Fabrizio De André Prize: the new appointment is in Lazio

The Fabrizio De André prize returns to national tour with the project-format “and you like to let yourself be listened to”, dedicated to the research and meeting of new talents. After the great participation of the first appointment in Calabria, Saturday 14 June at 9.00 pm, for the date of the Lazio Region, the prize will stop in Montenero Sabino, in the province of Rieti, in the town hall square (free admission) with a quality artistic commission formed by Teresa De Sio, Teresa Mariano, Marco Graziosi and Elvisa Rossetti.

The artists who will go on stage are: Federico Baldi, Cecilia Baliva, Chiarablue, Stefano Fiori, Angela Davis Loconte, Simone Sartini, Carlo Valente. The selected artist will access the national semifinals directly.

The format provides for the participation of promoters and cultural producers partner of the prize, operating in cultural production and training centers, theaters and live clubs, festivals and music reviews that organize concerts in the various Italian regions to meet and listen to talents of the area.

In this second edition of the project, each territorial promoter of reference, will be able to select up to 10 artists, to be submitted, through a live event open to the public, to the artistic direction of the prize supported by a quality artistic commission made up of: Luisa Melis (artistic director of the prize), Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi, Cristina Donà, Pino Marino, Geneva Di Marco, Teresa De Sio (Cantautori), Massimo Poggini, Marinella Venegoni, Paola Gallo, Pietro D’Ottavio (journalists and musical critics), Luca Zannotti, Alessandro Ceccarelli, Franco Zanetti (manager and cultural producers), Teresa Mariano (creator for artistic villages of “And you like to let you listen”).

In compliance with the artists and mission of the prize, judgments or classification votes will not be issued. The award aims to listen to young talents, meeting them in the real nurseries of good Italian music, in places and territories to be supported and promoted in the best way, especially in a historical-cultural period so difficult and particular for our country.

To deepen the experience of meeting and knowledge with the Award and the Professionals members of the Commission, the project provides for the realization of “An open classroom”, an meeting-debate functional to be able to answer any questions from the artists and to provide useful information for the development of their artistic path.

Each artist can perform two songs of his own composition, without any registration fee. We will go from the classical author, rap, rock, jazz song. As always, the prize independent of the proposed musical genre. The only request: originality.

Que the regional stages 2025 edition:

Calabria – May 30 – Reggio Calabria – Big Easy Music Club – RC – Partner Promoter Alessio Laganà – Partner Rocco Caridi- Big Easy Music Club /RC – Commission – Luisa Melis – Teresa De Sio – Pietro D’Ottavio – Teresa Mariano

Lazio – June 14 – Montenero Sabino – Partner promoter Marco Graziosi – Common and Pro Loco partner of Montenero Sabino (RI) – Commission – Teresa De Sio – Luisa Melis – Teresa Mariano – Marco Graziosi – Elvisa Rossetti

Tuscany – 11 July – Marina di Carrara – P.zza Menconi – Marina di Carrara (MS) – Festival of the Apuan Alps – Partner promoter – Alessandro di Dio Masa (Musicantiecords Carrara) – Commission – Luisa Melis – Massimo Poggini – Claudio Gabelloni – Teresa Mariano

Molise – July 20 – Termoli (CB) – Piazza Vittorio Veneto – Partner promoter Giandomenico Sale – Frentania Teatri – Special guest – Teresa De Sio – Commission – Luisa Melis – Teresa De Sio – Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi – Massimo Poggini – Teresa Mariano – Luca De Martino

Liguria – July 24 – Quiliano (sv) – P.zza Gramsci – Partner promoter Roberto Grossi (Artistic Director – National Prize for the Song Author Emerging) – Commission – Luisa Melis – Marinella Venegoni – Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi – Teresa Mariano

Sicily – August 1st – Catania – Zō Centro Culture Culture (CT) – Partner Promoter Sergio Zinna – Founder/Artistic Director Zo Centro Contemporane Culture (CT)

Emilia Romagna – August 4 – Bagnacavallo – Cloister of the former convent of San Francesco – “Bagnacavallo d’Estate” Bagnacavallo (RA) – Partner promoter – Luigi Bertaccini – Commission – Luisa Melis – Alessandro Ceccarelli – Mauro Ermanno Giovanardi – Teresa Mariano

Stages confirmed with locations and dates to be confirmed:

Puglia – July – Marina Serra di Tricase – Promoter Partner Geremia De Giuseppe – Partner Ass. Coppula Tisa ODV “Celacanto Common Good” – Marina Serra di Tricase (LE)

Basilicata – July – Partner promoter Manuel will be tattered – Partner Arci Basilicata

Campania – July – Naples – Partner promoter Diego Magnetta – Cmn Produzioni

Sardinia – July – Partner promoter Davide Catinari – Vox Day Events and Productions