Musicultura: here are the names of the 16 finalists
With the selection of the 16 finalist artists, the Xxxvi edition of Musicalthe event who seeks new youth talents in the Italian popular and author song, favoring a generational change.
From 1990 to today there are many artists (soloists or groups) who came out of musicals who have traveled a successful career. Among them Gianmaria Testa, Pacifico, Patrizia Laquidara, Simone Cristicchi, Margherita Vicario, Mannarino, the list representative, French saints, Up to the artist who, thanks also to the beautiful test of the Sanremo Festival, is now at the center of attention, enjoying great feedback: Lucio Corsi.
These are the names of the 16 finalists, with the cities of origin and the titles of the respective songs, of which they are all authors or authors:
Alessandra NazzaroNaples – Ouverture;
Belly Button and the Onda choirRome – I believe;
Distemah, Biella – Apathy;
Elena MilMilan – The ballad of hell;
FragmentsTreviso – Peace;
HibiscusBologna – languor;
KyotoBari – Border;
Me, JulyBenevento – Mundi;
Moonari, Rome -Funamboli;
Abat-jourRieti – Oblivion;
NakhashAsti – Skirt;
NILESassari – All-Nurse;
Silvia LovicarioNuoro – Night;
Simona Boo and children of smokeNaples – Simun;
sonalaskaRome – Crazy girl;
UlulaVerona – Wolf skin.
The finalists will be officially presented in national preview in Recanati on 24 And April 25thin two concerts to be held starting at 9 pm at the Persiani theater, in videoostreaming on social media and live on Rai Radio 1the official musical radio. They will lead the evenings John Vignola, Marcella sullo And Duccio Easter.
Both evenings will see an exceptional artistic duo on stage, composed of Fabrizio Bosso to the trumpet e Julian Oliver Mazzariello.
This is the comment of Ezio Nannipieri, Artistic director of Musicultura
Finding Fabrizio and Julian Oliver is a real pleasure. We are talking about two artists who not only enchant with their skill, but who every time they play demonstrate how it is misleading to conceive music in terms of distinct genres and styles.
As for the finalists, we are very happy, each of them has something to say. We are talking about very different songs from each other, in themes, in the musical character, in the interpretative approach. It means that there is a generation of young artists immune from evil that risks reducing the Italian song to a single soup, it means that the need to seek and express themselves in several directions is not off and that there are those who have passion and enthusiasm to give it a voice. Musicultura is honored and proud to feel at the service of this way of conceiving and living the songs.
The selection to reach the names of the finalists began last November with the examination of the 2,352 songs presented in competition by the 1,176 artists enrolled in the 2025 edition.
Among all the proposals, 60 were summoned to Macerata to participate in live auditions: 10 consecutive days of live listening, also broadcast on social media.
The songs of the 16 finalists will become part of the cd compilation of the XXXVI edition of musical and will be taken over and scheduled by Rai Radio 1.
Eight Finally, it will be the winners of the competition, designated by the unquestionable judgment of the Artistic Committee of Musical Guarantee whose first signatories were in 1990 Fabrizio De André and Giorgio Caproni, and which in this XXXVI edition is composed of: Francesco Amato, Enzo Avitabile, Claudio Baglioni, Diego Bianchi, Francesco Bianconi, Maria Grazia Calandrone, Giulia Caminito, Luca Carboni, Guido Catalano, Ennio Cavalli, Carmen Consoli, Simone Cristicchi, Gaetano Curreri, Dardust, Teresa De Sio, Cristina Donà, Giorgia, Mariangela Gualtieri, the representative of the list, Ermal Meta, Mariella. Nava, Susanna Nichiarelli, Piero Pelù, Vasco Rossi, Ron, Sydney Sibilia, Tosca, Paola Turci, Roberto Vecchioni, Sandro Veronesi And Margherita Vicar.
The eight winners, together with the famous guests, will be the protagonists of the final evenings of the Festival, scheduled in June 2025 at the Sferisterio di Macerata.
On that occasion, the public vote will decide the assignment of the Banca Macerata prize of € 20 thousand to the absolute winner. The plate of critics will also be assigned Piero Cesanelli (€ 3,000), the “La Casa by the sea” award (€ 2,000), the PMI Prize (€ 2,000) and the prize for the best text (€ 2,000).
This is the calendar of performances
April 24th
Abat-jour – Oblivion
sonalaska – Crazy girl
Me, July – Mundi
Kyoto – Border
Moonari – Funamboli
Elena Mil – The ballad of hell
Belly Button and the Onda choir – I believe
Simona Boo and children of smoke – Simun
April 25th
Ulula – Wolf
Nakhash – Skirt
Distemah – Apathy
Hibiscus – Languor
Fragments – Peace
Alessandra Nazzaro – Ouverture
NILE – All-Nurse
Silvia Lovicario – Night
These are the names of the eight finalists of the 2024 edition: Nico Arezzo; Anna Castiglia; De.stradis; Nyco Ferrari; Bianca Frau; Helle; Eugenio Sournia; The Snookers.
Anna Castiglia He was the absolute winner and won the prize for the best text with “Ghali”, Eugenio Sourniawith “Il Cielo” he won the PMI and critical prize, while Hellewith Lisou “she was the winner of the” The House by the sea “award.
