The great acoustic music by MusiCogne is back
July 18, 2023 - EVENTS
Since the first edition, MusiCogne musical festival has taken off bringing live music and guests from Italy, but also from Catalonia, Provence, the United States…
On its seventh birthday, MusiCogne2023 returns with artists from near and far.
Tuesday 18th July
9 p.m., Chanoux square
Alessandro D’Alessandro
One of the best diatonic accordion player of the national panorama. The recent, original album also legitimises him as an exceptional composer. Not to be missed!
Wednesday 19th July
6 p.m. Maison Gérard Dayné
Sergio Pugnalin: Lautarea
Lutes af all kinds: oud, laouto, bouzouki and oriental mandolin for Balkan-Slavic, Bulgarian, Arabic, Sephardic, Turkish repertoire. Very well tested concert by a super master of string instruments.
Thursday 20th July
6 p.m. Library’s courtyard
Samuele Provenzi
25 year-old guitarist, he lives and works between Bern and Milan. Specializing in the repertoire of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, his gig ranges from Francois de Fossa, to Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco and Joaquin Rodrigo. He doesn’t leave behind the intrusions into contemporary music with Dusan Bogdanovic and Nuccio D’Angelo.
9 p.m. Chanoux square
Andrea Scanzi + Scarlet Rivera: “Le canzoni cambiano il mondo”
This is the title of a show conceived and staged by the Tuscan journalist who notoriously has music in his heart. A compelling narrative, spiced up with anecdotes, curiosities and historical notes on how certain songs have become icons of world music. He is accompanied by Alex Gariazzo and Andrea Parodi, guitars and vocals.
Paolo Ercoli, mandolin, dobro, and pedal steel.
Scarlet Rivera, internationally acclaimed Chicago violinist. Among the most important collaborations of her early career is Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder revue tour.
Friday 21st July
9 p.m. Chanoux Square
Carlo Pestelli and Federico Bagnasco
Brassens translated into several languages in the interpretation of Carlo and Federico. The two present a recent Brassensian album in which they interpret the songs of the master of the French song in Fausto Amodei’s translation into Italian (and Turin dialect).
Saturday 22nd July
6 p.m. Chanoux Square
Oltre swing duo: Nunzio and Francesco Django Barbieri
Concert for guitar and clarinet. Father and son Barbieri land in Cogne with a repertoire between swing and gipsy jazz. Great music finely arranged.
Sunday 23rd July
12 p.m. Lillaz, picnic area
GuitarCogne recital
Performance at the end of the guitar seminar at the foot of Gran Paradiso.