Six stories inspired by the heroes of world music: from Billie Holiday to Jimi Hendrix, from Lady Gaga to Paolo Fresu, from Frederic Chopin to Michel Petrucciani. Stories of fragility and courage, talent and obstacles to be overcome, which become a source of inspiration for each of us. Here are the stories contained in the book Music legends From Renault BrandoniEd. Curci in collaboration with Fingerpicking.net.
The volume will be presented at September 25, 2023 at 17:00 at Convent of Nina Vinci of the Piccolo Theatre. (via Rovello 2) as part of the 5th Milan Off Fringe Festival. Together with the author he will intervene Laura MoreauDirector of Classical Music Editorial Curci.
A guitarist before becoming a writer, Brandoni opens the collection with two six-string giants: Robert Johnson (King of the Blues) – considered the father of the blues and surrounded by a dark aura of legend, his story begins among the cotton fields along the Mississippi – and Jimi Hendrix (The Night They Invented Rock), the creator of a real rock revolution and a symbol of freedom for an entire generation. The third story centers on a poetic nighttime dialogue between the tombstones of a Parisian cemetery. Classic jazz evening: the main characters are Frédéric Chopin, one of the greatest and most tormented composers of “classical” music, and the brilliant jazz pianist Michel Petrucciani, who suffered from a serious congenital bone malformation, “crystalline bone disease,” but was able to turn his life into a hymn to love and music . Then we travel abroad again with Billie Holiday’s extraordinary human and artistic parable (Billy’s Last Journey): his troubled childhood, redemption through music, the courage to singly denounce the lynching of blacks. Strange fruita powerful civil rights protest anthem. Like a star inspired by Lady Gaga’s performance at the White House for Inauguration Day 2021, renewed by media around the world: the strength and determination of the American singer will become an example for a girl in a difficult situation who will finally find the strength to follow the path she has chosen itself, and not imposed by others. The last story Pauline, dedicated to Paolo Frese and dedicated to the deep love of music that was passed down from father to son in the family of the famous trumpeter and flugelhornist, a protagonist of the international jazz scene, who, however, never forgot the roots of his work. the land of Sardinia with ancestral traditions, sounds and colors. The texts, taken from the Legends of Music picture books, stimulate thought on topics such as inclusion, poverty, disability, racism, freedom of expression, and issues such as cyberbullying. Thus, reading becomes an opportunity to begin a dialogue between generations, which unites only seemingly distant eras in the name of the deepest values, the expression of which is music. For each story, the Spotify playlist offers a selection of recommended listens.
Information about the presentation: https://milanooff.com/programma/piccolo-teatro.