On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, the Embassy of Italy in Hanoi, with the sponsorship of ICHAM, presents Andrea Centazzo’s Multimedia Concerts.

 

The show is a travel inside the places and people involved in the historical expedition of 1.000 volunteers led by General Giuseppe Garibaldi who, starting from Northern Italy and fighting in Southern Italy for their Country, contributed in a decisive way to the unification of Italy in 1861, 150 years ago.

 

The artist Maestro Andrea Centazzo plays with the interaction between images and live music, historical narration and his own emotional involvement, bringing the audience toward the discovering of new visual and sound connections.

 

In an artistic career that spans over forty years, Andrea Centazzo has carried out more than 2500 concerts and live performances in Europe, the United States and Asia. He has recorded over 180 LPs and CDs and he is the author of 470 compositions, eight musicology books and 45 video film and multimedia performances. He has performed in the most prestigious international festival as soloist as well as directing his symphonic works and operas. Centazzo is a pioneer of video art and contemporary percussion: in the 70s he has played with some of the greatest soloists and avant-garde composer such as J. Zorn, S. Bussotti, S. Lacy, Al Curran and J. Cage. Centazzo has received a number of prestigious music and video Awards: Premio Speciale della Critica Discografica (Italia), Downbeat Poll (USA), Excellence Award of International Video Festival Tokyo (Japan), Art Canal Award of Ministry of Culture (France) and many others. Since 1998, Centazzo has been dedicated to the creation of multimedia shows in which he merges his music based on traditional percussion instruments with new digital media and videos running, which he is able to process and assemble into unique video art. The last shows were inspired by the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Buddha and Charles Darwin.

 

Andrea Centazzo contributes, with his unique artistic vision, to the evolution of contemporary culture.

 

Ticket price: 250 000 VND.

 

In HCMC: Tickets are available at ICHAM Office (Italian Chamber of Commerce) – 5th Floor, Euro Center, 49 Mac Dinh Chi, Da Kao Ward, District 1 – Tel: 08. 22001383

 

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September 13, 2011 at 8 pm