An unpublished by Mia Martini, poignant

“It seems to me that his songs regarding the role of the woman always have as the theme of that of the non -sighing woman who says” my love, why did you leave? ” And so on, but of the woman who all in all this game with cards with man sees her winner, or am I wrong? », Asking Enzo Tortora to Mia Martini. And the voice of “Minuetto”, low look, replies: “It is not always important to be a winner. In love it is nice to win and lose, but it is nice to fight and feel alive». The scene comes from the archives of the RSI, Swiss radio and television, and dates back to January 1975. The program is “Messi”, a series of interviews-trades made between 1974 and 1975 by the great Tortora for TV where in the 1960s he had conducted prize quizzes. Mia Martini is at the height of success, after four albums such as “Beyond the hill”, “in the world, one thing”, “the next day” and “is just like living” – which will be followed shortly thereafter “senses and counter -senses” – who have made her one of the most acclaimed interpreters of new Italian music, thanks to the various “little man”, “single woman”, “minuet”. He cannot know, but that phrase to which he lets himself go by answering Tortora’s question on the female figure celebrated in his songs will become a sort of programmatic manifesto of his poetics. And his life. Fifty years later, that blow and response relives in the video clip that accompanies a Unpublished brought out of surprise by the archives of the voice of “At least you in the universe”who died prematurely in 1995, at just 47 years old. It is titled “Live“, it is dated 1977 And it revives the voice of what is considered one of the greatest interpreters of always Italian music, for many second only to Mina.

Already contained in the disc “Tarab“, released last May on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the disappearance of Mimì, the song is now officially launched as a single and aims to rekindle the spotlight on the unforgettable – and unforgettable – Calabrian singer. The song was among those candidates to enter the album “To love you” of 1977then remained in a drawer from which he was pulled out only after forty -eight years: «To hell with you too / how much poison to swallow / the naive that is in me / you can allow you to laugh», Sing Mia Martini in the first verses of the text of the song, which is a declaration of strength and rebirth. The protagonist is a woman who, after yet another disappointment, regains its emotional independence and identity, in a sort of manifesto of female self-empowerment: “There is that it is alive / I die and then it re -entered / live / removal to swim / live / my big sail / alone / again flies”. The text bears the signature of Joe Iozzo (already alongside Nicola Arigliano and Zucchero) and Roby Marsella, the music that of Edilio Capotosti and Rubiegi.

To guarantee on the authenticity of the recovery project of the unpublished of Mia Martini contained in “Tarab”, including “alive”, it thinks about it Maurizio Piccolohistorical collaborator of the singer, who already in 2004 and 2010 had produced and edited the restoration and digital editing of two CDs of songs left in the drawer, “The concert” and “Other than sky”: «The work was divided between the use of the original records of the items and the creation of new modern arrangements to enhance its voice. The goal was to offer Mimì a “new spring”. The result was a daily confrontation with his music, his voice, including about forty songs selected with the contribution of Franco Canuto, to represent the different musical and interpretative facets of Mia Martini, who for over fifty years has continued to give us great emotions “, he explains.

Tomorrow, on the occasion of what would have been the seventy -eighth birthday of Mia Martini, the Manzoni Theater in Milan will host the twelfth edition of “Happy birthday Mimì“, The concert that every year sees friends and colleagues pay homage to the interpreter of” Men do not change “recalling their songs. Presented by Luisa Corna and broadcast live on Radio Italia starting at 8.45 pm, the evening will see Arisa, Ermal Meta, Nina Zilli, Anna Tatangelo, Bigmama, Cioffi, the list of list and September. The sisters of Mimi, Leda and Olivia Bertè, and his nephew Manuela Savini Bertè, will enrich the evening with memories, personal anecdotes and exclusive images that will retrace private and public moments of the great interpreter. On the other hand, there will be no Loredana Bertè, who has long had conflicting relationships with the other sisters.