(26 July 2016) From Salerno to stages across the border, in the name of music. On August 12, Salerno’s singer-songwriter Alfina Scorza will perform at Nikola Vaptsarov square in Basko, Bulgaria. The event is supported by the Italian Institute of Culture in Sofia. Alfina explores various musical aspects right from her adolescence, studying classical piano, then coming to the jazz and Latin music, graduating with honors in jazz singing at the Domenico Cimarosa Conservatory of Avellino. She’s the winner of 2011 “Premio Anacapri Bruno Lauzi”, international songwriting competition broadcasted by UnoMattina and RAI-3, with the song “Di rosso e sensualità”; she also won the “Alessandra Cora Award” for best female performer. Since 2012 she toured Italy’s national theaters and clubs performing with her quintet. In October 2013 her song “Li penzieri” makes it to the shortlist of ten finalists of the prestigious “Andrea Parodi Award”. In July 2015 she was among the finalist of the prestigious “Premio Bindi”, with the song “La tortura”. In May 2015 she is offered the opportunity to perform in Japan in a series of concerts. Her sound, produced through the collaboration of the arranger guitarist Pasquale Curcio, is a mix of pop, jazz and folk characterized by Mediterranean sounds and notes of ancient taste. (Red)
