Savona downtown music festival, we set off with Faber towards new musical routes

Thursday, July 4th, Piazza Sisto IV, 10.00 pm takes place Turn the reunion card “Faber and Liguria: a musical itinerary led by Danila Satragno”the first of 4 free events that will light up the heart of Savona on Thursdays in July.

After the success of the first edition, Savona Downtown Music Festival is back the traditional white nights are articulated in an ever-increasing quantity of quality proposals, they intertwine with the “New Routes for Culture” that Savona has undertaken with the path of Candidacy as Italian Capital of Culture, and they start for “New musical routes”.

The SDMF journey starts from a safe haven: on July 4th the entire city will unite in remembrance of Fabrizio De Andrè in the year of the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death.

Danila Satragno and “Volta la Carta Reunion”

On the stage in Piazza Sisto IV, Danila Satragno, famous jazz voice, vocal coach of music stars such as Annalisa, Ornella Vanoni, Jovanotti will conduct “Volta la Carta Reunion”, a musical itinerary in the musical repertoire of Faber with whom she shared the experience of the “Anime salve” tour and the “Mi innamoravo di tutto” theatre tour.

With Danila Satragno on stage there will be the musicians: Giorgio Cordini, De Andrè’s historic guitarist, Laura De Luca, Faber’s backing vocalist and flautist, Dino Cerruti, one of the most appreciated Italian jazz double bass players, Rodolfo Cervetto, an internationally renowned jazz drummer, Tommaso Perazzo, a young promise of jazz piano, and Edoardo Romano, a famous polyphonist and composer.

These names will be joined by the Ligurian singer-songwriter Giua (winner of Sanremo Lab in 2007 and finalist at Sanremo 2008) and Riccardo Tesi, diatonic accordionist on De Andrè’s latest album. Another name from the “second Ligurian generation” who will pay homage to Faber on stage is the young emerging rapper Sayf.

Some young talents from the Milan Conservatory will also be present: Francesco Sanvito (guitar), Raffaele Garramone (piano), Jacopo Barboro (bass), Agata Garbin (drums), Luca di Stefano and Francesca Pocobelli, voices.

Not just music…

The evening tribute to Fabrizio De Andrè is not just music: at 6:30 pm, the appointment is at the Feltrinelli bookshop in via Astengo for the meeting “The routes of Fabrizio De Andrè between languages ​​and sounds of the Mediterranean. Where will music take us?”. Here, on the occasion of the presentation of the book “Facce di marinai: l’avventura mediterraneo di Fabrizio De Andrè e Mauro Pagani” by Ferdinando Molteni and Alfonso Amodio, the project manager of Savona’s candidacy for Italian Capital of Culture for 2027, Paolo Verri, will speak.

In addition to him, the musician and artistic director of the Savona Downtown Music Festival Fabio Rinaudo and Danila Satragno will speak.

“This year, in addition to being the 25th anniversary of Faber’s death, it is also the 40th anniversary of the release of Creuza de ma, one of the milestones of our musical heritage and which in the language of exchanges, routes, and Mediterranean sounds, has translated an entire culture into music – explains Elisa Di Padova, Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Savona. The anchoring to our territory, also from this point of view, is very strong also with respect to the new sounds and musicality of the new generations of Ligurian musicians. With this evening we want to create a collective, authentic and generous tribute to Faber, bringing out the bonds that exist anchoring our culture with the innovative drive of music in the name of the candidacy for Italian Capital of Culture”.

To warm up the atmosphere even before the concert around 8.30, a spontaneous initiative will take place in the streets of the medieval historic center that is replicated in many Italian cities and that will be the occasion to remember the extraordinary art of Fabrizio De Andrè by bringing together the instruments and voices of those who want to spontaneously participate.

What’s new at the Festival

There are many new features in this edition of the Festival, including the participation of the group of operators from Piazza Mameli, “the idea of ​​a virtuous circuit in the quadrilateral of our porticoes is an interesting strategy that could continue even after the event. Just as the other novelty in the neo-pedestrian area of ​​Corso Italia will be Piazza Jasper, a real musical lounge and the Ludobus curated by Auser and Progetto Città on the first of Thursdays, which will land in Piazza Pertini and will welcome young and old among its old wooden games – comments Elisa Di Padova -. I thank the trade associations Ascom and Confcommercio Savona, Confesercenti, Confartigianato and CNA for the propulsive work done and Ente Fiera for the important coordination. And I thank, one by one, the operators who, more than ever this year, have responded to the challenge of building for four evenings a beautiful, interesting and attractive city, putting themselves on the line with their skills and ideas. In the perfect spirit that distinguishes our path towards the Italian Capital of Culture 2027″.

Art and culture events

The Savona Downtown container is not lacking in events with art and culture: July 4th will be the first of four extraordinary openings of the Pinacoteca Civica (7:30 pm – 11:30 pm) with free admission; the Ceramics Museum will also remain open on Thursday evenings in July, while A’ Campanassa offers “Itineraries under the stars, between history and music”, between 9:00 pm and 10:00 pm three different concerts and guided tours of the Torre del Brandale.