MonfortInJazz: Daniele Silvestri

“Il Cantastorie recidivo“: the new live show of Daniele Silvestri, until April stable in Rome with as many as 30 performances, is an exciting celebration of the first 30 years of the artist’s career.

Monforte’s will be a live performance in a more intimate form with a special trio formation to give the audience a new version of his songs and a project, “The Recidivist Storyteller,” created to celebrate 30 years of music.

An extraordinary career during which Silvestri has demonstrated a special sensitivity in telling the stories of everyday life, addressing social and political issues in a direct and poetic way.

Stories that truthfully, ironically and romantically described our country and those who live in it.

A combination of artistic talent, social commitment and stylistic versatility have made him one of the most significant figures on the Italian music scene.

The concert will also have an exceptional opening: on stage before Silvestri will be Casadilego.

It is the stage name of Elisa Coclite, a talented Italian singer, best known for having won the X Factor in 2014 and who after the talent show has been able to carve out space and consideration in the world of more refined Italian songwriting, with a role also in the cast of the Italian version of David Bowie’s rock opera “Lazarus“, starring Manuel Agnelli.

The Festival

Climbing through the narrow streets of Monforte d’Alba, a stupendous center of the Piedmontese Langhe and home to great Barolo producers, one is always won over by the beauty of theHorszowsky Auditorium, located on top of the ancient medieval village.

A unique place and one of the most special locations in the Italian festival scene: it is here that many of the best known and most appreciated protagonists of the international music scene have been giving life to a unique event for 43 years.

Artistic quality and refinement of performers come together in the program of Monfortinjazz and more to offer an increasingly international, educated and prepared audience an unrepeatable suggestion.

The open-air auditorium takes advantage of a natural cavea set between the ancient bell tower at the top, the oratory of St. Augustine on the left, and at the bottom, providing a backdrop for the stage, the walls of Scarampi Castle and the oratory of St. Elizabeth.

The capacity of this space is only 800 seats,including the grandstands that are set up high up exclusively for the festival.

The auditorium was named in 1986 after thegreat Russian pianist Horszowski on the occasion of one of his memorable concerts.

The acoustics ,precisely because of the particular conformation, is excellent and so is the visibility’ from every point of the cavea: all this in such a cozy space makes the concerts a unique and evocative experience for the spectators and for the great international artists who honor us with their presence.