performed by talented singers in an outdoor concert at the end of the Mediterranean summer La Notte della Taranta is a popular music festival in Italy that aims to strengthen and promote the traditional music of Salento through its revival and mixing with other musical languages in a format of street concerts that roam for a few weeks in various squares of the villages of Salento in Apulia starting from Corigliano d’Otranto and ending at the concert of Melpignano featuring national and international musicians reputation Every year the final concert is entrusted to an artistic director (“maestro concertatore”) who has the task of choosing the songs and assigning them to the artists arranging the traditional music of Salento fusing its rhythms with those of other musical traditions well-known musicians in the likes of Goran Bregovic Raphael Gualazzi have been artistic directors of the final concert of the festival The participating performers mainly serve traditional music in recent years the organization La Notte della Taranta invites as guests well-known and beloved artists of contemporary Italian music such as il Volo trying to increase awareness of the festival as the number of spectators who watch the final concert in Melpignano And in this way they aroused in a festive atmosphere the approximately 200,000 spectators who attended the concert A group of experienced folk music performers Stefania Morciano and Giancarlo Paglialunga performed the songs theatrically and lyrically who were invited to participate in this year’s event The artistic direction of the concert was in the hands of musician Fiorella Mannoia who is especially loved by the Italian audience She did not only presented the event and talked to the invited artists but also performed songs and danced on stage As this year’s Notte della Taranta events took place under the weight of recent incidents of abuse of young girls in southern Italy there were messages against violence against women A characteristic reference was the “Stop now no one else” that Tananai had written on his coat as well as the words of Fiorella Mannoia in the margin of the historical song “Fimmene women) which refers to the exploitation of tobacconists by the tobacconists of Salento: “ Love must be shared The evening ended with all the artists – performers and dancers – singing “Calinitta” (Good Night) and all the spectators singing loudly along and applauding them for the euphoria that the beautiful event offered them The main theme of this year’s event was “identity” as a community builder In the context of the press conference on the eve of the concert some of the performers of this year’s event made the following relevant statements: We worked a lot on the musical arrangements The difficulty lies in touching these popular songs leaving a folk mark and managing to put in some modern elements In the arrangement of the music Carlo Di Francesco and Clemente Ferrari have incorporated the Arabic traditions all the traditions which then passed to our Southern Italy So atmospheres from other countries will also be heard Identity would be nice to see as the sum of many identities and I think that is the goal of Notte della Taranta The matrix of this music is about exploitation or the pain of living on the margins it’s a festive and poignant story that’s important to convey Because it is good to create sensitivity and empathy towards conditions of suffering that are part of life I grew up in an Albanian-speaking community and I am convinced that if we manage to mix And I believe that the Notte della Taranta is one of the most important testimonies of preserving one’s identity and pride in one’s roots.” He added that “The love with which people” from Salento “come to correct you” in the pronunciation of the lyrics “actually means that they want you to understand who they are People want you to really get into their culture and that’s a beautiful thing The program of the big concert of La Notte della Taranta 2023 included the following songs (performers in parentheses): the concert will be broadcast by the Rai1 television channel at 11:30 p.m -The concert will be available soon on the La Notte della Taranta YouTube channel where you can see excerpts as well as entire concerts from previous years — Report from OGAE Greece’s correspondent [1] Wikipedia: Notte della Taranta – Wikipedia [2] Quotidiano di Puglia : Notte della Taranta, scatta il countdown: in conference Mannoia, Brunori e Arisa. The proposal: “Patrimonio dell’Unesco” (quotidianodipuglia.it) [3] Quotidiano di Puglia: La scaletta della Notte della Taranta 2023: Tananai subito con Tango e Fiorella Mannoia canterà Bocca di rosa di De Andrè (quotidianodipuglia.it) The news that involved recently Emma Brown has been around the web. The young singer had to say farewell to the father, disappeared a 66 years. The news was also given by the Municipality of Aradeo (Lecce), where the Marrone family resides. Apparently the death was sudden. Emma gave the sad announcement through his profile instagram, @real_brown who currently has nearly 6 million fans. The girl's greeting is simple but full of emotion: Have a good trip Dad.I love you and I will always love you.Your Chicca ❤️ See this content on Instagram A post shared by Emma Marrone (@real_brown) Below the post they arrived Comments of condolences from the most important personalities of music There is obviously no shortage of fans looking to virtually embrace their beloved Emma that of her ex boyfriend immediately catches the eye: Stephen DeMartino Stephen DeMartino greets Emma's father with a tender comment: "Old wolf?" Phrase that seems to be said by a person who had an intimate relationship with Emma Marrone's father There are still many messages reached Emma we earn a commission from qualifying purchases through ticketing links This commission does not entail any additional price for the user.