Cantunovu
Profile: | The Cantunovu are formed in 1980 in Syracuse. The main objective of the group is the rediscovery and enhancement of Sicilian popular music and traditions. The artistic operation that the Cantunovu do is to process the classic stylistic features of the island popular melodies, enriching them with sounds and rhythms that originate from the whole Mediterranean area. In this way, the music proposed, while preserving and guarding the historical memory of the old songs, are more articulated, current and such that they can be welcome, as well as an audience of competent, also to those who only want to listen to good music. The Cantunovu have created several record works: Sicilia Matri Antica (1987), Natali senza l'arvulu (1995), Passio Domini (1996), Petra Janca (1998), Livanti (2004), A Giuseppe Costanzo Viscuvu (Single - 2005), Lamenti e Nuveni. They participated in numerous events around the world in the presence of the national and international press, of authorities and heads of state, including his holiness Pope John Paul II. Their music is inserted in films, documentaries and short films. The Cantunovu have been in association since 1986 and are part of the U.F.I. (Italian Folkloric Union).
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Sites: | cantunovu.it |
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