Festival dei Due Mondi presents "Metamorphosis" on April 16 at the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti
On April 16 at at 6 p.m. the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti hosts Metamorphosis, an extraordinary concert produced under the sponsorship of Rai for Sustainability and the collaboration of Rai Umbria. The project was born from the initiative of the Fondazione Casa dello Spirito e delle Arti, which seeks to give dignity and job opportunities to people who are in situations of severe social hardship: together on stage the Quartetto del Mare and the Piccola Orchestra dei Popoli, both active in the social and volunteer fields, bring to the stage the experiences they witness. to starting with the instruments: the wood of the violins, viola and cello played by the Quartetto del Mare comes from the boats used by migrants who landed to Lampedusa. Nicola Piovani, the special guest of the evening, is among the first musicians to have joined the initiative by composing the Song of the Wood piece premiered for Pope Francis and also performed in this concert. The evening, which raises funds to in favor of the very Fondazione Casa dello Spirito e delle Arti, is an encounter between two musical worlds, that of the Western classical tradition and the multiethnic world of non-European traditions.Info and tickets available