«For me it is a day of memorable emotions, those you feel when you are in a place that it tells of civilization, of a sense of time, of the sky and the gods, of an antiquity which ultimately is and remains there deep root of our present. Ways of living have changed but i feelings we are made of, those have remained identical. We are the fruit of those eras and our art is too, even if we are faced with works that were already authentic masterpieces back then.” The singer-songwriter writer Roberto Vecchioni returned to the shores of the Strait for the first presentation in Calabria of his book “Between silence and thunder” (Einaudi), stopped in the Bronze Room just arrived at the national archaeological museum of Reggio Calabria.
«Despite my love for Magna Graecia, I had never seen him live Riace’s bronzes before now. It seems to see the light shining on them. They seem to breathe. They are a wonderful miracle that you don’t often get to admire. I’m happy for Reggio». So she continued Roberto Vecchioni defining Calabria as a «wonderful land and at the same time full of known problems. Someone wants to ruin it. Instead it would have all the potential to be a capital of Italy. We hope that it becomes so for its community, for its young people.».
Happy birthday
After the visit to the two Warriors, always accompanied by the director of the national archaeological museum of Reggio Calabria, Fabrizio Sudanoand by the professor of classical archeology and teaching of the park and museum of the University of Calabria, Stefania Mancuso, entered the Piazza Paolo Orsi was packed with the museumwelcomed by a warm applause and a chorus of good wishes. In the day of his 81st birthday the great lyricist, writer, poet and teacher from Brianza, passionate about puzzles, Roberto Vecchioni, he has in fact returned to Reggio Calabria. «Being here today is an honor. I have the love of my family and my children every day. L’love of a place so strong and ancient, so courageous and wonderful only every now and then. When there is an opportunity, I gladly take it. That’s why I’m here today,” he said said upon his entrance. Continue reading on IlReggino.it.
