MWF

An edition that starts from the history of traditional luthiery in Catania to weave a flow of intangible connections that link Sicily with the world, with the complicity of extraordinary “plucked” musical instruments.
The exhibition “Catania Luthier” will allow us to immerse ourselves in the almost forgotten history of Catania’s luthiery, thanks to an exhibition of valuable instruments, images, catalogs, documents, and the reconstruction of a craft workshop that will host meetings with luthiers and traditional musicians.
Concerts and labs in the program will help place this history in the broader context of plucked instruments in the Mediterranean and beyond, through comparisons with instruments like the Arab oud, the tar and setar from the Middle East, the kora and kamele ‘ngoni from West Africa, not forgetting the guitar traditions of Italy and the world, such as the Calabrian “chitarra battente” and the Brazilian “violão.”
The encounter with the musical cultures of other peoples will allow us to rediscover our own traditions related to the guitar, mandola, and mandolin in a new light, which once left Catania by the thousands to reach the rest of the world.
The MWF (Mediterranean World Festival) enjoys the support of Europa Creativa through the TREMOLO_forte project, a collaboration with a European network with partners in Hungary, Serbia, France, and Belgium. For the first time, our festival in 2023 will be twinned with World Refugee Day thanks to the collaboration of the Il Nodo Consortium.

Festival

30 June

Strings from the World

20:30 • Palazzo della Cultura

I CASENTULI (Sicilia)
JULUTAN SABA
with DARIO CHILLEMI e JALI DIABATE (Sicilia/Senegal)
FRANCESCO LOCCISANO e ANDREA PICCIONI (Calabria/Lazio)
ROBERTO TAUFIC (Honduras/Brasile)
MANOLA MICALIZZI & BANDA MALUCA
FEAT. SAMBAZITA (Sicilia)

Special Guest MARIO VENUTI (Sicilia)

1 July

Woman, Music, Liberty

20:30 • Palazzo della Cultura

TANGRAM (Italia)
SPARTENZA
with MAURA GUERRERA e MALIK ZIAD (Italia/Algeria)
PERIJA (Macedonia del Nord)
OUMOU SANGARE (Mali)

2 July

MarranzaNite

20:30 • Palazzo della Cultura

FABIO TRICOMI (Sicilia)
FAISAL TAHER (Palestina)
SIMURGH ENSEMBLE (Iran/Sicilia)
BYON KAY (Giappone)
ZOORD (Ungheria)

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Labs

For more infos send an email to info@marranzanoworldfest.org

Prelude

28 May

10:00 • Cantine Nicosia (Trecastagni, CT)

JACARANDA
Piccola Orchestra Giovanile dell’Etna
(Sicilia)

15:00 • Cantine Nicosia (Trecastagni, CT)

MIRCANTI
Davide Campisi & Mimì Sterrantino
(Sicilia)

1 June

10:30 • Palazzo Centrale Università di Catania

Inauguration
Ribbon cutting and Press conference

17:00 • CUT Centro Universitario Teatrale

Instruments and Testimonials from the Ancient Luthiers of Catania
ROUND TABLE

Moderator
Professor Maria Rosa De Luca

Speakers
Giuseppe Sanfratello (University of Catania), Professor Renato D’Amico (Kalòs Foundation), Mario Sarica (Museum of Culture and Folk Music of the Peloritani, Gesso ME), Giuseppe Severini (Luthier, Musician, Researcher), Fabio Tricomi (Musician, Ethnomusicologist)

18:30 • Palazzo Sangiuliano, Palazzo Centrale, Piazza Università

Inaugural concert e Festa a Ballu
SCIALU!

with CASENTULI and FABIO TRICOMI

Shows

15 June

CATANIA LIUTAIA
Exhibition of tools, workshops, documents

17:00 • Palazzo Sangiuliano

Meeting with the luthier
Vincenzo Maravigna and Giuseppe Severini

19:30 • Gammazita | P.zza Federico II di Svevia

Meeting and discussion
MUSIC AS AN INSTRUMENT OF RESISTANCE
In collaboration with Catania Solidale, with the Kurdish People and with Ass. Darshan
With the participation of Ashti Abdo (Kurdistan), Faranak Alishahi (Iran) and Faisal Taher

