The Sound of Silence, a tribute to Ennio Morricone in honor of Mario Rigoni Stern - Asiago, 25 July 2021

Among the mountains of the Asiago Plateau, in Lazzaretto, the evocative event with the conductor Diego Basso and maestro Andrea Griminelli

it is"The Sound of Silence" to resonate in the mountains of the Asiago Plateau. In a suggestive event signed by the Municipality of Asiago and DuePunti Eventi, Sunday 25 July 2021, at 11.00am, the music of Ennio Morricone,interpreted by Maestro Diego Basso,conductor, and the internationally renowned flutist Andrea Griminelli,will be dedicated to Mario Rigoni Stern, on the centenary of his birth. The location chosen to give life to this magical combination of music and silence, of notes and uncontaminated nature, is Lazzaretto,where the public will be invited to sit among the green of the meadows, to listen to the tribute to the famous composer, with the Italian Rhythmic Symphony Orchestra, the Opera House Opera Choir and the Art Voice Academy Pop Choir.

"Immersing yourself in the sound of silence will be a unique experience - reveals Nicola Lobbia,councilor for tourism of the Municipality of Asiago - We are sure that the masters Diego Basso and Andrea Griminelli will offer an extraordinary show and we are proud to be able to give our guests emotional events of this magnitude, which focus on the most representative identity of our territory, nature, made of woods, paths, mountains and immense silences. it is a place to which we are very fond and which we jealously guard in our hearts. it is therefore the perfect place to celebrate the sound of silence in the year of the centenary of Mario Rigoni Stern".

Diego Basso and Andrea Griminelli are both connoisseurs and admirers of the music of Ennio Morricone. Maestro Basso has conducted numerous concerts dedicated to the works of the Roman composer. For the flutist Griminelli, Morricone personally wrote compositions for flute and orchestra, personally accompanying him on the piano.

The project by Diego Basso and Andrea Griminelli, the result of the professional collaboration between a profound connoisseur of the orchestra and the possibilities of the instruments and a musician with very sensitive interpretations and surprising technique, has been defined as"one of the most authentic tributes to Ennio Morricone",interpreter of the most beautiful music of our time, able to involve and excite audiences of all generations.

"Omaggio a Ennio Morricone" was performed in suggestive locations and national and international theaters. In the summer of 2020 and early 2021 the concert was seen by thousands of people in theaters and suggestive locations including Piazza degli Scacchi di Marostica, Piazza Grande Palmanova, at the foot of the medieval walls of Castelfranco Veneto, Col Margherita

– Passo San Pellegrino at 2,514 meters above sea level and on the Bassano del Grappa Bridge. Maestro Diego Basso has conducted numerous concerts dedicated to the universe of Morricone, while for the flutist Griminelli, Morricone has personally written compositions for flute and orchestra.

In the natural stage of the Asiago Plateau a perfect synergy between conductor, orchestra and solo instrument will be staged, in a lineup of selected pieces from the most famous soundtracks, selected from over 400 film music that maestro Morricone has composed. Music that is rooted in the collective memory as the scenes of films that Morricone's soundtracks have helped to make famous. From the long and incomparable collaboration with Sergio Leone to the most recent film production. An authentic vocabulary of suggestions. A concert that manages to make everyone's emotions vibrate, making each event a unique moment for itself.

In Località Lazzareto,so named because once there was theancient lazaretto of Asiago,there is the small church of San Sisto. It is a votive church built in thanksgiving of the end of the plague of 1631. The festival linked to this place occurs the day before the Ascension when a procession, called the Great Rogation,from Asiago arrives at the church as the most significant point of a fascinating journey, in memory of the plague that raged on the Asiago plateau.

"The Sound of Silence – Homage to Ennio Morricone" is promoted by the Municipality of Asiago and DuePunti Eventi.

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