LARGO PRIMO MAGGIO
8:00 p.m. War Memorial Square - PROJECT MATRIA
9:15 p.m. LARGO PRIMO MAGGIO - HYSTERRAE
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On August 22, the Itinerant Festival La Notte della Taranta reaches its last stop, in Martano at Largo Primo Maggio. This concludes the festival, which began on Aug. 3 and crossed 19 towns in Salento, with no less than 50 appointments to discover the richness and beauty of Salento's historic centers, following the overwhelming rhythm of the pizzica. The big event now is the August 24 Concertone in Melpignano (Le), a long night enlivened by the creative multiverse of Maestro Concertatore Shablo and great artists such as Angelina Mango, Gaia, Ste and Geolier.
Ragnatela della Taranta continues an Extra Festival stage: on August 25 with La Notte delle Ronde in Galatina, from 9 p.m. in the historic center.
8 p.m. Piazza Monumento dei Caduti - Project Matria II at the traveling festival “La Notte della Taranta.” Two dates: August 22 in Martano and August 24 in Melpignano.
Everything is ready for the two events that conclude the second edition of “Matria. The Languages of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” the regional program for the enhancement of Apulian linguistic minorities launched by the Regional Councillor for Education, Sebastiano Leo, in collaboration with the Apulia School Office, Apulia Film Commission, Teatro Pubblico Pugliese and La Notte della Taranta Foundation. The concluding events have been included in the itinerant festival “La Notte della Taranta” and will host Apulian students but also mayors, families and communities, who have taken part in this journey under the banner of rediscovering the precious cultural heritage of which Apulia has been the custodian for hundreds of years, thanks to the presence within it of three linguistic islands: the Griko, Franco-Provençal and Arbereshe.
The first event, which concludes the journey that has seen Apulia Film Commission engaged alongside the Griko minority, is scheduled for Thursday, August 22 at 8:30 p.m. in Martano. The event will screen the three short films made by students under the coordination of director Vincenzo Ardito of Sinapsi Produzioni: “Una storia da raccontare” made by the I.I.S.S. Trinchese of Martano (Le), “Zzunna” made with the students of the Istituti Comprensivi of Calimera, Cutrofiano, Martano and Soleto and finally “Un gusto speciale” made by the Istituto comprensivo “Catanoso - De Gasperi” of Reggio Calabria. Not only cinema but also music with the project section curated by Teatro Pubblico Pugliese and dedicated to Franco-Provençal culture. So during the evening there will also be a performance by two musical groups: the “Chorale Nuova Provenza di Faeto” and the “Terra Nostra Folk” group from Celle San Vito.
Born thanks to the work of Don Raffaele Castielli in the early 1970s, the “Faeto Chorale” is now directed by Giulia D'Aloia and organist Antonio Carosielli and is composed of more than 50 elements, united by their passion for their land. Their repertoire includes Cumm' un suajm' luntan' (Like a distant dream) and Funtan' d'Fait' (Fountains of Faeto). “Terra Nostra Folk” of Celle San Vito was born in 2010 embarking on a cultural journey toward the history of the South by fully espousing the famous ”Southern Question.” Thanks to local writers and historians, unreleased songs have been written where the protagonists are the brigands. The group has also had collaborations with the music of the Arbëreshë linguistic minorities, recording a musical collection. Their repertoire also includes songs from the tarantula garganica and pizzica. The evening will be attended, among others, by regional councillor Sebastiano Leo, the director of the Regional School Office, Giuseppe Silipo with the director of the Lecce territorial ambit, Mario Trifiletti, the mayor of Martano, Fabio Tarantino, the president of the Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, Paolo Ponzio, the president of the Notte della Taranta Foundation, Massimo Bray, with the councilor and mayor of Soleto, Graziano Vantaggiato, the mayor of Faeto, Michele Pavia, and the mayor of Celle di San Vito, Palma Maria Giannini.
The second event, which will conclude, however, the Notte della Taranta Foundation's journey on the Arbëreshë community, is set in the framework of the traditional August 24 concert in Melpignano. All the students involved will be the protagonists of a unique show of music and dance that will open the evening, starting at 7 p.m., taking spectators on a journey into the sound and poetry of the arbëreshë language, from Molise to Puglia.
