PRESS RELEASE (19/07/2016)
Wednesday, July 20, a Loano The journey through music rooted in tradition will culminate in two new events.
At 6:30 pm, on the waterfront in the Nassiriya Fallen Gardens, the ethnomusicologist Goffredo Plastino and journalists Cyrus De Rosa e Jacopo Tomatis, accompanied by the music of Philip Gambetta e Emilyn Stam will present the volume “Folk music” Edited by Goffredo Plastino.
In this monumental work, Goffredo Plastino has collected documents, essays, interviews, and insights that reflect the richness, complexity, and many controversies of the folk music revival of the 1960s and 1970s. The volume offers multiple perspectives for listening to and appreciating the folk revival of the past, retracing the artistic, ideological, and performance choices of the great historical protagonists—Caterina Bueno, Giovanna Marini, Eugenio Bennato, Antonio Infantino, Otello Profazio, Riccardo Tesi, and groups such as the Gruppo Padano di Piadena, Cantovivo, and E’ Zezi di Pomigliano d'Arco—to arrive at the current revival of traditional dances such as the pizzica and the tammurriata, or musical instruments such as the organetto and the Calabrian lyre.
At 21.30, the festival will move to Waterfront (Orto Maccagli Cultural Space) and will welcome Philip Gambetta, winner of the Best Album Award 2015 with the album “Eight Whiskers”. After receiving the award, the Genoese artist will lead the audience into the world of traditional dance. Gambetta has dedicated himself to composing original music for the accordion, drawing on the rhythms and melodies of traditional dance music. The concert will feature Canadian pianist and violinist Emilyn Stam.
Philip Gambetta In addition to studying and performing specific repertoires such as traditional Irish and northern Italian music, he composes original music for the diatonic accordion and collaborates with artists and groups whose musical visions go beyond the strictly folk universe.
“Stria”, “Pria Goaea”, “Comings and goings” e “Eight Moustaches” These are the albums on which Filippo has recorded his own music for accordion. Solo, in a duo, and with the Filippo Gambetta Trio, the Genoese accordionist has played at some of the world's most important folk festivals, such as the Edmonton Folk Festival, the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, and the Brussels Folk Festival. Oliver Schroer, Jaron Freeman Fox, Gioele Dix, Gabriele Mirabassi, Riccardo Tesi, Jean Michel Veillon, and Nuala Kennedy are some of the artists Filippo has collaborated with in recent years. He is currently a member of the projects Liguriani (a Ligurian band with which Filippo has been performing numerous concerts throughout Europe for over ten years) and Choco Choro. Filippo Gambetta also carries out intensive teaching activities, which have led him to teach at important camps in Italy, Belgium, Spain, and France.
Emilyn Stam comes from western Canada and currently lives in Toronto. A violinist, pianist, and accordionist, she is currently a member of numerous folk groups, including Lemon Bucket Orkestra, the band Shoeless, and the Té project (European balfolk). A student and collaborator of violinist and composer Oliver Schroer, she has released five albums and recorded on more than twenty albums as a guest artist, including David Woodhead's Confabulation, Oliver Schroer's Smithers, and Jaron Freeman-Fox's Manic Almanac, Slow Mobius. Her album Eh?! (with Anne Lederman and James Stephens) was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award. She collaborates with Toronto musicians Charles James, Matt Maclean, and John David Williams.
La twelfth edition of City of Loano National Award for Italian Traditional Music, is organized by the’Society of the Curious Association with the artistic direction of John Vignola, in collaboration with the’Department of Tourism and Culture of the City of Loano, with contributions from the A. Foundation De Mari and the sponsorship of the Liguria Region and of the’ANCI.
