In a new guise, the Torchiara Story Festival, the storytelling salon which, now in its seventh edition, regularly features personalities from the world of culture, artists and narrators who meet to tell stories and tell about themselves, in the heart of the Cilento.
For three days, from 8 to 10 October , a cultural offering that rewards the territory, but at the same time the country, with its historic centers, palaces and its medieval layout, welcoming those who flock there, to offer stimuli and opportunities for reflection and comparison.
Because it is Torchiara, with its magical atmosphere, and Borgo Riccio, with its hospitality of Historical house, to create the conditions and climate so that, every year, a real forum of ideas and exchange on current issues can take place.
Organized by Matteo Foundation e Claudina DeStefano, thanks to the substantial contribution of the Campania Region - Department of Culture which has supported the project since its inception, with the patronage of the Union of Municipalities of Paestum Alto Cilento, the National Park of Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni, the BCC of Buccino and Cilento Municipalities and the Province of Salerno, the event can now count on a stronger and more reliable structure which, for more than forty years, has been operating in the social and cultural fields.
The entire event will be accompanied by Cilento Story, the literary competition of Torchiara Story Festival that debuts with a fascinating theme, leaving plenty of room for creativity: genius and wildness.
In fact, the common thread of the call for participation is intended to be a tribute to the great genius of the last century, Albert Einstein, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics a hundred years ago. Reserved for writers and photographers, the competition resumes the tradition that, in the past six years, has brought many authors from all over Italy and beyond to compete.
Also this year, the texts that the jury will have judged most interesting will be collected in a volume published by Licosia Editions .
The three-day meeting program is vast, with many special guests. Let's start Friday October 8, from 18pm, to Baronial Palace of Torchiara: after the institutional greetings of Tommaso Pellegrino, President of the Cilento National Park and Felice Casucci, Councilor for Tourism of the Campania Region, all the artists who have joined the PACC Percorsi d'Arte Contemporanea in Cilento, from the De Stefano Foundation, in collaboration with Tesi srl, will meet to tell their experiences in the project, coordinated by the journalists Peppe Iannicelli and Elisabetta Castana.
Will Elio Rumma, artistic curator of the project, Giorgio Galli, Pier Tancredi de-Coll', Antonio Perotti, Leonardo Galliano, Claudio Marini and Stella Tundo are the protagonists of the living room Conversations on Contemporary Art who will speak with Luigi Punzo, CEO of the aeronautical company Tesi Servizi e Tecnologie Innovative, which created the works in precious metals.
Present were Franco Alfieri, President of the Union of Municipalities Paestum Alto Cilento where the works were placed, and Rosanna Romano, General Director for Cultural Policies and Tourism of the Campania Region, together to explain the importance of investing in culture for the development of the territories.
After the tasting on the theme Art to eat, by the pastry shop The wheel of Perdifumo and the winery White Houses of Torchiara, will close the evening Gino Rivieccio with the work We were born to fry, in conversation with Alfonso Sarno, food and wine journalist.
For the second day, Saturday October 9, the works will continue with The Living Room of Stories, always at Baronial Palace of Torchiara, for a celebration of Dante Alighieri, in a completely original and decidedly out of the ordinary form, starting with Il Divino Intreccio, edited by Raffaele Aragona and Stefano Tonietto who will present, in a national preview, a rewriting of the Inferno, conducted in compliance with Dante's language and its metrics, in an Oplepian key.
The Comedy of Errors which will see Aragona interpret some verses of the Divine Comedy, in a duet with Emanuela Grimalda, alone with his hilarious inventions of Dante's or La cucina ignorante.
At the end of the evening, Ida Paradiso and Federica Morra with Alfonso Sarno in Dante's Egg, will reveal the hidden secrets of Dante's cuisine and then leave us with Medieval Flavours, the tasting of the favorite foods of the great poet, organized by the restaurant The Pignata from Bracigliano.
For the last appointment, Sunday, October 10, the living room will move to Ogliastro Cilento, in the headquarters of Matteo and Claudina de Stefano Foundation, with the welcome to the guests of the President, Barbara Riccio de Stefano, to open the narration of Women's Stories, which will feature the participation of Donata Maria Biase and Antonella Casaburi in Cilento loves, Yellow Narcissus and Mirari, coordinated from Sarno.
Before the award ceremony for the winners of the Cilento Story literary competition, presented by Nunzia Schiavone, the final interventions will be entrusted to Alfonso Andria, President of the European University Centre for Cultural Heritage and Franco Picarone, President of the Budget Commission of the Campania Region.
The tasting moment will close the event Pleasures of the Palate, with the fried Cilentana pizza offered by theCelso Olive Oil Company of Finocchito di Ogliastro, the sweets with the nose of the Palumbo Pastry Shop of Roccapiemonte and the wines offered by Case Bianche.
The entire event will be broadcasted on the platform Slams, live streaming on the Facebook page. In order not to miss any appointment, the videos will also be made available on their YouTube channel and on the official website.
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