Kalascio’

EXPERIMENTS AND COMPOSITIONS WITH THE MODAL MUSIC OF THE CENTRAL APPENINES

Massimiliano Di Carlo and Valentina Bellanova propose a concert centred around the improvisational codes of the traditional modal music of the Apennines of Central Italy in dialogue with the sonority of the instruments originating from other parts of the Mediterranean such as Turkey and Greece.

The concert leaves behind Western forms of entertainment to create a sonoric flow inspired by the ritual forms still active in central southern Italy and in all of the middle eastern Mediterranean. The audience can listen stretched out, seated, dancing, enjoying a drink. A true sound ritual that does not guide the listener’s emotions in an arbitrary way, but leaves perceptive space to notice corporeal sensations, intuitive introspection, creative visions.

Massimiliano Di Carlo: voice, trumpet, calascione, bagpipes, Jew’s harp, frame drum.
Valentina Bellanova: ney, recorders, bagpipes, symphonia, loop station.

WANDERING SOUNDS

A concert that sings and recounts the repertoire between sacred and profane wandering music that is currently practiced in the houses and in the streets of the central Apennines, between Abruzzo, Lazio and Campania. A concert that puts into light the value of an antique profession at risk of extinction.

The cantastorie – singing storyteller – brings culture, information and unconditional joy liberally onto the streets.

Giovanni Palumbo: bagpipes, voice, shawm Massimiliano Di Carlo: bagpipes, voice, Calascione

WANDERING SOUNDS

A concert that sings and recounts the repertoire between sacred and profane wandering music that is currently practiced in the houses and in the streets of the central Apennines, between Abruzzo, Lazio and Campania. A concert that puts into light the value of an antique profession at risk of extinction. The cantastorie – singing storyteller – brings culture, information and unconditional joy liberally onto the streets.

Giovanni Palumbo: bagpipes, voice, shawm
Massimiliano Di Carlo: bagpipes, voice, Calascione

Antro

“Antro” is the first discographic work by Massimiliano di Carlo, a multifaceted artist, multi-instrumentalist, and vocal experimenter. Together with Gioele Pagliacia and Andrea Lamacchia, he creates visionary timbral blends and improvisational flows, drawing rhythmic and vocal-instrumental styles from oral traditions. “Antro” represents the mythical place of transformation, highlighting the Greek/Italic heritage that permeates the Central-Southern Apennines through a new approach to developing improvisation and the conception of sound.