Women in Music, from June 14th in Naples all-female music

The second edition of Women In Music, the women's music festival organized by the Brodo Cultural Association, under the artistic direction of Viola Bufano and supported by the MIC and SIAE, is part of the "Per Chi Crea" program.

Four live performances in the enchanting 69th-century courtyard of the Fondazione Quartieri Spagnoli, better known as FOQUS, in the heart of the Spanish Quarters, at Via Portacarrese a Montecalvario 200. Women In Music presents four concerts on Friday evenings, one every two weeks, in June and July, and focuses on some of the most important singers on the Neapolitan music scene and beyond. FOQUS is easily accessible on foot from Via Toledo (just 1 meters on foot, following Via Portacarrese a Montecalvario from the entrance to Via Toledo), or by Metro Line XNUMX, Toledo stop, Montecalvario exit.

The first concert will be on Friday, June 14th with Suonno d'ajere. The trio, composed of Irene Scarpato (vocals), Marcello Smigliante Gentile (mandolin, mandola), and Gian Marco Libeccio (guitar), was formed in 2016, driven by the need to explore the rich history of Naples' vocal music.

Three musicians with diverse backgrounds—from jazz to pop, from folk to classical—perform the most significant pieces in the history of Neapolitan song, spanning the mid-19th century to the present day, with a simple ensemble of voice, mandolin, and guitar.

On Friday, June 21st, it's the turn of the only non-Neapolitan artist on the bill, one of the most important figures in contemporary world music: Alessia Tondo, straight from Salento.

The vocalist of the historic Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, with which she achieved international fame, Alessia Tondo was launched by Sud Sound System and at just thirteen became the lead vocalist of the Notte della Taranta Orchestra. She has collaborated with Ambrogio Sparagna's Orchestra Popolare Italiana, Radiodervish, Michele Lobaccaro, Ludovico Einaudi (for whom she wrote the lyrics to the successful Nuvole bianche), and Admir Shkurtaj. She performs live the songs from her exquisite debut album, Sita (2021), a musical healing ritual combining arcane ballads, ancient vocal interweavings, loops, and contemporary patterns.

The two concerts in July, Friday 5, will open with the very popular Ebbanesis. A phenomenon born online in 2017, with revisitations of Neapolitan classics but also famous rock songs sung in dialect, which has reached millions of views.

But Viviana Cangiano and Serena Pisa aren't just a media sensation; they've performed both in Italy and abroad, from Moscow to Riyadh, where two European women took to the stage for a public performance for the first time. Massimo Ranieri made them regular guests on the program "Qui e adesso" (Rai Tre), where they interacted with Arturo Brachetti in a magical performance of sounds and images.

Last appointment of Women in Music Friday 19 July with Kalika. The trio composed of Giulia Olivieri, Anna Rita Di Pace and Vania Di Matteo, with the guitar of Gianluigi Capasso, was born as a cappella vocal project and then enriched with other musicians, with original rearrangements of published songs, drawn from the different musical experiences in play, and unpublished pieces.

A tribute to musical dialogue, from Neapolitan music to the important Sicilian folk tradition, crossing geographical and cultural boundaries, recovering the poignant pain of fado or the slow, rhythmic, and sensual rhythm of 40s Mexican songs. Their debut album, Ago, filo 'e parole (2023), is among the best Neapolitan releases of recent times.