LA CHIARASTELLA - Ambrogio Sparagna and Orchestra Popolare Italiana
Date and time
Description
Christmas Concert
LA CHIARASTELLA
Ambrogio Sparagna conductor
OPI Orchestra Popolare Italiana dell’Auditorium Parco della Musica
Organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in London.
In collaboration with the Embassy of Italy in London, Consulate General of Italy in London, European Commission Representation in the UK, Eni and Finmeccanica.
Concert part of SUONA ITALIANO, project for the promotion and diffusion of Italian Music in UK.
La ChiaraStella is a concert conceived for the OPI - Orchestra Popolare Italiana by Ambrogio Sparagna (conductor, accordionist and ethnomusicologist). It is dedicated to traditional Italian Christmas songs of which it maintains the original spirit.
The OPI comprises a rich and vibrant team of young voices and musicians from several Italian regions and it expresses different Italian musical traditions through the use of typical instruments such as bagpipes, tambourines, popular wind instruments.