Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino

Concert

For almost 40 years, the ensemble Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino has been delighting audiences in Europe, the US and Asia with their traditional Pizzica dances. Even though deeply rooted in the musical origins of Southern Italy, the band has remained open to other  influences. Since ancient times, people from other countries have crossed the sea and brought their music, their instruments and their dances to Apulia. Quick tambourine rhythms, touching violin and harmonica melodies, the drawn- out sounds of bagpipe and accordion, together with polyphonic singing, are the ingredients of this sweeping highly contagious dance music. (ron)