Giardini al CUBO
7 June – 18 September 2018
The evocative Piazza di Porta Europa hosts the exhibition Giardini al CUBO, with concerts, theatrical performances, cultural meetings and conversations that will brighten the evenings in Bologna throughout the summer from July to September.
For the second consecutive year, Giardini al CUBO will also be present in Milan with three meetings dedicated to 1968: after 50 years, a mosaic of voices recounts their personal memories and different aspects to understand how much 1968 changed us and what has remained of that extraordinary year.
Toni Capuozzo in THE PLACES OF '68
- Thursday 7 June 2018 at 21:15
From the first demonstrations in '68 with students in suits and ties to those with long beards, unkempt sweaters, to parkas: everything changed very quickly in a single year. 1968 was a lot of immaterial things - music, posters in bedrooms, Bandiera Gialla on the radio - and it was also a lot of material things and places - Clarks, miniskirts, ankle boots, record players and cassettes, the
mimeograph and megaphone, Parini High School and the Catholic University.
The meeting will be held in Milan in the **MUDEC Auditorium** Museum of Cultures, Via Tortona 56.
Ernesto Assante in ROCK LESSONS. The Beatles
- Thursday 14 June 2018 at 21:15
History and news come together in a guided tour of listening, videos and words, to enter a time machine and travel backwards through curiosities, anecdotes and texts, thus rediscovering works that are part of the history of music and also of everyone's lives. A lesson full of
memorable songs and unforgettable stories.
The meeting will be held in Milan in the **MUDEC Auditorium** Museum of Cultures, Via Tortona 56.
WOMEN OF 1968
- Thursday 28 June 2018 at 21:15
Rebel women who, with their personal history, have rewritten the world with the only true and successful revolution
of the 20th century. Storytelling, testimonies and narrated stories of what happened to women in the legendary '68 and what has remained with the younger generations.
With **Eva Cantarella**, **Lella Costa**, **Eliana Di Caro** and **Benedetta Tobagi**
The meeting will be held in Milan in the **MUDEC Auditorium** Museum of Cultures, Via Tortona 56.
Ginevra Di Marco and Cristina Donà in SO CLOSE
- Tuesday 3 July 2018 at 21:15
A national preview of a concert that takes inspiration from the repertoire of the two artists, with a setlist where the songs intertwine, the souls merge into a single song, two great voices together for the first time in a concert dedicated to their long and prestigious artistic history. A great songwriter, a great performer, two singers who have created a model to which many female voices of the current generations refer.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello.
Ernesto Assante and Gino Castaldo in ROCK LESSONS. Bob Dylan
- Thursday 5 July 2018 at 21:15
History and news come together in a guided tour of listening, videos and words, to enter a time machine and travel backwards through curiosities, anecdotes and texts, thus rediscovering works that are part of the history of music and also of everyone's lives. A lesson full of memorable songs and unforgettable stories.
With **Francesco Magnelli** piano and synthesiser, **Andrea Salvadori** guitar, loops, tzouras, **Luca Ragazzo** drums, **Saverio Lanza** guitar.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello.
Alessandro Preziosi in TOTÒ BEYOND THE MASK
- Tuesday 10 July 2018 at 21:15
On 15 April 1967, an unparalleled actor, capable of giving voice to post-war Italy, disappeared. Fifty years after his death, Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio, more romantically Totò, has never stopped making us feel his presence. His mask, the smiling and sad emblem of the urban underclass in a crushed but alive Italy, didn't do it, and the man who seemed to have little or nothing to do with that mask didn't do it. Through letters, interviews, music and poetry, **Alessandro Preziosi**, accompanied by the guitar of **Daniele Bonaviri**, retraces the career of the Neapolitan actor starting from his relationship with the theatre.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello.
Rocco Papaleo LIVE
- Thursday 2 August 2018 at 21:15
**Rocco Papaleo** brings a show to the stage that arises from the desire to create a theatre 'at your fingertips', capable of entertaining and exciting at the same time.
