2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the great guitarist Alirio Diaz and events will be held all over the world to pay homage to the figure of the legendary Venezuelan leader.
Sardinia too will celebrate the South American virtuoso with the Alirio Diaz International Guitar Festival, scheduled in Quartu Sant'Elena from 12 to 21 May : a variety of initiatives commissioned by the Sound Music Art Association to involve audiences of all ages with concerts, events, exhibitions, masterclasses and an art competition for middle school.
It will be an opportunity to appreciate the guitar, with its wide repertoire, promoting music as a vehicle of social inclusion and a means for the enhancement of the territory.
Now in its fifth edition, the kermesse, organized thanks to the support of the Municipality of Quartu and the Fondazione di Sardegna, aims to bring Sardinia to the center of the international panorama of classical music , hosting important world-class concert players and leading figures of the six strings, from Italy and abroad.
The best specialists from Spain, Montenegro, Germany, Venezuela and Croatia will take turns on the stage of the former Capuchin Monastery of Quartu Sant'Elena.
On Friday 12 May, at 9 pm, the inauguration is entrusted to Senio Diaz, son of the unforgettable artist celebrated by the Festival , who carries on his father's work to promote the legacy of the one who was the heir of Andrès Segovia throughout the planet .
The following day, at 7 pm, one of the brightest stars of international concertism, Edin Karamazov, also famous to the general public for having played in duo with Sting on the album "Songs from the Labyrinth" which reached the top of the European and American charts.
Sunday 14 May at 6 pm it will be the turn of Simone Onnis , artistic director of the event, considered one of the most representative Italian guitarists and the first Sardinian to perform at the Carnegie Recital Hall in New York, temple of world concertism and destination for the greatest musicians of the history.