20:30 • Gammazita | P.zza Federico II di Svevia

Concert of traditional Kurdish music
ASHTI ABDO

29 June

CATANIA LIUTAIA
Exhibition of tools, workshops, documents

17:00 • Palazzo Sangiuliano

Meeting with the barber and musician
Vito Bottitta
by Pino Biondo

19:30 • P.zza Federico II di Svevia

Sicilian dances in the square
SCIALU
with CASENTULI

20:30 • Gammazita | P.zza Federico II di Svevia

Opening of the Festival
With the participation of PERIJA, SPARTENZA and BYON KAY

Tickets

PRESALES

FESTIVAL PASS

Single seat
40€ + D.P.P.

VEN 30/06 | STRINGS FROM THE WORLD

Single seat
16€ + D.P.P.

SAB 01/07 | WOMAN, MUSIC AND LIBERTY

Single seat
18€ + D.P.P.

DOM 02/07 | MARRANZAnite

Single seat
13€ + D.P.P.

ATTENTION
At the box office all tickets will cost more
Take advantage of the online presale at a reduced price!
(NB: presales available until 6 p.m.)

BOX OFFICE

•Free entry up to 14 years old•

FESTIVAL PASS

Full
50€
Reduced
45€
Over 65 | Under 26 | AME Subscribers

VEN 30/06 | STRINGS FROM THE WORLD

Full
20€
Reduced
18€
Over 65 | Under 26 | AME Subscribers
Reduced for students
10€
High School, University, Academy, Conservatory | Parents accompanied by children (Under 14)

SAB 01/07 | WOMAN, MUSIC AND LIBERTY

Full
22€
Reduced
20€
Over 65 | Under 26 | AME Subscribers
Reduced for students
10€
High School, University, Academy, Conservatory | Parents accompanied by children (Under 14)

DOM 02/07 | MARRANZAnite

Full
18€
Reduced
15€
Over 65 | Under 26 | AME Subscribers
Reduced for students
10€
High School, University, Academy, Conservatory | Parents accompanied by children (Under 14)

Tickets

PRESALES

ATTENTION
At the box office all tickets will cost more
Take advantage of the online presale at a reduced price!
(NB: presales available until 6 p.m.)

FESTIVAL PASS

Single seat
40€ + D.P.P.

VEN 30/06 | STRINGS FROM THE WORLD

Single seat
16€ + D.P.P.

SAB 01/07 | WOMAN, MUSIC AND LIBERTY

Single seat
18€ + D.P.P.

DOM 02/07 | MARRANZAnite

Single seat
13€ + D.P.P.

BOX OFFICE

FESTIVAL PASS

Full
50€
Reduced
45€

VEN 30/06 | STRINGS FROM THE WORLD

Full
20€
Reduced
18€
Over 65 | Under 26 | AME Subscribers
Reduced for students
10€
High School, University, Academy, Conservatory | Parents accompanied by children (Under 14)

SAB 01/07 | WOMAN, MUSIC AND LIBERTY

Full
22€
Reduced
20€
Over 65 | Under 26 | AME Subscribers
Reduced for students
10€
High School, University, Academy, Conservatory | Parents accompanied by children (Under 14)

DOM 02/07 | MARRANZAnite

Full
18€
Reduced
15€
Over 65 | Under 26 | AME Subscribers
Reduced for students
10€
High School, University, Academy, Conservatory | Parents accompanied by children (Under 14)

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Contacts

Information about the Festival
and parallel activities at

info@marranzanoworldfest.org

Production and artistic direction
MoMu Mondo di Musica
info@mondodimusica.it

www.mondodimusica.it

Executive production and administration
Associazione Musicale Etnea
info@ame.ct.it

www.ame.ct.it