Andrea Parodi Award 22, expected guests such as Tosca, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino and many others

Andrea Parodi Award 22, expected guests such as Tosca, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino and many others. From 13 to 15 October the finals of the world music contest

There will be special guests on the program of the 15th “Premio Andrea Parodi”, one of the most important European world music contests, whose finals are scheduled from 13 to 15 October at 20.30:XNUMX pm at the auditorium theater of the Cagliari Conservatory.

On Friday the 14th, Matteo Leone (2021 winner) and Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei, who will receive the 2022 Albo d'Oro Award, will take the stage. The final evening on the 15th will feature Tosca, the Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, and Portuguese singer-songwriter Tiago Nacarato, who will receive the International Albo d'Oro Award and will also perform some songs with Tosca. A group of students from the Conservatory will also perform during the festival.

The guests will alternate on stage with the finalists of the contest, namely Balentia (Sardinia), Beija Flor (Sicily), Escarteen Sisters (Catalonia), Folkatomik (Piedmont), Raquel Kurpershoek (Holland/Spain), Walter Laureti (Lazio), Antonio Smiriglia (Sicily) and Ual·la! (Catalonia), who will perform on all three evenings, which are free to enter with reservations at the Boxoffice (070 657428 - info@boxofficesardegna.it)

Rai Radio1 is also a prestigious media partner of the event this year.

On September 24th at 19.30:2022 pm in Quartu Sant'Elena, in the cloister of the former Capuchin Convent, with the support of the Municipality, there will be a preview of the festival with a concert by Alessia Tondo (voice of the Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino) and Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei. The evening will also feature some videos by Andrea Parodi and clips introducing the XNUMX contest finalists.

The finalists of the 2022 Award were selected by an artistic commission chosen by the Andrea Parodi Foundation (organizer of the event) and by the artistic director Elena Ledda. The selection was made from approximately 250 registered participants, almost half of whom were foreigners, testifying to the international importance that the Award has now achieved.

In the finals, the eight artists will perform live in front of a large jury composed of authoritative professionals, such as singers, authors, musicians, festival managers, managers, record producers, press offices, journalists, music critics, both Italian and international.

The overall winner will be entitled to a €2 scholarship.

The winner of the Critics' Award will have the opportunity to create a professional video clip of a song, produced by the Andrea Parodi Foundation.

Some of the Award finalists will also have the opportunity to perform at partner festivals (such as Mare e Miniere, Premio Bianca d'Aponte, Mo'l'estate Spirit Festival, Musiconnect-italy).

The Award was created to pay homage to Andrea Parodi, “golden voice”, as Al Di Meola said of him. A prominent figure in Italian world music, former founder of Tazenda, Parodi passed away prematurely in 2006.

The previous editions were won: in 2021 by Matteo Leone (Sardinia), in 2020 by Still Life (Sicily/Portugal), in 2019 by Fanfara Station (Tunisia, United States, Piedmont), in 2018 by La Maschera (Campania), in 2017 by Daniela Pes (Sardinia), in 2016 by Pupi di Surfaro (Sicily), in 2015 by Giuliano Gabriele Ensemble (Lazio), in 2014 by Flo (Campania), in 2013 by Unavantaluna (Sicily), in 2012 by Elsa Martin (Friuli), in 2011 by Elva Lutza (Sardinia), in 2010 by Compagnia Triskele (Sicily), in 2009 by Francesco Sossio (Puglia).

The Andrea Parodi Award is organized by the Andrea Parodi Foundation thanks to the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (founder), the Fondazione di Sardegna, and the Municipality of Cagliari (contribution and patronage).

The event's partners are: European Jazz Expo, Folkest, the Bianca d'Aponte Award, the City of Loano Award for Traditional Italian Music, Mare e Miniere, Musiconnect-italy, Ethnos Festival, Mo'l'estate Spirit Festival, Mare Aperto, World Music Academy, S'Ardmusic Cultural Association, the Barùmini Foundation – Cultural System, the Municipality of Aggius – Etnosfera, the Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Conservatory of Music of Cagliari, Labimus (Interdisciplinary Music Laboratory of the University of Cagliari, Department of Literature, Languages ​​and Cultural Heritage), NUOVOIMAIE, the Federation of Authors, UNA (National Authors' Union), Siedas, Boxofficesardegna, and AF Motors.

Media partners are Rai Radio 1, Rai Radio Tutta Italiana, Rai Sardegna, Radio Popolare, Tiscali, Unica Radio, Ejatv, Sardegnaeventi24.it, Il giornale della musica, Blogfoolk, Folk Bulletin.

International partners: Deutchlandfunk Radio (Germany), Mundofonías (Spain), Czech Radio - Petr Dorůžka (Czech Republic), Radio Ona de Barcelona (Catalonia), Association Musica Italiana (France), World Music Charts Europe (Czech Republic).

For more information: www.fondazioneandreaparodi.it | www.premioandreaparodi.it