Il MAXXI museum in Rome organized three evenings to remember three great Italian artists: Lucio Dalla, Pino Daniele e Franco Battiato. Among stories, testimonials, anecdotes, video contributions and live musical tributes to relive some of the main exponents of the Italian music scene.
The project, curated by Ernesto Assante for Summer at MAXXI, is made with the contribution of the Lazio Region and Rome Capital-Culture Department in collaboration with SIAE, in co-production with ITsART, which will soon make the concerts available exclusively for free on its streaming platform. The music program is part of the review Roman Summer 2022.
The program of the three evenings at MAXXI
Tribute to Lucio Dalla: 19 July at 20pm
The first appointment will be dedicated to Lucio Dalla, Tuesday 19 July at 20. It starts by telling stories, excerpts and images from the life of the Bolognese artist, a decade after his death (1 March 2012) by analyzing his legacy to the new generations . In this regard, the intervention of Pierdavide Carone, Roman singer-songwriter launched by Amici linked to Lucio Dalla (he was the producer). The director will also speak Pupi Avati, a childhood friend of Lucio Dalla with whom he shared a passion for jazz. After their interventions, a double musical tribute will follow: starting with the singer-songwriter Robert Yellow, accompanied on the double bass by Enrico Dolcetti, who maintained a close artistic and personal relationship with the Bolognese artist; to follow, the jazz interpretations of the sax by Stefano Di Battista and of the voice of Nicky Nicolai offering a whole new creative dimension.
Tribute to Pino Daniele: 26 July at 20pm
Tuesday 26 July, however, will be the evening dedicated to Pino Daniele, who died on 4 January 2015. The Neapolitan artist will be celebrated by Alexander Daniel, son and personal manager of the singer-songwriter, today at the helm of the Pino Daniele Foundation. After the chat, it will be time for a performance by Fabrizio Bosso to the trumpet e Julian Oliver Mazzariello on the piano who will reinterpret some of his most loved songs, thus trying to return an unpublished portrait of the singer-songwriter.
Tribute to Franco Battiato: 27 July
On Wednesday 27 July, the three special evenings at the MAXXI in Rome will close with the memory of Franco Battiato, who passed away on 18 May 2021. The Sicilian singer-songwriter will be publicly remembered by John Caccamo, discovered by Battiato himself, who will share with those present some moments spent with him and John Canitano, photographer, friend of Battiato, who shares important moments of their personal and artistic relationship with the MAXXI audience. Followed by live Maria Pia DeVito - together with James Ancillotto on guitar, Matthew Bortone on the double bass e Michael Anger to percussion and electronics – which will re-propose some of the artist's most famous songs but also “unexpected” songs, to give an account of one of the most extraordinary artistic personalities who have successfully occupied the Italian songwriting scene.
