Oct. 29 – After a stop at the Jazz Club in Teplice and Prostor Mumie in Ústí nad Labem, Peppe Voltarelli continues his tour in the Czech Republic. He will perform on October 31 and Nov. 1-2 in Prague, accompanied on the bass by Italo Andriani and on percussions by Paolo Baglioni. Concerts will be held at 7pm at the Jazz Dock. In addition, on October 31 to 11am, the conference hall of the Italian Institute of Culture will host the artist and actor, who will hold a public workshop on the theme “Poem becomes a song: a short trip in the Italian songwriters from the 60s to today.” This is not Peppe Voltarelli’s first time in Prague: the artist had already performed in the city in 2004 with Il parto deelle nuvole pesanti, guest for MOFFOM (Music On Film On Music), the International Film Festival dedicated to music, to present the film Doichlandia (2003, directed by G. Gagliardi, winner of the Jury Prize at the festival young people of Turin). In the same year, he took part in the festival Litoměřický Koren. The following year he returned for a concert at the Akropolis and another date at Litoměřice. After kicking off his solo career, Voltarelli in 2006 was a guest for MOFFOM, where he presented the film “The True Legend of Tony Vilar.” In 2008, he was a guest at the United Islands of Prague Festival, where he recorded part of his bootleg, Duisburg Nantes Prague), he participated in the Song Writing Festival and as a guest for the Litoměřický Koren festival. In the spring of 2012, he presented in Prague “Last night in Malá Strana.” A song by the same name sees a collaboration with Esther Kočičková. His latest tour touched the cities of Litoměřice, Telc, Ústí nad Labem, Prague, and Teplice.
