“Antropotiko tefteri”. Songs for an Odyssey around Man
€ 7.00
Tefteri is Modern Greek for the notebook where customers record the credit they have run up with their grocer, to be paid once they have received their monthly wage. Antropos is the Ancient Greek word for “man”. Its original meaning is “upwards looking”, since man is an animal who is capable of looking upwards, at the sky above. But looking up also means questioning oneself, trying to probe the sky, perceiving the work of time and experiencing wonder. The suffix “-tiko” reminds us of the rebetiko, the Greek urban folk music: a great tradition born among Greek exiles after the Greek-Turkish war of 1922. So this Antropotiko tefteri contains notes from travels around man—man’s unpaid bills—with references to Greek culture from the Odyssey onwards. This unusual concert will feature a journey in stories and songs played by a small band including a piano, a sampler, a theremin etherphone, and a lute. The performers will try to evoke the beguiling sense of wonder and awe the sirens' song instilled in ancient sailors.
Vinicio Capossela is a phantasmagorical songwriter, poet, writer and performer. In 1990, under the direction of Renzo Fantini, Capossela recorded his first album, All’una e trentacinque, which won him the “Tenco Plaque” (for a First Work), an honor he went on to receive three more times thereafter. After his first few “pre-biographical” albums, starting with Canzoni a Manovella (2000) Capossela has been addressing more universal themes, often inspired by great writers from Melville to Céline, from Dante to Homer. His “total operas” (Ovunque proteggi, Da solo, Marinai, profeti e balene) have been staged in theatres the world over. In 2004, Feltrinelli published his book Non si muore tutte le mattine (“You don’t die every morning”), from which a shadow theatre performance was drawn as well as Radiocapitolazioni, broadcast in Italy by RAI’s radio channel 3. Capossela’s latest work, inspired by the Greek tradition of the rebetiko (“a way of life, more than a musical style”), includes the album Rebetiko Gimnastas, a documentary he made with the filmmaker Andrea Segre, and the book Tefteri, taccuino dei conti in sospeso (“A notebook of unpaid bills”), published by Il Saggiatore; Il paese dei Coppoloni (2015) published by Feltrinelli.
Vinicio Capossela & i Dialoghi
2015
2013
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