Tenco 2024: the program, the Awards, the Plaques and the guests
The is approaching Tenco Award 2024whose three culminating evenings will be held on 17, 18 and 19 October next as usual at the Ariston Theater in Sanremo (Imperia). The exhibition dedicated to Songwriting this year celebrates the important milestone of 50 years.
The Tenco Awards 2024
For the 2024 edition, Club Tenco awards the Tenco Awardawarded to the career of those who have made a significant contribution to Songwriting, a Edoardo Bennato, Samuele Bersani, Mimmo Locasciulli and Teresa Parodi.
Furthermore, they are assigned the Tenco Award to the cultural operator to Caterina Caselli and the Yorum Award to Toomaj Salehithe Iranian rapper sentenced to death for “corruption on earth” by a revolutionary court. The Yorum Prize has been established in collaboration with Amnesty International Italia since 2020 to give visibility to artists who, often putting their lives at risk, fight for human rights and freedom of expression all over the world. Tullio De Piscopo is awarded the “The sounds of song” award.
On the fiftieth anniversary of the Tenco Prize, the SIAE Award goes to Ivan Grazianiwhich participated in the first edition of 1974.
The Tenco 2024 plaques
In addition to the Tenco 2024 Awards, on the Ariston stage during the first of the three evenings, on 17 October, the Tenco 2024 license platesannounced last July and assigned to: “It’s useless to talk about love” (Woodworm, Universal Distribution) by Paolo Benvegnù – Best album ever, “La Mia Terra” (Carosello Records) by Diodate – Best Single Song, “Hasta Siempre Mercedes” (BMG) by Simona Molinari – Best album by performer, “Assamanù” (Cassis Publishing) by Setak – Best album in dialect (or minority language spoken in Italy), “Curami l’anima” (Squilibri Editore) by Elisa Ridolfi – Best first album, and “Sarò Franco – Unpublished songs by Califano” (Azzurra Music) produced by Alberto Zeppieri – Best project album.
The Tenco Plaques have been awarded since 1984 to “The best records of the year” by Canzone d’Autore published during the year, or in this edition made available in any way to the public from 1 June 2023 to 31 May 2024. The works of the artists nominated for the Plaques they are voted by a vast and competent jury made up of experts, journalists and professionals chosen by the Tenco Club, who express their votes in the ways and times that are communicated to the association’s jurors.
Collateral activities
In addition to the three evenings at the Ariston, the exhibition program is full of events which for four days invade Sanremo, between the Ariston Theatre, the headquarters of the Club Tenco which is located in the former goods yard of the old railway station, the Casino Theatre, the former Santa Brigida church in the Pigna district and the Ritz Cinema. This year for the first time the “First national meeting of quality music reviews and awards”, a debate on songwriting in which representatives of various events and awards dedicated to songwriting in Italy will intervene.
Among the other events preceding the evenings, on 16 October at 11.00 at the Ariston Theatre, after the meetings of previous years dedicated to Gaber, De André and Jannacci, there will be a masterclass for students dedicated to Pino Daniele edited by Marika Amoretti. Fausta Vetere, Tullio De Piscopo, Carmine Aymone and Stefano Senardi participate. It is now customary for the Exhibition to be preceded by an event for local schools, which last year saw the participation of more than a thousand middle and high school children. The 2024 masterclass is inspired by the upcoming release of the documentary film “Pino Daniele. Black in half“, edited by Marco Spagnoli and Stefano Senardi, produced by Fidelio and Eagle Pictures.
Like every year, the “Cantautore” will be published, a limited edition magazine which has been distributed at the Ariston Theater and at the Club Tenco headquarters since the first review in 1974. This year the “Singer-songwriter” is accompanied by a special edition dedicated to Sergio Staino (journalist, cartoonist and director who was President of Club Tenco until his death in 2023) entitled “Il Cantastaino – Friend, the meeting is the life of art” with a record. Furthermore, thanks to the presence of Caterina Caselli as a cultural operator, a record of songs entirely dedicated to Lucio Quarantotto which are not sung in Italian, but translated into English and performed by Wayne Scott.
Evenings at the Ariston Theater
The three culminating evenings of the event dedicated to the Songwriter of the next 17, 18 and 19 October, presented by Francesco Centotrame and Antonio Silvawill see numerous guests on the stage of the Ariston Theater, including Ddt Jurij Ševčuk, who will collect the 2022 Tenco Prize, Tosca, Francesco Tricarico, Filippo Graziani, Michele Staino, Fabrizio Mocata, Gianni Coscia, Wayne Scott, Kento and Irene Buselli.
This year the scenography will be designed by Valerio Berrutian artist who uses the ancient technique of fresco, sculpture and video animation to create essential images, inspired by the suspended world of childhood, in which everything has yet to happen.
