(April 20th, 2016) “Maccaroni”, “Masciare”, “La danza del grillo” (The cricket dance), “La girandola” (The pinwheel). Sounds, traditions and lots of Apulia: the MinAfric Orchestra is ready to cross borders and go on stage at the “Jazzahead!” in Bremen, the main jazz fair in the European Union. From tomorrow until Sunday, April 24th the Apulian music will be protagonist in Germany thanks to Puglia Sounds – the program of the Puglia Region for the development of the music system. Puglia Sounds is participating at the event with a stand devoted to the promotion of the regional music system. It organized the showcase of MinAfric Orchestra who will perform together with the female quartet of Faraualla, one of the Apulian group most appreciated abroad. Led by Pino Minafra and accompanied for the occasion by the young singers from Salento the group MinAfric Orchestra will be the only Italian band to perform at the prestigious international event. The musical encounter is scheduled for Saturday, April 23rd from 11pm at the Kulturzentrum Schlachthof. The MinAfric Orchestra is a natural continuation of the Sud Ensemble, created by Pino Minafra to give voice and sound to nowadays music, looking over all the geographical horizon, including music and cultures of the whole South. It is an intense and complex project, that uses music to combine together the complicated diversities that surround Apulia. A region that is a natural bridge between the East, the Mediterranean, Africa, the Balkans and, today, the New Europe. (red)
