Sold out yesterday for the show "Io, Giorgio Gaber" (Giorgio Gaber, me) at the conference hall of the Antonio Rosmini Cultural Association! The tribute to the singer-songwriter who was invited to attend the Studio d'Arte Gentile Polo was taken care of by the ironic elegance of the actor Alfonso Masi, accompanied by the voice and guitar of Patrick Coser and the accordion of the faithful Luciano Maino.
"The late sixties was an extraordinary period, full of tension, of desire, beyond the political and other events that we know, and making television had become debasing. I was a little sickened by a certain formula, the his limitations of censorship, language, expressiveness "(from Giorgio Gaber by G. Harari in" Rockstar "of January 1993)
"I discovered that the theater was more congenial to me, I enjoyed it more, it allowed me a direct expression, without the mediation of the disc or a camera between the artist and his audience. The revenue was certainly less than the proceeds resulting from the sale of the discs, but I earned enough not to have to suffer the choice of field. " (from Goganga to the Child God, edited by C. Pino in "Amico treno" of 1997)The successes will continue until the early lung disease that will lead him to record the last album My generation has lost that will be released posthumously. The actor Alfonso Masi reminds us that the funeral took place in the abbey of Chiaravalle, where he had married forty years before, accompanied by his song Libertà (Freedom):
"Freedom is not standing on a tree / It is not even an opinion Freedom is not a free space / Freedom is participation "
"Luporini and I work in a curious way. We see each other in Viareggio in summer, where he is a painter, and we talk about what interests us and what happens around us" (from Ed now I tell you the feelings of a man of today by A. Bandettini, in "La Repubblica" of 28 October 1986)And he remembers him in Trento and when he participated in 1981, with Francesco Guccini and Franco Battiato, at the fundraising concert for the newspaper "Lotta continua" at the Pala Lido in Milan, an event that brings to mind the youthful and active participation in the party . In general, the cultural show "Io, Giorgio Gaber" curated by Alfonso Masi and completed by the music of Patrick Coser and Luciano Maino was widely appreciated by the public who in the most emotional moments actively participated singing together the songs of "Mr. G" . We are therefore looking forward to the next event of actor Alfonso Masi, continue to follow us!
(Lucia Martorelli - Gentile Polo Art Studio)
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