Voci Vicine 2.0

Concept and music by Fabio Cifariello Ciardi

Voci Vicine 2.0, passion in 4 scenes for narrating journalist, video, ensemble, and electronics

Tonino Battista, conductor
Guido Barbieri, narrating journalist

Icarus Ensemble
Lavinia Guillari, flute
Mirco Ghirardini, clarinet
Diego Petrella, piano

Cantus Ansambl
Tvrtko Pavlin, viola
Jasen Chelfi, cello
Mario Šincek, trombone
Francesco Mazzoleni, percussions

The narrating journalist, the instrumental ensemble, and the multitude of voices and faces return to the stage in a 2.0 version, telling, denouncing, and shouting the recurring tragedies of our time. A chaotic chorus of appeals, denunciations, and invectives, fearful, desperate, and ironically cynical, often made up of brief videos scattered across the internet. From natural disasters to labor tragedies, from the waste problem to climate change: the voices of Italy and Europe reacting, rebelling, and pursuing their desire for freedom, merging with the music of Fabio Cifariello Ciardi, performed by the Icarus Ensemble and the Croatian Cantus Ansambl. Leading the audience in and out of the world portrayed by the voices and images, the journalist and TV reporter Guido Barbieri.