A successful theatre-song experiment, with one eye on Gaber and one on Basilicata in an extraordinary journey in which words meet music, between songs, stories, monologues and surreal gags.
With **Arturo Valiante** piano, **Guerino Rondolone** double bass, **Davide Savarese** drums and percussion, **Giorgio Tebaldi** trombone.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello.
Pedrito Martinez Group in CONCERT
- Tuesday 7 August 2018 at 21:15
'Pedrito is a genius,' said Wynton Marsalis. A Cuban singer and percussionist, with his band he dispensed music with strong colours and incandescent rhythms following the best Caribbean tradition. Not only that, in New York Martinez picked up the metropolitan suggestions that came from rock, pop and jazz. From here, a mix of influences that give life to a 'product' that seeks to offer a virtuous synthesis of two worlds, for which the musician was recognised with a Grammy nomination, the title of 'percussionist of the year' and the Thelonious Monk Award.
With **Pedrito Martinez** percussion and vocals, **Jhair Sala** percussion and vocals,**Jassac Delgado Jr.**keyboards and vocals, **Sebastian Natal**, electric bass and vocals.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello.
Eugenio Finardi in #FINARDIMENTE
- Thursday 9 August 2018 at 21:15
#Finardimente: a compound word that is at the same time an adverb, a noun and a verb. Three ways to answer the question of what Truth in Art is. This will be the new show between music and words by Eugenio Finardi; the singer-songwriter will seek to reveal his truth behind every form of artistic representation, with a sincere and cheeky account of the emotions of entire generations and with his music, generating a wide palette of emotions, from laughter to compassion.
With **Giovanni 'Giuvazza' Maggiore** guitars, **Claudio Arfinengo** percussion, **Marco Lamagna** bass, **Federica Finardi Goldberg** cello.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello.
Simona Molinari in CONCERT
- Tuesday 17 July 2018 at 21:15
**Simona Molinari** brings the songs that have defined her career to the stage, along with some songs and biographical anecdotes from Ella Fitzgerald's controversial private life: her beginnings, her loves, her passions, her illness. A show that thus seeks to be a travel experience. As part of the concert, Simona will also offer some of her most significant pieces, so as to show how Ella's music contributed to her current love of swing and jazz.
With **Fabio Colella** drums, **Fabrizio Pierleoni** double bass, **Gian Piero Lo Piccolo** sax/clarinet, **Claudio Filippini** piano.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello
Marco Paolini in TECNO-FILÒ. Technology and me
- Thursday 19 July 2018 at 21:15
'I'm not an Internet expert, I'm not a social media user. I don't know quantum mechanics, nor neuroscience and physics, nor robotics and artificial intelligence. But all this affects me and interests me. I know that my life is changing thanks to or because of the technologies that derive from these innovations and which I also use like my peers. I try to reflect on this out loud by putting together small stories united by a thread of reasoning. Once upon a time, during winter vigils, the narratives of the elderly who told something unique and precious were called a thread. Without the presumption of succeeding, I believe it is necessary to try to narrate our chrysalis moment.'
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello.
YELLOWJACKETS
- Tuesday 24 July 2018 at 21:15
**Yellowjackets** has been the trademark of American fusion for 40 years. The historic band was born in 1977 as a group with guitarist Robben Ford, and then took shape with the current lineup (with the exception of bassist Jimmy Haslip) starting from the 90s, to reach a very personal synthesis of languages: jazz, funk, R&B and Latin music. By now we can say that their sound and their very name represent an authentic certificate of guarantee. The quartet will present material from their latest work, Cohearence, and some of their great classics.
With **Bob Mintzer** woodwind, **Russell Ferrante** piano and keyboards, **Dane Alderson** electric bass, **Will Kennedy** drums.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello.
