A joyful evening indeed. Smiles and strangers dancing with each others filled the Barbican Hall Friday night, for one of the most incredible music experiences I had the privilege to witness in years! And, yes, I was in the dancing as well - everyone was!Mozart with a touch of African drums? The steady sea breeze of a summer night in Tunis brings Cuban tunes, Brazilian laughters and clapping hands from the streets to your ears. But this image is not enough to describe the new kind of "global music" the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio tours all over the world, with a suitcase full of rumba, Mediterranean flavours, Northern African disco, South American melancholy and... Mozart!!!
While we wait for some reviews of the concert, here's a good piece by John Hooper @ Guardian Online. Mr Hooper met up with Mario Tronco- the director of the Orchestra - and his wife in Rome, to find out a little more about the inspiring story behind this project.
Here are also 3 minutes of John Hooper at their rehearsal studio in Rome, if you want to have a better idea of what I'm talking about - John Hooper at the rehearsal studio.
Hope to see you all this weekend at the Do Something Different Weekend, to be blown away by some more surprising music by Brooklyn-based Antibalas, Benin's Gangbe Brass Band, Brazil's Spok Frevo Orchestra and Congo's Kasai Allstars.
It's going to be pure fun for adults and kids alike!
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