“Vinilici”, the film by Flavio Iannucci, tells the story of vinyl records. Among the protagonists is Bruno Venturini, ambassador of Neapolitan song in the world who says: “I started singing in 1958 at the dawn of vinyl records, when they were made of wax”. The film will be screened on November 23rd at the Modernissimo cinema in Napoli and "They told me that, due to the large turnout, they have already scheduled some repeats". Venturini is among the artists in the film, together with Renzo Arbore, Bruno Bavota, Simona Burini, Alessandro Cereda, Claudio Coccoluto (to name a few) also because the record he is referring to is a very rare 78 rpm, recorded with the Phonotype record of the Esposito Brothers of Naples. The testimonial of Neapolitan song was also a guest on the Rai1 program “Soliti ignoti”, hosted by Amadeus. “My singing performance – he explains – beat any audience data recorded by the program. The next day, in fact, they called me to tell me that it had been a triumph”. A sign, for the maestro, that “People need to see and hear beautiful things, not just the greyness they are used to every day”. Venturini, originally from Pagani, born in 1945, was also contacted by the Municipality of Salerno for honorary citizenship. “I am happy as well as proud – he underlines – and I am convinced that this renaissance will soon also come from the Municipality of Naples”. Positive feedback for both his greatest hits and the biographical book “Bruno Venturini, a voice that has moved the world” which collects the forty years of the maestro’s career to celebrate the important milestone. The book retraces all the stages of Vetturini’s artistic life, from his first performances to his greatest successes such as singing “Funicoli Funicula” also in Japanese.
Article published on November 19, 2018 - 19:45
