What will happen to the next edition of Sanremo area? 2024 saw the farewell of Amadeus to the Festival he was born in Mayor Alberto Biancheriwhose mandate as mayor has expired.
Now, there is the will to continue with the experience Sanremo area? Last weekend in the City of Flowers the municipal elections took place, which decreed the run-off between Gianni Rolando and Alessandro Mager.
Mager he is considered the ideal successor of the outgoing mayor’s activity.
The objective, second Filippo Biolèpresident of Sanremo Symphony Orchestra Foundationis to entrust the artistic direction to Carlo Conti.
“We are strong with concrete experience, the perplexities of the past have been dispelled by the results obtained if there was the same intention on the part of the Rai artistic direction, I would be very happy to continue on this already open path. We have the ambition to come out as soon as possible with the publication of the announcement and with registrations by mid-July, I am waiting for a discussion with Rai. I also really like this formula because it’s an extra guarantee for the kids, as demonstrated by the results of the selections we followed. The artistic direction offers the guarantee of those who put their face to it like Sanremo Giovani, it also does so in the Area Sanremo process, there is an investment on the part of those who follow the selection operations and choose the members of the commission. The other thing not to be underestimated is theunambiguity of the judgment. An artistic direction that deals with the identity of the Festival is also very clear about the selection of young people. Which wouldn’t be possible if we chose different people”.
These are the words reported by the newspaper Sanremonews.
“The Sanremo area continues to represent a strong unique moment despite this apparent ‘invasion’ by Rai which, however, is not in the measure in which the characteristic of guarantee access to the Festival to a series of people who could not even remotely aspire to it like all those who are not supported by record companies. Sanremo area is the ‘American dream’ for those who are highly talented and it’s nice to be given an opportunity that they wouldn’t otherwise have. As the Symphony Orchestra Foundation we are working to ensure that young people approach music and this line is the most precious there is. Area Sanremo is a public brand and its accessibility must be preserved.
Allow me a quote from Sarah Toscano which represents the culmination of our aspiration to endow the Sanremo Area with this image of credibility and seriousness. The fact that one of our finalists received recognition in an important program like ‘Friends‘ gives meaning to everything we have done and the sign of a high quality of the selection. We would like to give our young people maximum space also in this year’s summer programming of the Sanremo Symphony Orchestra”.
Radio speaker, musician and collaborator of various national and international newspapers. He has been covering the Sanremo Festival since 1999 and the Eurovision Song Contest since 2014 as well as numerous other musical events. In twenty years he has conducted over 8,000 interviews with personalities from the world of music, sport and entertainment. In 2020 he published the novel “La Festa di Don Martello” and in 2022 “Galeotto fu il chinotto” and “At the first blow the oak does not fall”.
