"CAMINANTES" AN ORIGINAL WORK BETWEEN JAZZ AND ETHNIC MUSIC FROM SARDINIA

Artistic direction by Antonio Ciacca and Todd Barkan

 Production by Twinsmusic Enterprises Co. G.Magri'

Many wonderful artists from both Italy and USA will participate in this event as performers and representatives of Italian jazz summer events. This event is co-produced by two institutions: the Italian Cultural Institute and Jazz at Lincoln Center. There will be 9 concerts in 2 different locations: Italian Cultural Institute and Dizzy's Coca Cola.

BATTISTA GIORDANO, piano, guitar and composer; PAOLA PUGGIONI, voice; NICOLA TANDA, narrator; FRANCESCO PIRISI, voice “boche”; GIOVANNI PIRISI, voice “contra”; CARMELO PIRISI, voice “mesuboche”; RAIMONDI PIDIA, voice “bassu”; CARLOS GARFIAS, violin; Poems by Antonio Mura Ena

“Caminantes” is based upon an original score by Battista Giordano, a confluence of diverse musical forms such as jazz, classical, ethnic, and contemporary music.

Modern Sardinia is characterized by a rich blend of Afro-American music and their own folk tradition, and has given rise to a great deal of musical experimentation.  “Caminantes” tries to formalize this musical discussion, and hopes to push contemporary musicians to seek not only new sounds but also complex communicative texts—a new expressive format that is directly related to the history and culture of the whole island. After his recent experience with Cuban pianist Omar Sosa, Giordano uses a jazz style that is the “Esperanto” of musical cultures. The chosen text stems from the desire to pay homage to a great poet and writer, Antonio Mura Ena. The project chooses to tell the story of contemporary Sardinia by using Antonio Mura Ena's poetry, as well as the work of other modern poets, to build a new work that encourages Sardinia to open itself to a renewal of its culture. Mura Ena's poetry is influenced by a range of authors, including T.S. Eliot, Emily Dickinson, authors of fourteenth century Spain, Federico García Lorca, and Antonio Machado.  His collection of poems is deeply rooted, but also has an aesthetic, universally romantic feeling, and they have been compared to the “Spoon River Anthology” by Edgar Lee Masters.

In the performance, the voices of the Tenores of Oniferi use the contemporary language and music of the “Caminantes” to represent the “ancestral sound”—the background score sustaining the music's development and story. “Caminantes” endeavors to move away from the traditional, limiting definition of its genre towards one that blends many music styles and languages together.

Battista Giordano His 1987 composition, Presage, won first place at the International Jazz Festival Sant'Anna Arresi. He has an intensely busy concert schedule, and has collaborated with American drummer Billy Cobham and soprano Antoinette Chironi, among others. In the nineties, he worked with fellow composer Antonio Doro.  Together they performed The flags, the eyes of hearts at Cala Gonone Jazz Festival (1990).  A. There we could was first performed in 1997 at the Teatro ala Scala in Milan as part of a Festival of contemporary European composers. Giordano has written several other compositions for original theatre productions, such as On Connottu, directed by G. Mazzoni, Audience, directed by M. Gagliardo, and Nivola. He wrote and arranged the album Sardus Pater for Clara Farina. He wrote and arranged the recital The Ballad of Mary Fair for singer-actress Clara Murtas, which was part of the Festival of Cagliari, Roma, Nuoro, Time Berchidda in Jazz, and in Sicily, Palma de Mallorca.  He also partnered with soprano Paola Puggioni to produce Microcosmi. In 2001, he wrote the interludes for a recital titled Imprentas, featuring Lia Careddu, Clara Farina, Paola Puggioni, Soledonna Trio, and Sinnos Tenores Oniferi. In 2002, he wrote and interpreted the works of poet Alessandra Berardi for the recital The king made it big - rime and ballads, first presented at the festival Migrants Words at Bolzano, Parma Aperte rooms. In 2003, Dream Of Two verses had its world premiere at the Time in Jazz Berchidda festival. In 2004, he wrote the music for Who invented the inventor, featuring Serena Caporale, production of the Ente Musicale di Nuoro, and texts by Alessandra Berardi. In 2005, he wrote the music for the play Strong Sizes, again working with Serena Caporale and Berardi's texts.  He also wrote an intermezzo for soprano, volin, and actors as part of the melodrama Adelasia, in which Silvio Carobbio, Sandra Piras, Paola Puggioni, Carlos Garfias, and Lia Careddu performed. In 2007 he and Omar Sosa wrote an international production of the Intermezzo Isolamos, featuring Jordan Sosa, Saint-Hill, Tomas, and Barretto. In 2009, he wrote the music for the ballet Terra, which was coreographed by Mick Veni, Max Volpini, and Gianluca Schiavoni and performed by the dancers of Teatro alla Scala.

Reception with

Bindi Desserts, Asti spumante and L. Marchesi wine

Admission:10$ - member 5$