about raves and classical music sounds like a contradiction in terms, but when it comes to the eclectic conductor and multi-instrumentalist Enrico Melozzi, anything is possible. At the head of a mega-group made up of his own Orchestra Notturna Clandestina (a symphonic group featuring exceptional international soloists from a variety of musical backgrounds), some classical ensembles selected through a public call, and special guest Niccolò Fabi, whom he recently accompanied in a concert at the Arena di Verona, Melozzi, known to Ravenna Festival audiences as the leader of the 100 Cellos, will be hosting a long “classical rave”, an all-night marathon from dusk to dawn, with the aim of popularising Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, who are perhaps not too far removed from the tastes of the young.
As the title suggests, the concept of “circularity” is the inspiration for a new production by Classica Orchestra Afrobeat, the histrionic chamber ensemble conducted by Marco Zanotti, joined for this debut by the Mutoid Waste Company, a collective born in England in the 1980s but long since settled in Mutonia, near Santarcangelo di Romagna. Thus, with a group that combines the Baroque with the contemporary, and proposing scenarios with a strong visual and sonic impact, they will attempt a representation of our near future, when humanity will finally look upwards to a more dignified and sustainable life. To provoke an in-depth reflection on coexistence in an environment where time and life are not straight lines, but endless, spiralling Circles.
Milano Marittima, Arena dello Stadio dei Pini |
from 18 June to 30 June 2023
Il Trebbo in musica 2.3
Qualche estate fa Life, poetry and music of Franco Califano
with Claudia Gerini and Solis String Quartet
script and text Stefano Valanzuolo songs by Franco Califano rearranged by Antonio Di Francia direction Massimiliano Vado
production IMARTS – International Music and Arts
with the contribution of Cooperativa Bagnini Cervia
The artistic story of Franco Califano has always been deliberately intertwined with his human story, so much so that his personality has often overshadowed the author of so many hits. Qualche estate fa is now attempting to rebalance these two dimensions, using some of his hits as the starting point for the narrative of the author’s life. In order to avoid the temptation of reproducing the stereotype of the womaniser, and to prevent a risky comparison with the original, the narrative is presented from the female point of view. Thus, nine scenes are narrated by different women, mostly fictional characters, who tell stories related to the reality of Califano, the man and the artist.
Each scene culminates in a song, making music the caption of the story.
Milano Marittima, Palazzo dei Congressi |
14 June 2023 | at 9:30 PM
Il Trebbo in musica 2.3
Tribute to Italo Calvino on the centenary of his birth (1923-1985) Le città invisibili with Sergio Rubini
Michele Fazio piano
concept and artistic coordination Elena Marazzita adaptation Cosimo Damiano Damato
AidaStudioProduzioni
with the contribution of Cooperativa Bagnini Cervia
We will never know exactly what the relationship is between Kublai Khan’s maps and the cities bearing women’s names described by Marco Polo: the narrative unfolds precisely in the impossible reconciliation of the secret reasons of the narrator’s voice and the inscrutable ones of the listener. And what we learn about these cities always brings us back to the labyrinthine essence of each place and the ambiguity of each story. Thus, among the “invisible cities” there are some where it is not clear whether an object is a thing or a sign, some where the enthusiasm for novelty is threatened by dangerous piles of rubbish from a past life, some that were left unfinished and some that are already in ruins. Sergio Rubini takes on the task of unravelling this dialogue, carving a path through Calvino’s cities, supported by the jazzy echoes of Michele Fazio’s piano.
Ars Ludi:Antonio Caggiano, Rodolfo Rossi, Gianluca Ruggeri, Alessio Cavalierepercussioni
Steve Reich: Drumming (Part 1)
Francesco Filidei: I funerali dell’anarchico Serantini (versione per 3 esecutori)
Famodou Don Moyedrums e percussioni, Simon Siegerpianoforte e trombone e Christophe Leloil tromba con la partecipazione di Silvia Bolognesicontrabbasso
Alvin Curran live electronics
Carte da musica (estratti): Luigi Espositopianoforte e Monica Benvenuti voce musica di Luigi Esposito, testi di Roberto Masotti
Prima esecuzione assoluta
TAI No-Orchestra Massimo Falascone sax, Roberto Del Pianobasso elettrico e Filippo Monicodrums
con la partecipazione di Silvia Bolognesicontrabbasso,Martin Mayescorno e Gianluca Lo Prestilive visual immagini diRoberto Masotti
Per bussola, nell’esplorare le terre incognite della musica – là dove la musica accadeva o stava per accadere – aveva scelto la macchina fotografica; strumento fra gli strumenti, per mescolarsi ai nomadi del suono lungo un itinerario che era un continuo attraversamento di frontiere. E allora Terre incognite. Concerto per Roberto è un invito al viaggio: il Teatro Alighieri di Ravenna accoglie tanti di quei musicisti che Roberto Masotti, scomparso lo scorso maggio, ha incontrato, conosciuto, ascoltato, fotografato.
Oltre 30 artisti si alterneranno in scena nella città natale di Roberto, straordinario “fotografo della musica” e testimone di una meravigliosa stagione di creatività: sei ore di concerto, dal jazz d’avanguardia, soprattutto europeo ma anche d’oltreoceano, al sound ECM, etichetta discografica alla quale è stato legato da una collaborazione ultradecennale, alle tante altre musiche di oggi, incluse il minimalismo e la sperimentazione elettronica, passando per le contaminazioni fra suoni e l’evocazione dei paesaggi naturali al centro di tante sue fotografie. Né mancheranno testimonianze della sua attività nella videoarte e nella scrittura, anche poetica, quest’ultima poco nota al pubblico.
