Last May, for the second year in a row, Radio Oltre, the
Institute for the Blind Francesco Cavazza's Web transmitter, organized a
triad of musical events of high artistic level.
This idea came about at
the end of winter 2008 when a series of concerts were organized at the
Institute, thanks to Director Mario Barbuto as well as Giuseppe Pellegrino
and Vainer Broccoli, with a simultaneous broadcast through Radio Oltre's
servers. The main purpose of the event was to provide a different and
vivacious image of persons living with vision loss and try and involve a
city more and more sensitive to music. The first evening received a
lukewarm welcome while the large audience of the third and last
evening decidedly exploded with enthusiasm and postive comments on
the part of participants.
In 2009, of course, it was suggested to
repeat the experience, but this time with the collaboration and support of
Bar Wolf, a historical venue in Bologna, for its underground musical
panorama in the shadow of the two towers.
The event was once again
organized by the duo Pellegrino-Broccoli with high profile Massimo
Tagliata (blind jazz pianist and accordionist who completed his studies at
the Istituto).
In the evenings of May 18, 21 and 24, on the Wolf
floor, three groups literally bewitched the people who were there as well
as online listeners.
The opening was dedicated to the Marea Jazz
project by Tagliata who, for many years now, together with guitarist
Andrea Dessė travel throughout Italy flirting with Flamenco and jazz
influence. Together with Tagliata and Dessė, two other "monsters" to the
rhythmic component were Max Turone (electric base) and Roberto Rossi at
the drums.
The second evening was dedicated to a group of five
musicians called Love is Blind, who came together in 2005, in
collaboration with the local chapter of the Italian Blind and Visually
Impaired Union of Bologna. For the occasion, at the Wolf, the following
artists performed: Teo Ciavarella (holder of the chair of ensemble music
of the University of Bologna's Arts, Music and Performance Program), piano
jazz musician known at the national level, Max Tagliata, accordionist and
flute player, Max Turone, double bass, Fabio Grandi, drums, and Flavio
Piscopo (who is well known for having played with Toni Esposito, Joe
Amoruso, Mia Martini and also with writer Gianfranco Nerozzi) on
drums.
Of course, as is often the case, the last part of the
evening was full of energy and enthusiasm thanks to Giuseppe Pellegrino's
idea to play music from the 80s in acoustics and jazz.
The last
evening, the following artists performed: Giuseppe Pellegrino at the
piano, Max Turone, electric base, Roberto Rossi, drums, and finally, the
two gems of the evening, Gabriele Bolognesi, sax, (ex orchestra of San
Remo, first sax player for Adriano Celentano and Fiorello and now on tour
with Patty Pravo) and Daniela Galli, very well known in Northern Europe,
in France and from a summer tour with the Nomadi, a voice and a
presence on stage that overwhelmed the people present.
The enthusiasm
was also confirmed by the number of people who showed up: 400 people in
three evenings. Special attention was given by organizers at the
venue towards blind and visually impaired patrons who participated in
the event.
It is now obvious that other ideas are expected relating to
live music given the synergy created among those who organized the
evenings.
Will there be some initiative taking place during the winter?
What will the 2010 edition of Acusticamente have in store for us?
There is one way to find out, by listening to Radio Oltre, of
course.
