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)
ARTISTS
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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
EXHIBITION
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€
VEN 30/06 | STRINGS FROM THE WORLD
Full
20€
Reduced
18€
Reduced for students
10€
SAB 01/07 | WOMAN, MUSIC AND LIBERTY
Full
22€
Reduced
20€
Reduced for students
10€
DOM 02/07 | MARRANZAnite
Full
18€
Reduced
15€
Reduced for students
10€
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.)
BOX OFFICE
FESTIVAL PASS
Full
50€
Reduced
45€
VEN 30/06 | STRINGS FROM THE WORLD
Full
20€
Reduced
18€
Reduced for students
10€
SAB 01/07 | WOMAN, MUSIC AND LIBERTY
Full
22€
Reduced
20€
Reduced for students
10€
DOM 02/07 | MARRANZAnite
Full
18€
Reduced
15€
Reduced for students
10€
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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