The Main Sponsor of the Tenco Prize is SIAE – Italian Society of Authors and Publishers.
For the second consecutive year Rockol is Media Partner of Club Tencowhile the Radio Partner is Radio Capital.
The presales relating to subscriptions and ai single evening tickets I’m online at clubtenco.it And aristonsanremo.com or at the Ariston Theater box office (every day from 5pm to 9pm, Saturday from 10am to 1pm and from 5pm to 9pm, info. 0184 50.60.60).
Plan
WEDNESDAY 16 OCTOBER
11.00 am – Ariston Theatre
Master class for schools on Pino Daniele: with Carmine Aymone, Tullio De Piscopo, Fausta Vetere.
3.30 pm – Headquarters, Former Station
- Round table “Resistance, popular song and songwriting” – Emanuele Felice, Daniele Fumagalli, Alessio Lega – hosted by Steven Forti.
- “The Stranger Found” with Michele Gazich and Federico Sirianni.
6.00 pm – Former Santa Brigida church, Pigna
Concert by Andrea Tarquini “The songs of Stefano Rosso” – presented by Steven Forti.
9.00 pm – Casino Theatre
“Songwriters at the festival” concert, written and narrated by Sergio Secondiano Sacchi with the voice of Sighanda together with the Sanremo Symphony Orchestra, directed and arranged by Pino Jodice – presents Steven Forti.
THURSDAY 17 OCTOBER
12.00pm – Former station site
Press conferences with the artists – hosted by Steven Forti and Antonio Silva.
3.00 pm – Headquarters, Former Station
“First national meeting of quality music reviews and awards”
Debate on songwriting – Moderators: Andrea Scanzi, Stefano Senardi and Paolo Talanca.
6.00 pm – Former Santa Brigida church, Pigna
Concert by Giovanni Block – presents Steven Forti.
9.00 pm – Ariston Theatre
1st Evening of the Songwriting Review – presented by Francesco Centorame and Antonio Silva
Paolo Benvegnù (Targa Tenco) – Tullio De Piscopo (Premio “I sono della canzone”) – Diodato (Targa Tenco) – Simona Molinari (Targa Tenco) with Special Guest Cosimo Damiano Damato – Elisa Ridolfi (Targa Tenco) – Setak (Targa Tenco) ) – Gianni Coscia, Fabrizio Mocata and Michele Staino – Francesco Tricarico – Alberto Zeppieri (Targa Tenco).
FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER
12.00pm – Former station site
Press conferences with the artists – hosted by Steven Forti and Antonio Silva.
3.00 pm – Cinema Ritz
Film screening on Sergio Staino “SATIRE AND DREAMS” by David Riondino
Presentation “CANTASTAINO” with Gianni Cuperlo, Sergio Secondiano Sacchi and Adriano Sofri.
6.00 pm – Former Santa Brigida church, Pigna
“BOBO SONGS” Concert by Gianni Coscia, Fabrizio Mocata and Michele Staino – conducted by Steven Forti
9.00 pm – Ariston Theatre
2nd Evening of the Songwriting Review – presented by Francesco Centorame and Antonio Silva
Edoardo Bennato (Premio Tenco 2024) – Mimmo Locasciulli (Premio Tenco 2024) – Kento – Teresa Parodi (Premio Tenco 2024) – Wayne Scott – Tosca – Francesco Tricarico.
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER
12.00pm – Former station site
Press conferences with the artists – hosted by Steven Forti and Antonio Silva
3.00 pm – Headquarters, Former Station
Presentation of Tenco production books:
- “The Last Buscadero” Memory of Paolo Carù – Guido Giazzi, Andrea Parodi participate.
- Presentation of the album “Forty eight” by Wayne Scott. Presented by Sergio Secondiano Sacchi.
- Presentation of the book “Music and words. A brief history of songwriting in Italy” by Paolo Talanca. Carocci publisher.
Hosted by Steven Forti
6.00 pm – Former Santa Brigida church, Pigna
Wayne Scott concert “Forty-eight – 11 songs by Lucio Quarantotto” with Daniele Caldarini, Lorenzo Colace, Angapiemage Persico and Michele Staino.
Presents Steven Forti.
9.00 pm – Ariston Theatre
3rd Evening of the Songwriting Review – presented by Antonio Silva and Francesco Centorame
Simone Cristicchi and Amara – Filippo Graziani – Jurij Ševčuk (Tenco Prize 2022) – Irene Buselli – Francesco Tricarico – Caterina Caselli (Tenco Prize for the cultural operator) – Samuele Bersani (Tenco Prize) – Presentation of the Siae Prize