Bill Frisell in WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR
- Thursday 26 July 2018 at 21:15
The **When You Wish Upon A Star** project – complete with an album of the same name – is an intimately personal reflection and a tribute to some prestigious soundtracks. The repertoire features numerous songs taken from famous films of the fifties, sixties and seventies. Here as elsewhere, Frisellian aesthetics celebrate the intermingling and fusion of genres. The miscellany between high and low: between the country and Western
of 'Bonanza' and the valuable cultured lyricism of Nino Rota in the theme of 'The Godfather', between the epic melodies of Ennio Morricone of 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and the world of beautiful American songs.
With **Bill Frisell**, **Petra Haden** vocals, **Thomas Morgan** double bass, **Rudy Royston** drums.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello.
Luca Barbarossa in CONCERT
- Tuesday 31 July 2018 at 21:15
A special and intimate set to retrace the most significant stages of a long and
significant career with an acoustic soundtrack. After his last appearance at the Sanremo Festival and with the continuous and brilliant hosting of the radio program 'Radio2 Social Club', **Luca Barbarossa** returns before an audience in his most congenial guise, that of live performance, accompanied by ** Francesco Valente** on guitars and **Maurizio Mariani** on bass.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello.
Salvatore Rossi in ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD?
- Thursday 12 July 2018 at 21:15
It has always been a symbol of wealth, beauty, divinity and power, but also of savings and exchange. Those who
have it keep it safe in chests, safes and vaults. Why? Gold is a mystery that has endured for 6,000 years. Today, in the era of paper notes and virtual money, gold should seem anachronistic to us. Yet it is not forgotten at all! Starting with states and central banks, gold remains the safe haven par excellence, the linchpin of economies and monetary systems.
With **Salvatore Rossi ** General Director of the Bank of Italy and **Luca Telese**, journalist, television and radio host.
The show will be held in Bologna in Piazza Vieira de Mello
Philippe Daverio in ITALIAN HISTORY
- Tuesday 4 September 2018 at 21:30
The art historian **Philippe Daverio** will guide us on a journey through the centuries to discover the historical origins of some vices and virtues of the 'Bel Paese', accompanied by the cheerful melodies that will take us back to the liveliness of the Italian Middle Ages. Music by Dalza, Ortiz, Ruffo, Kapsperger, Kircher and Uccellini.
With **Andrea Inghisciano** horns, **Giangiacomo Pinardi** lute, theorbo, **Rosita Ippolito**, soprano and bass viola da gamba, **Marco Muzzati** dulcimer, bells, percussion.
The event will be held in Bologna in the Unipol Auditorium, Via Stalingrado 37.
Philippe Daverio in ITALIAN LANGUAGE
- Tuesday 11 September 2018 at 21:15
The art critic **Philippe Daverio**, accompanied by madrigals and lively Renaissance melodies, will talk to us about the birth of our language, which has spread throughout the world over the centuries thanks to music and opera. Music by Monteverdi, Landi, Cara, Vecchi, G. Caccini, F. Caccini, Frescobaldi.
With **Elena Bernardi** soprano, **Carlo Vistoli** countertenor, **Giovanni Bellini** theorbo, baroque guitar, lute, **Rosita Ippolito** viola da gamba.
The event will be held in Bologna in the Unipol Auditorium, Via Stalingrado 37.
Philippe Daverio in ITALIAN INTELLECTUALS
- Tuesday 18 September 2018 at 21:15
**Philippe Daverio**, accompanied by **Andrea Bacchetti** on the piano, will guide us through a gallery of portraits of illustrious Italians, from Dante and Petrarca, to Machiavelli, Beccaria and Manzoni, accompanied by the music of great composers such as Rossini, Scarlatti and Paisiello entrusted to the pianist Andrea Bacchetti.
Music by Galuppi, Hasse, Paisiello, D. Scarlatti, Rossini.
The event will be held in Bologna in the Unipol Auditorium, Via Stalingrado 37.