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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino (Uncredited)

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

The original brain child of the writer Rina Durante, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino is the foremost traditional music band from Salento, in Puglia. The longstanding band came together some 35 years ago. In 2007, the lead passed from the original founder of the band, Daniele Durante, to his son Mauro (already a highly regarded frame drums player and violinist) who has played with numerous artists, such as Ludovico Einaudi, Piers Faccini, Ballake Sissoko, Ibrahim Maalouf, Stewart Copeland, and La Notte della Taranta. At the age of 26, Mauro Durante is the musical assistant to Ludovico Einaudi, Maestro Concertatore of La Notte della Taranta. Canzoniere performed live in front of more than 100,000 people to open the Concertone of La Notte della Taranta in Melpignano.

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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino 1/6/12: Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

The seven-piece band performs traditional Italian music, song, and dance ranging from tender love songs to pagan rites marked by the frenzied dance, pizzica tarantata, bringing 21st-century life to the beautiful folk music of Italy’s past.

Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

The seven-piece band performs traditional Italian music, song, and dance ranging from tender love songs to pagan rites marked by the frenzied dance, pizzica tarantata, bringing 21st-century life to the beautiful folk music of Italy’s past.

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