The State Comprehensive Institute “Casalini” of San Marzano di San Giuseppe (TA) will stage “Tarantun,” a piece that takes the notes of the local pizzica and inserts new sounds and words composed by the 28 students involved. From the “Mandes” middle school in Casalvecchio (FG) will come the folk songs “Na na na” and “Teresina” performed by 16 pupils. The Liceo musicale “Archita” of Taranto with its 33-piece orchestra will perform “Ec Ec Ec” and “Lule Lule,” while from San Martino in Pensilis in Molise, the Istituto comprensivo statale “John Dewey” with its 27 participants will give the Melpignano audience the song “Manushaqe.” Also on stage with the young protagonists of the project are musicians Nico Berardi, Alessandro Chiga and Salvatore Galeanda, who took care of the musical part, Serena Pellegrino and Mattia Politi, who guided the students in the dance path. Television writer and author Chicco Sfondrini will present the preconcert.
9:15 p.m. LARGO PRIMO MAGGIO - HYSTERRAE
Hysterrae is a unique musical project in the Italian World Music scene, born from the meeting of three female artists from different ethnic and musical cultures, joined by an Iranian multi-instrumentalist and an electronic music producer. The group, composed of Cinzia Marzo, Irene Lungo, Silvia Gallone and Pejman Tadayon, creates a hypnotic sound experience that crosses cultural and geographic boundaries, from Iran to Campania, from Valle d'Itria to Salento, and beyond. Their debut album, titled “Hysterrae,” reflects the group's original concept: the term “Hyster” comes from ancient Greek and indicates the mother's womb, symbolic here of the womb of the Earth (“terrae” in Latin). This name encapsulates the essence of the project, which aims to transcend ethnic boundaries to convey a message of unity and awareness: we are all part of one big entity, Mother Earth. The album's tracks mix percussive rhythms and evocative vocal polyphonies with elements of dub and EDM, creating a musical ritual that combines ancient roots with the electronic tribality of contemporary sound. This sonic journey takes the listener into a trance-like state, where female vocals and circular melodies evoke a powerful ancestral energy. Produced by the Linfa label and distributed by Absilone / Believe Music, the album received support from NuovoImaie for New Discographic Productions 2022/2023. Hysterrae represents a dialogue between past and present, where tradition meets innovation, creating a universal and timeless musical language. Group members: Cinzia Marzo (voice, flutes): singer and founder of Officina Zoè, a symbol of the revival of Salento's pizzica. Irene Lungo (voice): singer with Opa Cupa and Girodibanda, former collaborator of Edoardo Bennato & Taranta Power. Silvia Gallone (voice, frame drums, percussion, scacciapensieri): multi-instrumentalist in Officina Zoè, with previous collaborations with Ambrogio Sparagna and the Popular Orchestra Notte della Taranta. Pejman Tadayon (saz, daf, ney): multi-instrumentalist specializing in Iranian and Middle Eastern instruments. Hysterrae is not just a musical group, but a project that represents a new vision of music as a tool for connecting and rediscovering common roots in an increasingly interconnected and global world.
Ashèblasta Apulian Un_Popoular Music
Archaic voices, scratchy bass, ancient drums and ritual rhythms, tales of land and sea. The Ashèblasta project bears the signatures of Roberto Chiga on drums, programming, Mario Esposito on bass and Peppo Grassi on mandolin and aims to move Salento music from the squares to the clubs, for everyone to dance to, not just in summer. It aims to tell the stories of today's youth through a new popular music with which they can identify and which entrusts the voices of the elderly with the haunting myth of the Salento spider. Ashèblasta in Griko dialect is the name of a “pizzo” (seasoned bread) typical of Zollino, without shape kneaded with simple ingredients that put in parallel with music becomes a meltin pot of styles, melodies, rhythms, instruments. A drum, a mandolin and a bass join samplers, synths, drum machines, to continue the ritual that makes people dance to heal. The music is all original and is based on the haunting rhythms of pizzica-pizzica and tarantelle that is sometimes contrasted with Cumbia, Gnawa rhythms, hiphop beats, electronic music and insistent loops. Special guest Giancarlo Paglialunga, voice and tambourine, of the Popular Orchestra “La Notte della Taranta.”
Theme of the 2024 edition of the Festival is Responsibility. After the passing of the great masters of folk music Luigi Chiriatti, Daniele Durante, Giovanna Marini, the Festival presents the folk revival groups that over the years have inherited the rich heritage of traditional songs and are constantly experimenting with new connections.
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The Itinerant Festival is a cultural project of the La Notte della Taranta Foundation supported by the Region of Puglia and the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa salentina and the Diego Carpitella Institute. The festival will travel at zero emissions with the contribution of Mercedes De Mariani Group. Artists and guests will travel in electric cars with respect for the environment.
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