Melpignano (Salento, Puglia - Italy), 24/08/2013. XVI Edition of the International Music Festival "La Notte della Taranta". The festival, held in the southern Italian region of Apulia, is an important part of the Pizzica folk music tradition (instruments: traditionally violins, mandolins, guitar, flute, accordion and large tambourine) celebrated with both music and dance. The Pizzica is a popular Italian folk dance, originally from the Salento peninsula - in Apulia region - and later spreading throughout all the Puglia and Calabria regions and eastern Basilicata. It is part of the larger family of tarantella dances. Musicians and dancers from everywhere in the world every year come to play in front of hundreds of thousands people in the town of Melpignano for the grand finale called the "Concertone.
Orchestra Popolare "La Notte della Taranta":
Directed by Maestro Concertatore Giovanni Sollima
Musical Assistant: Claudio Prima
Antonio Amato, Alessandra Caiulo, Ninfa Giannuzzi, Stefania Morciano, Enza Pagliara, Alessia Tondo, Anna Cinzia Villani (Vocals)
Piero Balsamo, Vito De Lorenzi, Riccardo Laganà, Martina Zecca, Edoardo D'Ambrosio Zimba (Tambourines)
Claudio Prima (Accordion)
Roberto Gemma (Piano accordions)
Gianluca Longo (Mandola)
Attilio Turrisi (Swing guitar)
Massimiliano De Marco (Guitar)
Silvio Maria Cantoro (Bass)
Antonio Marra (Drums)
Alessandro Monteduro (Percussions)
Maristella Martella (Dance)
Piero Balsamo, Laura Boccadamo, Andrea Caracuta, Laura De Ronzo, Silvia Perrone, Lucia Scarabino (Coordinamento)
With the participation of: Antonio Castrignanò, Mauro Durante, Emanuele Licci, Maria Mazzotta
Special guests of the Orchestra: Venticello, Manuela Adamo, Jesus Bautista, Corrado Bungaro, Sara Calvanelli, Giancarlo Parisi, Andrea Senatore
Sandro Cappelletto (Artistic Director)
Sergio Torsello (Artistic Coordinator)
Guests of the Concertone: Alfio Antico, Miguel Àngel Berna, Emma, Niccolò Fabi, Max Gazzé, Roby Lakatos
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