“Cantare in italiano“ or the history of Italian song as told by Ferdinando Molteni

19 August, 2015 – “Singing in Italian. A brief history of song from the Sixteenth century to the present” is the title of a conversation-event with journalist, writer and musician Ferdinando Molteni, scheduled at the Dante Alighieri Society in Montevideo for Wednesday, August 26 at 7pm. Molteni will bring the audience on a journey through the history of Italian song. Molteni – author for Giunti publisher and Co-Artistic Director of the Theatre Defferrari Noli (Savona) – writes about culture and music on various newspapers (Il Secolo XIX, Il Foglio, Diario…) On Luigi Tenco, Molteni wrote, for Massimo Ghini, “La strana morte di un cantautore” (airing on Raidue) and for Roberto Tesconi the one-act play “Luigi Tenco. L’ultima notte” (2013). Molteni’s most recent books are “Controsole. Fabrizio de André e Creuza de ma.”(2011).