Sicilian-born New Yorker Roberto Scarcella Perino has written music for theater, choir, chamber ensemble, and children’s productions, but his artistic talents extend to the kitchen as well.
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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino in full swing.Their music is passional, obsessive and conducive to trance, it hails from Salento and puts together Italy’s fascinating dichotomy of tradition and modernity. Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Puglia's Pizzica Powerhouse and Italy's leading ensemble on the world music circuit, is about to return to the US for a series of Fall concerts, running from September 29th through October 10th, including one in New York City at the legendary Poisson Rouge on October 5th.
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Events: ReportsA stellar line-up of New York based musicians will perform in support of the cause. Musicians infact decided to devolve the income of fundraising for the victims of the earthquake to the following crowdfunding campaign amatrice for the reconstruction of the Teatro Cinema Garibaldi in Amatrice (one of the small towns the earthquake erased from the map).
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A stellar line-up of New York based musicians will perform in support of the cause
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There was a time, around the 1930s, when jazz music became so popular and recognizable that even today it is still described as the peak of the “Jazz Era”, which in fact began around a decade before.
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I recently got to know Laura Campisi, a wonderful musician from Palermo, who now lives in New York. Laura is an award winning songwriter and jazz singer. She performs a wide range of music: jazz, folk, r&b and traditional Sicilian music. On Monday, June 13, Laura will be performing Italian Jazz at Zinc Bar in the West Village. This particular show is about creating abridge between contemporary Italy and the United States. Laura and I recently sat down for a chat about music, inspiration and her current projects.
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Le Passioni dell'Anima is a musical story for children’s choir, solo voice and piano inspired by emotions and sung in Italian. Roberto and Federica need all of our support to bring this project to completion. So go to Kickstarter to help them. Their project will only be funded if at least $6,300 is pledged by Thu, May 1
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The 88th Academy Awards will be remembered in Italy as the year that Maestro Morricone won the coveted statuette for Best Original Score for Quentin Tarantino's film The Hateful Eight. The Maestro received a heartfelt standing ovation after his name was pronounced by Quincy Jones and Pharrell. He was led to the stage by his son Giovanni and, in Italian, he thanked the other nominees, singling out the great John Williams, and explained that “there is no great music without a great film that inspires it. I thank Quentin Tarantino for choosing me and the great team that made this extraordinary film.”
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A native of Cupertino, Calif. and former independent contractor at APPLE Inc., Jennie DeLuca Legary is the recipient of a full-tuition scholarship from the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) in partnership with Accademia Teatro alla Scala, one of the most renowned institutions for training professionals in the performing arts, and Politecnico di Milano Graduate School of Business (MIP), an internationally recognized management school.
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Available on October 9th on Quarter Moon via SonyMusic Independent Network (SIN), Chiara Civello's latest studio album, Canzoni, is a true, contemporary Italian songbook and a celebration of love songs drawing on repertoire from some of Italy's greatest such as Paolo Conte, Ennio Morricone and Vasco Rossi. The album release coincides with a tour of the Northeast, which sees Civello performing in New York, Boston, Miami and Washington D.C