Milano Marittima, Arena dello Stadio dei Pini |
03 July 2022 | at 9:30 PM
Tribute to Pier Paolo Pasolini
Pierfrancesco Pisani presents Il sogno di una cosa
freely adapted from Pier Paolo Pasolini’s masterpiece by and with Elio Germano e Teho Teardo
with the contribution of Cooperativa Bagnini Cervia
In Friuli, the lives of three young men are cut short by the hardships of the world: the misery of the peasant milieu, the experience of migration, the political struggles, and then the integration into the middle-class of the booming economy. They yearn for happiness and a comfortable life abroad, develop a political consciousness, dream of revolution, then yield to the compromises of adulthood, likely to meet a work-related death.
In his first narrative experiment, Pasolini speaks in the voices of those who fled poverty-stricken post-war Italy to illegally enter Yugoslavia, attracted by the Communist utopia and by the promise of work and food for everyone. A counter-exodus on the Balkan route, across the same border that today’s refugees try to reach to enter Italy: we seem to have forgotten it, but just a short way back, we were the ones who resorted to passeurs.
Milano Marittima, Arena dello Stadio dei Pini |
Available to 31th December
Il Trebbo in musica 2.2
Il duce delinquente
by and with Aldo Cazzullo andMoni Ovadia cello, piano, and vocals Giovanna Famulari
organiser Corvino Produzioni
with the contribution of Cooperativa Bagnini Cervia
Alongside his fervent activity as a journalist, Aldo Cazzullo has grown increasingly fond of the theatre, where he narrates the essential facts and figures of Italian history bringing together his own curiosity and the talent of actors and musicians. In order to shed light on Benito Mussolini and Fascism, whose granite propaganda got consolidated through the Duce’s private and public crimes and betrayals, Cazzullo needs the “stinging” Moni Ovadia to lend his voice to both Mussolini and his victims. The eclectic Giovanna Famulari provides a soundtrack to this tale for two voices, with music and songs from the period. We will follow the events that led to WWII, and their profound impact on the history of our country.
Martin Hayes Trio | Tola Custy, Tom Stearn & Birkin Tree
Russi, Palazzo San Giacomo |
Available to 25 July 2022
The Irish Night
Martin Hayes Trio Martin Hayes violin Conal O’ Kane guitar Brian Donnellan bouzouki and concertina
Tola Custy, Tom Stearn & Birkin Tree Tola Custy violin Tom Stearn vocals, guitar, banjo
Laura Torterolo vocals, guitar Fabio Rinaudo uilleann pipes, whistles Michel Balatti Irish flute Luca Rapazzini violin Claudio De Angeli guitar, bouzouki
A great fiddler, Martin Hayes has also been the critical conscience of Irish-folk revival for the last forty years. A quiet man born into a musical family, Hayes has managed to infuse his irreversibly urbanised America with the musical tradition of County Clare, Ireland. Well aware of what it meant to handle music that had sprung from the popular womb of a far-away world, Hayes has absorbed from rock music just enough of the contemporary moods that were needed to dissect the ductility of Celtic folk into a compositional style that ranges from Steve Reich’s minimalism to jazzy “Third Stream”. In the end, he preferred depth to virtuosity. With him on stage are Birkin Tree, the most important Irish folk band in Italy, celebrating their fortieth anniversary this year.
La notte del rap Claver Gold #symphonic
Russi, Palazzo San Giacomo |
Available to 26 July 2022
The Night of Rap Claver Gold #symphonic
Orchestra Arcangelo Corelli conduction and arrangements Carmelo Emanuele Patti
original production Ravenna Festival-Woodworm
Claver Gold’s hip hop is a sophisticated mix of rhymes, a clever balance of passion, improvisation (in the best tradition of freestyle) and compositional rigour: live narration, urban poetics that moves from intimate, private emotions to encompass the feelings of a whole generation. After making a name for himself on the Italian rap scene with “street” rap and many indie albums, he joined forces with his friend and colleague Murubutu to tackle Dante in a joint album, Infernum.This work won the interest of the general public, captured by Claver Gold’s poetic juxtapositions where everyday life, the primary source of inspiration for hip hoppers, is combined with the darkest and tensest Nordic tales, now tinged by the full colours and unpredictable orchestral mix of classic strings, brass and woodwinds.
Convivio. Dante and the Folk Singers
with Ambrogio Sparagna and Peppe Servillo
Milano Marittima, Arena dello Stadio dei Pini |
25 July 2021 | at 9:30 PM
Ravenna Festival in Cervia – Milano Marittima
Il Trebbo in musica 2.1 Convivio. Dante and the Folk Singers with Ambrogio Sparagna and Peppe Servillo
Ambrogio Sparagna portative organ and vocals
Peppe Servillo vocals
Erasmo Treglia hurdy-gurdy, trumpet violin and shawm
Clara Graziano portative organ
Raffaello Simeoni vocals, guitar, and folk winds
Marco Iamele zampogna and shawm
Alessia Salvucci tambourines
Anna Rita Colaianni vocals
Mario Incudine vocals and guitar and with the children choir Libere Note led by Catia Gori with the participation of Marco Pierfederici keyboard
with the contribution of
It is known that Dante’s greatness extends well beyond the bounds of the “educated” élite to reach into the “popular” world. It is also well known that, over the centuries, his verses have influenced and entered the oral tradition of poetic production, inspiring, for example, the meters and themes of the precious practice of improvised poetry in ottava rima, which still survives in central Italy. And thus, a seven-century-long thread connects the songs and music of this Dante-inspired Convivio: Ambrogio Sparagna, along with some valiant travelling companions and an expert, multifaceted ensemble, will orchestrate the narrative, from the episode of Paolo and Francesca to the stories of Ulysses and Count Ugolino, punctuated by music “in the old way”.
