"EARTH. Homage to wanderers” is a festival of five events organized from 23 to 27 November by the Musica d'Oggi association with the support of the Municipality of Cagliari.
The festival represents the 19th edition of "Homage to ..." presented for the first time in Sardinia and has the aim of focusing in multimedia form on the theme of displacement, wandering and wandering through the valorisation of public places in the district of Is Mirrionis.
The Musica d'Oggi association has been involved in the organization of festivals and exhibitions since 1998 and with this 19th edition of "Omaggio a..." it takes on an accentuated multidisciplinarity, proposing the project "TERRA. Homage to the Wanderers”. He thus dedicates a testimony to specific types of human groups and cultures, in their own way evocative of diversified sensibilities and values. The aim is to increase knowledge of cultural and civilizational overlaps and correlations. Art, literature, music, dance and all the arts have always dedicated space to wanderers, to their interior dimension and to the fascination they arouse. The theme of wandering leads to the fascinating and evocative question in every Art: who is the wanderer? It is one who moves in one direction and another, without an obvious point of reference. Man has always been wandering and observes echoes of this condition in the surrounding world, even in the cosmos. Animals can wander, just as stars and planets wander in infinity. A wanderer is he who has no fixed abode, the nomad who walks without rest.
In addition to the theme of cultural in-depth analysis, the aim of the initiative is the valorisation of a sub-central area which is little frequented by cultural initiatives, such as the Is Mirrionis neighbourhood. Almost a Terra Incognita beyond the borders of the historic city, until the 1950s a vast space dotted with vineyards, shrubs and some military buildings, Is Mirrionis lived lives that were not always harmonious. Having lost its initial appearance of sparse countryside, having purified its subsequent image of a delinquent suburb, the neighborhood is in fertile change. It retains the vitality and community spirit of the original settlement nuclei, showing creativity, culture and propensity for the future. The whole of Cagliari can rely on these energies, to project itself outwards with its own dimension that does not conform to mainstream models and is made up of an exceptional plurality of social microcosms that coexist with each other without barriers and prejudices.
The Musica d'Oggi Association organized the event “TERRA, homage to the wanderers” in this way.
The inauguration will be on Thursday 23 November 2023 at 9pm at the Castello di San Michele, with the Guney Africa group and its show entitled . The Guneys perform West African rhythms and dances with the declared aim of transmitting the knowledge and tradition of rites, life and customs of the black continent. On Friday 24 November 2023 at 5pm at the Lussu Library, Villa Clara, Lilliu room, inside the Monte Claro Park (entrance by car from via Romagna, citadel of Health) you can attend the presentation of the book by Antonangelo Liori (Abbà editions). The event will see the participation of: Giovanni Manca editor, Antonangelo Liori author of the text, Francesco Pintore author of the photographs, Massimo Locci breeder. Subsequently, on Saturday 25 November 2023, at 11 am at the Library Centre, Sala Eleonora d'Arborea, via Falzarego 35, an event dedicated especially to students will be held. Prof. Maria Spanedda will hold the conference . The meeting will be opened by the speech of the Sardinian director Marco Antonio Pani who will give a brief introduction on his latest film, "Nemos - going to sea", the filming of which has just concluded. A sort of entirely Sardinian Odyssey, an epic tale that the director reworks by drawing on the millenary Mediterranean culture. Sunday 26 November 2023 at 7pm, again at the Sala Eleonora d'Arborea, in via Falzarego 35, will be the time for a meeting with cinema, curated by FEDIC Cagliari. Director Luca Contieri, present for the event, will introduce and show his docufilm (Mescalito Film). Luca Contieri began his career in 2010 covering various roles, from shooting to editing to directing, learning the techniques and system of advertising and film production. “Invisible energies – From Milan to Rome on the way” is his first documentary. Along the way he found the opportunity to begin exploring the vast field of spirituality through films. “Invisible energies” tells us about the journey, strictly on foot, from Milan to Rome. The festival ends on Monday 27 November at 7pm with a concert by students of some piano classes of the “GP da Palestrina” Conservatory of Cagliari. At the Municipal Library in via Montevecchio, the event will be entitled and music by Fryderyk Chopin, Isaac Albeniz, Vasilij Sergeevič Kalinikov, Milij Alekseevič Balakirew, Franz Liszt and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco will be performed by young people pianists Sara Murgia, Matteo Cossu, Valentino Serafini, Fabio Ucchesu. All events are FREE ENTRY. For information write to: . For further news and the detailed program, the Musica d'Oggi pages are available at . The “Musica d'Oggi” association, founded in 1998, has the exclusive and non-profit purpose of promoting the study and dissemination of music through every form of cultural event. From 1998 to 2015 the association presented "Homage to...": a contemporary classical music festival, now in its eighteenth edition, with the aim of dedicating each year to an important musical theme through concerts, exhibitions or round tables. The festival involved around 400 established personalities and young promises, including performers, musicologists, composers or critics from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Korea, Croatia, France, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal , Switzerland and USA. The association also deals with the organization of individual extemporaneous events. Finally, the association deals with the promotion of the musical activity of its members. “Musica d'Oggi” maintains active collaborations with institutions, foundations and other organizations operating in the field of musical culture and live entertainment.
