The decidedly unsummer temperatures on Sunday evening did not prevent the many music lovers who literally filled Place Cavour from attending the performance of “Lou Tapage canata De Andrè”, the second event in the “Academies in Valle” series.
The event is sponsored by Estemporanea, Il Musicante, Fondazione CRC and BCC Pianfei and Rocca de’ Baldi. The third and final meeting is scheduled for Friday, August 11th with Karima No Filter.
No Filter is a new work by Karima who, with her quartet, offers a “filterless” project in which her music, a mixture of jazz and pop, is presented in an updated acoustic, intimate and even more expressive version. Karima offers a superb selection of timeless hits, individually and authentically interpreted. “I was looking for a sound that identified me and we decided to only use acoustic instruments.” In concert, as in the recording studio, Karima uses special people, friends and great musicians: Gabriele Evangelista on double bass, Bernardo Guerra on drums and Piero Frassi, who, thanks to his pen and many years of collaboration with Karima, has managed to voice with amazing “Walk on the wild side ”, “Tears in Heaven”, “Come Together” and “The Man in the Mirror”. In Karima’s vocals, the colors of soul, blues and even gospel coexist and express themselves. From Livorno, his hometown, he inherited a susceptibility to pollution. Since childhood, thanks to her talent, she has been involved in music, participating first in Bravo Bravissimo and then in Domenica In. In October 2006, she participates in the Amici di Maria De Filippi program. She takes third place and wins the Critics’ Prize, unanimously awarded by the technical jury, who consider her the most interesting new voice on the Italian music scene. In the same year, Karima signed her first recording contract with Sony Bmg and recorded her first album. Despite his young age, Karima already has a wide and varied creative experience, among which stands out the Sanremo Festival in 2009 and, above all, the collaboration with Burt Bacharach. He also opened concerts for Whitney Houston and John Legend. He collaborated with Dado Moroni, Riccardo Fioravanti and Stefano Bagnoli.
Entrance is free by recommendation of the tourist office Valle Pesio, 0171/734990 (Tuesday to Saturday from 9.30 to 12 and from 15.30 to 17.30; Sunday from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 15.00 to 18.00).