Sorrento– "It's like coming home to the colors of my music. Being kind means giving space to others, letting them enter your melody, and this city does that better than many others." With these words, Tullio De Piscopo announces his return to Sorrento, Sunday, December 14th at 9:00 pm at the Teatro Tasso, as part of the "Surriento Gentile" festival directed by Marisa Laurito.
The "I Colori della Musica – Live Tour 2025" concert is one of the most anticipated events of the festival that is transforming the city into a hub of art and culture. For the drummer, this date holds a special meaning: "A homecoming," to a city where he will reunite with longtime friends and supporters, in an atmosphere that always moves him.
De Piscopo's chromatic journey
The show, which is enjoying great success in Italy and abroad, recounts De Piscopo's artistic career through a symbolic palette of colors. The blue of the blues represents the deep roots of his musical journey. The red of the tango evokes his collaboration with Astor Piazzolla and the iconic "Libertango." The rainbow recalls his brotherly friendship with Pino Daniele, while green embodies the hope of youthful journeys from South to North, chasing a dream.
"Of all the colors, red represents me the most. 'O fire. I always have something red on me," confesses the artist, who in the concert will perform significant pieces such as 'Namina,' a song that intertwines her two cities, Milan and Naples, evoking memories of her first train journeys up North "with the music screaming inside."
The tribute to Pino Daniele and the greats of the Neapolitan scene
There's also room for a heartfelt tribute to Pino Daniele, celebrated not with his voice—"only he could sing his songs"—but through atmosphere, arrangements, and the five opening notes that open the live show every night, almost as if to ideally invite him on stage. "Stop Bajon" will also be featured, a song that continues to be a hit in the charts forty years after its release.
"Me, Pino, James Senese, Rino Zurzolo, Joe Amoruso, Tony Esposito: we were truly ahead of our time," recalls De Piscopo, emphasizing the importance of an artistic era that profoundly impacted Italian music. A boundless career, lived alongside legends like Chet Baker, Fabrizio De André, and Franco Battiato. "I've never been a music racist. I've experienced everything, every genre. I truly lived 'A Musica."
Kindness as the rhythm of life
De Piscopo fully embraces the message of the Sorrento event: "Kindness is a rhythm, a pace that allows you to truly encounter others. Kindness is education," says the maestro, emphasizing how Sorrento perfectly embodies these values.
Other events of "Surriento Gentile"
The program of the festival, promoted by the Sorrento Foundation, Federalberghi Penisola Sorrentina, Confcommercio Sorrento, the Sorrento Peninsula Travel Agents Association, and the Sorrento Restaurateurs Association, kicks off on Friday, December 12. At 9:00 pm, the Teatro Tasso will perform "Mo vene Natale – a tribute to humorous songs" by Lorenzo Hengeller, the Neapolitan pianist who blends Italian tradition with jazz and swing, accompanied by Enzo Anastasio on alto saxophone. Hengeller, known for his eclectic musical approach, has collaborated with artists such as Stefano Bollani and contributed to major musical, theatrical, and television projects.
On Saturday, December 13th, "Once Upon a Time" will take place, a walking tour of historic churches and historic buildings in the city center. Five actresses—Fiorenza Calogero, Antonella Stefanucci, Rosaria De Cicco, Annamaria Colasanto, and Francesca Colapietro—will tell fairy tales for adults and children around a burning brazier, offering a fascinating journey through tradition. For older children, there will be mulled wine tastings.
The event, which is bringing the city's most evocative neighborhoods and locations to life through music, poetry, theater, conferences, art exhibitions, and children's cartoons, will continue until December 30. Alessandro Vasapolli's exhibition "Dance Notes" also continues in the "Carlo Di Leva" room (via Luigi De Maio, 35), where the artist-photographer takes a step forward in exploring the photographic medium as a tool for opening up to other, secret scenarios, in search of a phantasmagorical otherness that undermines the mimetic rendering of reality.
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