FANO – In the navy with the term Windward everything that is on the side from which the wind blows is identified – referring to the position of the observer – in meteorology this is the part most exposed to the risk of precipitation, in our specific case it is everything that will happen in two days of music and meetings in different seaside places and cultural events of Fano of which the main one will be the former church of San Francesco, when emotions will take over and each of us will be exposed to the “risk” of relationships: when the sea will dialogue with the historic center, the sailors will be returning and the call of the sirens will be a song.
From one of the paintings (or Quadèr) the typical wooden fishermen’s huts from the early 1900s located on the western pier, the municipal administration of Fano and the organizers of Sopravènto have the program of the first edition of this small festival has been revealed which aims to synthesize the looks, feelings and cultures of two worlds apparently very distant from each other, such as that of music and seafaring.
If the focus of the shows has already been made known for a couple of weeks and concerns the concerts that will be held inside the former Church of San Francesco and which will see the participation of the artists: Colapesce, Dimartino, Maria Antonietta, Colombre, Nicolà Carnesi, Any other and Filippo Graziani and for which tickets are already on sale on the liveticket.it portal until the maximum capacity is reached, other free participation activities will take place in typical maritime locations and beyond.
It will start on the afternoon of the 24th at 6.00 pm with what the organizers define as the boat procession: a walk with free participation which is proposed as a collective gesture that symbolically connects the port to the former Church of San Francesco through the transport of a small boat, symbol of living at sea , from its natural context within the monument. The meeting point is under the lighthouse and the same route will be done in reverse at the closing of the festival.
The typical fishermen’s neighborhood calledor El Gugul and the Fishing Dockwill instead be the protagonists respectively Saturday and Sunday with La musica, il mare the two talks which at 6pm will see the musicians protagonists of the evening concerts publicly confront some fishermen from Fano. You will have fun and probably get excited while sitting there listening to stories of the sea and music. Participation in the talks is free and after the chats there will be a “dinner stop” (aperitif) with fish and wine offered by the Guerrieri winery. The two talks are organized with the collaboration of the Work in Progress association and Ridosso.
If every evening the concerts in the former church of San Francesco they will be introduced by seafaring readings taken from the novel La Maria Risorta edited by Impronte donne, at the end of which we will move to the Borghese Darsena where at 10.30pm Musica dal barcheno will come to life, the space dedicated to emerging artists from Fano. Vinappa and Polarcut selected by the Bobina Network association will make us listen to their music playing from the edge of a small boat moored in the center of the dock.
If these small citizens’ randez-vous will already allow us to discover some symbolic places of the Fano navy, a real in-depth study on the topic will be organized by the Il Ridosso association which on Sunday 26th at 09:00 with Good morning Sea will wait for the most curious under the lighthouse in the Darsena delle Vongolare area to guide them on a walk to discover the places and people who live by the sea and are part of the history of the Fano navy. The walk will end at the fish auction, thus touching all the places of Discover Fano Marinara. Participation is free, meeting at 8.45am.
At the Montanari media library, on Saturday 25th morning at 10:00, will instead be an opportunity for a moment dedicated to the little ones with musical workshops and maritime readings. Participation is free, more information can be obtained from Memo itself.
Various small businesses so that they will allow the public to have a renewed look at the places of the navy and will accompany the three days until the culmination of the festival, when with the live interpretation of the song The sailors by Ivan Graziani, the artistic director duo Colapesce and Dimartino will go on stage during the concert Filippo Graziani. An intimate and poetic moment in the evocative San Francesco. A song composed and inspired, according to sources, by listening to a choir of sailors from our area.
The two Sicilian artists will live in Fano for the whole weekend and will have the opportunity to get to know and make our riches known to a wide audience. You certainly won’t miss a visit to El Croc, the fishermen’s club where the song is said The sailors has been registered for the first time, a small circle which is located precisely on that border line which until a few years ago divided Marotta between Fano and Mondolfo.
The concert program.
The first evening will be inaugurated by two artists from the Marche region: from 8.30 pm they will perform an unprecedented concert Marie Antoinette and Colombre.
On the second evening of the festival, May 25th, they will perform in the presence of the artistic directors Colapesce and Dimartin: Nicolò Carnesi and Any Other.
The final evening of the festival will see the participation in concert of Filippo Graziani, with a musical incursion by Colapesce and Dimartino. A moment in which we will certainly remember Graziani’s father, Ivan, and his song I Marinai, re-edited this year by the artistic directors.
