PROGRAMME >> EVENT #23  

saturday aug. 30.time 21.30.piazza d’armi Fortezza Firmafede - 7,00
Giovanni  Sollima with Cesare  Picco - SUDDEN MIND. A musical journey

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From Bach to Hendrix, through improvisations that unveil unexpected and ever-changing musical horizons, Sollima and Picco take us on a journey for piano and cello inside the Unconventional, without barriers of style or concept. This way of living the music, both physically and spiritually, of yielding to inspiration and of knowing how to find a shape and a direction in improvisation, creates a unique atmosphere, unique just like the mental act of creation. A special summit between two artists who know no cultural, geographical or mental frontiers.

Giovanni  Sollima
born in 1962, cellist and composer, studied in Palermo, Salzburg and Stuttgart. His music is played all over the world by important classic interpreters, such as Yo-Yo Ma, Riccardo Muti with the Scala Philarmonic Orchestra, Daniele Gatti, Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky, Viktoria Mullova, Ruggero Raimondi, Mario Brunello, Bruno Canino, Yuri Bashmet, Katia Labèque. His Violoncelles, vibrez! is the most played classical piece of a living Italian composer in the world. His new album We were trees, featuring also Violoncelles, vibrez!, has just come out on Sony Records.

Cesare  Picco
1969, pianist, improviser and composer, has written music for ballets, operas and theatre. A wide-ranging musician, he has worked with Antonio Ballista, Luciana Savignano, Luciano Ligabue, Giorgia, Taketo Gohara, Andrea Bocelli. Lately he’s been traveling much between Italy and Japan, where he gave several successful concerts in 2007.