Segmento Tarantella Festival

7.30: Theatrical Performance “Orgogliosa di essere Italiana” by Annalisa Insardà
8.30 Light Dinner sponsored by That’s Amore Cheese, Arancini Art, Abruzzo Lab and acqua San Bernardo
9.30 Music performance by Ciccio Nucera quartet

ANNALISA INSARDÀ
Actress, author, TV presenter. Annalisa trained at the Academy of Dramatic Arts of Calabria, dedicating to classical theater in her early years.

Later she moved to the television and cinema world, which she engaged with in an almost exclusive way. She finally returned to theater with self-written acts as “Reality shock” and “Painless manipulation”, of which she is also director and performer. She was reporter for Italian TV Rai Due program “il Verificatore”, by Roberto Giacobbo.

CICCIO NUCERA
The “king” of Calabrian Tarantella, with over 40 years of experience and successful tours around the world. A virtuoso accordionist and tambourine player of very high profile, with a long experience of performing at festivals collaborating with many artists and with the Calabria Orchestra since 2014. Ciccio has launched the project “The Tarantella is addictive”, a musical performance of great impact and success that has received an enthusiastic response from the public. Accordion maestro from Reggio Calabria, singer, tambourine player and dancer.

ANTONIO GROSSO
A multi-instrumentalist, one of the most successful musicians who worked with Le Muse del Mediterraneo and the Kilombo Quartet. Grosso highlights the results of his research on the evolution of the folk-popular genre, and was the first in Calabria to re-evaluate the role of the accordion. His compositions demonstrate his outgoing attitude to play both classical and diatonic accordion.

MADDALENA GROSSO
Originally from Fuscaldo, Calabria, she’s a singer, guitarist, bassist, drummer and dancer. She is one of the pillars of the group ‘Le muse del Mediterraneo’, and is well known in Calabria for her many activities in the panorama of popular music. She has been collaborating with Calabria Sona from the beginning of her professional career, and has been teaching music to children since she was 16 years. Maddalena plays the guitar, bass, drums, vocals, bagpipes, sax, guitar, Calabrian lyre.

This concert is one of the events organised by Segmento Foundation for the Segmento Tarantella Festival 2023, taking place all over the state of Victoria. More info can be found here.

The Tarantella Festival is an all-inclusive event, for families, young couples, singles, children and teenagers who want to spend a day outdoors in beautiful Victoria, enjoying live music and interactive performances, while appreciating aspects of Southern European folklore.

Segmento Tarantella Festival aims to promote Southern Italian traditional music and dance, and to be a catalyst in making connections between people, encouraging communication and curiosity between different ethnic communities in Australia, and promoting awareness of cultural belonging among all generations.

The Festival brings together Australian artists of Italian origin, Italian artists and other ethnic Australian communities, to offer an original and multi-immersive experience of traditional folk music and dance, highlighting how differences and similarities can foster awareness and intercultural appreciation.

The event is organised by Segmento Foundation, under the patronage of Regione Calabria, supported by Victoria State Government, Comites Victoria & Tasmania, Victorian Multicultural Commission, with Nixora as main sponsor.