For Remo Anzovino does not apply nemo propheta in his homeland. Pordenone – he says – he raised him, trained him and greeted his music in a sensational way. An eclectic intersection between Pasolini’s landscapes and Neapolitan sound from the blood of his parents, which made him one of the most original composers and pianists today, author of soundtracks for documentaries (the latest for Men and Gods. The wonders of the Egyptian Museum) and instrumental albums such as Don’t forget to fly, which entered the main global classical music playlists in just a few hours. In Pordenone, where he still lives, Anzovino was born in the right place. city of musical happiness, cradle of reckless underground talents, home of punk and that anarcho-visionary movement that was the Great Conspiracy: it sparked the curiosity of Red Ronnie And Carlo Massariniwho by Mister Fantasy sent a young man here as an envoy Roberto D’Agostino.
Pordenone in three adjectives (or one joke)
Young, industrious, rock.
Pordenone in an image
The white bell tower of San Giorgio for its unique way of standing out in space [monumento simbolo, fin sulla copertina della compilation Pordenone/The Great Complotto (1981), ndr].
The cliché to throw away
May it be a dead city.
…and the one to save
The quality of life.
An emblem of beauty
The view towards Corso Vittorio Emanuele from Piazzetta San Marco, near the ancient Zampolli pastry shop.
The masterpiece that is worth a trip
The sixteenth-century altarpiece of the Misericordia by Giovanni Antonio de’ Sacchis known as Pordenone in the cathedral.
The heart museum
The Civic Art Museum in Palazzo Ricchieri with works by Pordenone and Michelangelo Grigoletti, tutelary deities of local painting, and more.
The most overrated corner
Still no one.
The corner to (re)discover
The small church of SS. Trinit, with an octagonal plan on the outside and circular on the inside.
The refuge of the spirit
The landing stage on the Noncello river; As a boy I went there to read and listen to music, in 2014 I held a concert at dawn for solo piano, which attracted 2,500 people.
Where he felt, more powerfully, the sense of wonder
Every time I return to the neighborhood where I was born, the Immaculate Conception.
The indispensable ritual
A few minutes of reflection in the church of Christ.
The address of the throat
The La Ferrata tavern: you eat Friulian and you feel at home.
What would change
On Sundays from May to November I would transform the Rivierasca, the street that runs along the Noncello, into a large market with cultural and children’s activities. Pordenone is one of the few cities that does not valorise its river.
What would never change
Piazza Cavour, which has always been the meeting point for young people.
The book to read before leaving
Interview with Pasolini by Davide Toffolo, imaginary dialogue in the form of a graphic novel.
Pordenone in a film and a song
The film: Ladies and gentlemen by Pietro Germi, who frescoes provincial life to perfection; filmed in Treviso, Polcenigo, outside Pordenone, was chosen for the scene with Virna Lisi and Gastone Moschin. The song: Acid from the album Acid Acid of Prozac+.
Who best embodies the genius loci
Davide Toffolo, cartoonist, musician, song writer, who knew how to paint that strange age of adolescence like no one else.
Which character, real or imaginary, from the present or the past, would you like to have as a traveling companion
Lino Zanussi, the business captain and king of household appliances, who managed to turn a small village into a large industrial centre.
To see outside the city?
The landscape of the Magredi, the Friulian steppe.
