Portello River Festival
 

PROGRAMME


Friday 19 June
22:30 Sunset boulevard

Special opening event “Ensemble Bakhtar”. Concert from Afghanistan with: Yusuf Mahmoud - tabla, John Baily - rhubab and dutar, Veronica Doubleday - voice, Matthaios Tsahourides – lyre.

Saturday 20 June
18.00
Regatta di S. Giovanni Battista. Organised by the cultural association Amissi del Piovego and students from Cambridge University
22.30 Sunset boulevard
The Famous SOAS Rebetiko Band. Concert by the band of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Directed by musicologist Ed Emery.

Sunday 21 June
ore 22 Sunset boulevard

Euterpensemble – Music School Gershwin.

Monday 22 June
22.00 Sunset boulevard

Retrospective Apatris - Born Into Brothels Calcutta's Red Lights Kids. Film-documentary - 83min. USA-2004- Directed by Ross Kauffman e Zana Briski.

Tuesday 23 June
22.00 Sunset boulevard

Retrospective Apatris - Come Un Uomo Sulla Terra (Like a Man on the Heatrh). Film-documentary- 61min. Italia-2008- Directed by: Riccardo Biadene, Andrea Segre, Dagmawi Yimer.

Wednesday 24 June
22.30 Sunset boulevard.

Free Tibet. Special Event for Tibet. Concert by Paolo Avanzo.

Thursday 25 June
22.30 Sunset boulevard

Chryssea Phormigx (Lira Aurea). Concert from Greece with: Rena Sfinià - voice, Nikos Xanthoulis - salpinx (classical Greek Lyre), Giorgio Moundrouleas - flute, pan flute, timpanum, Thalia Marì Papadopoulou – choreography and dance.

Friday 26 June
22 Sunset boulevard

Antonia Arslan “Medz Yeghern” (Il Grande Male). Literary evening dedicated to the Armenian Diaspora with Antonia Arslan (author of “Skylark Farm”).

Saturday 27 June
22 Sunset boulevard

Zorbas Concert from Estonia with: Olavi Kõrre - vocals, bouzouki, lyre, violin, bagpipes, Astrid Böning - vocals, acoustic bass, baglama, Imre Valmis - clarinet, baglama, flute, backing vocals, Toomas Penu - bouzouki, tsouras, backing vocals, Aldo Järve -guitar, lauto, backing vocals.

Sunday 28 June
22 Sunset boulevard

Il Chimico & I Suonatori. Concert with: Marco Renon – accordion and voice, Pier Giorgio Cesaratto – voice and rhythm guitar, Francesco Lazzarini – violin and voice, Enrico Vitti – mandolin, solo guitar and tambourines, Graziano Bettuolo – voice and music director.

Monday 29 June
22 Sunset boulevard

Retrospective Apatris - Vai e Vivrai. Film – drama - 140min. France - 2000- Directed by Radu Mihaileanu with: Moshe Abeba, Roschdy Zem, Yael Abecassis, Sirak M. Sabahat, Moshe Agazai, Roni Hadar, Raymonde Abecassis, Rami Danon, Meskie Shibru.

Tuesday 30 June
22 Sunset boulevard

Retrospective Apatris - The Terminal. Film – comedy - 128 min. USA-2004- Directed by Steven Spielberg with: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta Jones, Stanley Tucci, Chi McBride, Diego Luna, Kumar Pallana.

Wednesday 1 July
22 Sunset boulevard

Theatre Laboratory 7 present “What a Wonderful World” Directed by Dominique Serena and Maria Auriemma, with: Marialicia Colucci and Gaetano Battista.

Thursday 2 July
22 Sunset boulevard

ECHO PAN. Concert with: Anna Stereopoulou (aka Anna Stereo) - compositions, pianoforte, percussion and texts, Kostas Sidiropoulos (aka OdysMod) - composition, synth, programming, pads and percussion.

Friday 3 July
22 Sunset boulevard

Present Times. Jazz Concert with: Riccardo Misto - yangqin, drums, overtones, Nicola Tuzzato - sax, flute, Fabio Reguzzoni – electric piano, Giancarlo Tombesi – double bass, Silvia Refatto - tanpura, sound effects.

Saturday 4 July
22 Sunset boulevard

MAD Pink Floyd Experience. Concert with: Alberto Pauletto – bass and voice, Denis Pauletto - keyboards, organs and voice, Michele Vitale – drums and percussion, Roberto Marigo – guitar and voice.

Sunday 5 July
22 Sunset boulevard

Homage at Nina Simone. Laura Copiello – voce, Claudio Conforto - pianoforte e percussioni

Monday 6 July
22 Sunset boulevard

Retrospective Apatris - Voices From The Other Side Full length documentary -66 min. Slovenia-1998- Directed by Tomo Križnar & Maja Weis

Tuesday 7 July
22 Sunset boulevard

Retrospective Apatris - Darfur War for Water. Full length documentary – 88 min. Slovenia – 2008 - Directed by Tomo Kriznar & Maja Weiss

Wednesday 8 July
22 Sunset boulevard

Special Event dedicated at All Diaspora. TVP Telewizja Polska present “Seven Gates of Jerusalem” Krzysztof Penderecki.

Thursday 9 July
22 Sunset boulevard

Triptych Baroque. Concert with: Eva Caballero - baroque flute, Alison Kinder - viol, Claire Williams-harpsichord.

Friday 10 July
22 Sunset boulevard

Mauvaise Reputation. Concert Tribute to Fabrizio De Andrè with: Luca Colella – guitar and voice, Giuseppe Ferilli -guitar and mandolin, Giuseppe D'Amico –bass and chorus, Carlo Ferilli drums, djembe, didgeridoo and violin.

Saturday 11 July
22 Sunset boulevard

Coribanti. Concert of traditional music and dance from Salento with: Giancarlo Colella – guitar and voice, Luciano Pignataro – flute and voice, Luca Colella - guitar, mandolin, violin and bouzouki, Mattia Manco - accordion, Fabio Romano – tambourine and tambour, Paolo Colella - tambourine and mouth organ, Denise Fiesole - voice, Maristella Maniglio - voice.

Sunday 12 July
22 Sunset boulevard

Pyramydes – Music from Chad – African Sun. Concert with: Richard Ramadjita - guitar, bass and voice, Adoum Mahamat Djanga–voice, Toufdy Pepiang-percussion, Manga Mahamat Namaria-voice, Djankreo Mahamat Felkissam-guitar and voice.