Taranto, archaeological museum: Simone Cristicchi presents the sound picture

Below is the press release:

In October 2023, master Simone Cristicchi, in front of the paintings from the Ricciardi Collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, said he was “as excited as the groom before meeting the bride”.

Now Tuesday 23 April at 12.30pmthe well-known Italian artist returns to Taranto and to MArTA, to present the “Sound Painting” inspired by the seventeenth and eighteenth century paintings of the Collection.

The original and registered project of the ICO Magna Grecia and the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, created in collaboration with the MIC, the Puglia Region and the Municipality of Taranto, brings back to Taranto a great artist called to interpret a piece of cultural heritage in music and thus compose a “sound picture” that will become an integral part of that place.

This is the third installation within the MArTA, after that of the maestro and Oscar winner, Dario Marianelli and that of the singer-songwriter Achille Lauro.

The other sound paintings, installed in the city, are those of Maestro Remo Anzovino (Concattedrale Gran Madre di Dio by the great architect Giò Ponti), Maestro John Rutter (Cathedral of San Cataldo) and Maestro Giovanni Sòllima (Aragonese Castle).

The presentation of the “Sound Painting” by Maestro Simone Cristicchi will take place during an event in which the work will be performed and open to the press, scheduled for 12.30 pm on Tuesday 23 April.

Maestro Cristicchi, the director of the National Archaeological Museum of Taranto, Stella Falzone and the director of the Magna Grecia Orchestra, Piero Romano, will be present at the meeting with journalists.