presents
FRANCO BATTIATO: A wonderful Journey through his arts
89.9 KCRW , with International Music, Fondazione Azzurra and Hit Week, presents FRANCO BATTIATO live with the "Nuovo Quartetto
Italiano" Sunday Oct.18th , 6.00 pm, The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St
Santa Monica, CA 90401.
ALL RESERVED SEATS!!!! tickets on
sale here.
Franco Battiato is one of the most worldwide recognized Italian singer-songwriter, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter.
He is considered one of the most original personalities in Italian music from the 1970s to now. Battiato's songs are dreamy, controversial collages of images and sensations, very experimental and convoluted, rich of esoteric, philosophical and East Asian religious themes.
His collaborations (from 1994 onward) with the nihilistic-cynical philosopher Manlio Sgalambro have added further depth to his apparently nonsensical lyrics, with references to Emil Cioran, Friedrich Nietzsche and other anarchistic and problematic thinkers.
Wed October 14th at 18.30 the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in his new state of the art complex will pay omage to Franco Battiato's filming careeer with a special screening followed by a Q & A with Battiato, students, filmmakers, journalist and with few surprises. Check here often for more and updates info.
MusikantenClick here for more info on Musikanten:
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From October 14th to November 14th, with an invited only premier of October 13th, the Italian cultural institute will host the Franco Battiato paintings exibition.
Hit Week, International Music and Arts in conjunction with Fondazione Azzurra for the first time in U.s.a. are setting up in Los Angeles a thruly "once in the lifetime" live event with Franco Battiato and his music.....more details will come shortly.
In the meantime this is a preview of a thruly genious:
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