Sound around the Island - Tenth edition

Thursday, January 29th

The event starts at 9 p.m. with "Sighida", that in Sardinian language means "continuation" or "follow-up," represents the meeting of two generations of music in Sardinia: on one side, a veteran like the Cagliari-born instrumentalist, composer, and researcher Mauro Palmas, with a rich background of experiences from an artistic career filled with successful productions and diverse collaborations; on the other, the twenty-year-old accordionist Giacomo Vardeu, with his extraordinary technical skill and surprising expressive maturity. The result is an exciting and engaging musical dialogue that, starting from the past, looks to the future through a repertoire that ranges from reinterpretations of Sardinian tradition to European and Mediterranean sounds.

Friday, January 30th

On Friday, there will be a double musical event. 

At 7 pm, Renat Sette, an Occitan singer connected to the troubadour tradition, will present "Chant de Haute Provence" together with Sardinian guitarist Gianluca Dessì. The repertoire includes sacred pieces and traditional songs, the result of Sette's research on Provençal folk singing.

At 9 pm Luisa Briguglio will take the audience on a journey through poetry and memory with her album "Truvatura," which explores themes such as desire and solitude through a mix of original texts and autobiographical material, performed in Sicilian. She will be accompanied by Fabrizio Lai and Matteo Nocera.

Saturday, January 31st

On Saturday at 6 pm, there will be "Pàulu Pillonca: sa boghe de sa gara poetica",  an event dedicated to the memory of Paolo Pillonca, an important traveler of  Sardinian language who passed away in 2018. The event will feature speeches by various experts, including the anthropologist Bachisio Bandinu and professor Duilio Caocci. 

Following, a poetry contest hosted by Pier Sandro Pillonca, Paolo's son. The improvising poets Bruno Agus and Zoseppe Porcu, accompanied by the Tenore de Ula Tirso, will be the main participants in this competition dedicated to the Sardinian poetic tradition.

Sunday, February 1st

The closing day of "Sound around the Island" begins with a musical matinée by the duo Raoul Moretti and Mübin Dünen. The concert featured a blend of ancestral and contemporary sounds, using instruments such as the harp, santur, nay, and duduk, along with improvisations and original compositions. 

In the evening, the festival celebrates the 30th anniversary of the choral project "A la vora del mar," directed by Rosalba Ziccheddu. The performance pays tribute to Catalan music and poetry, with actors and a quintet of Sardinian musicians on stage, interpreting works by various Catalan poets.