The band I Trillanti is a group of musicians from Lazio born in 2013 with the mission of living the power of sharing and generating of the music of oral tradition. Immediately in contact with the great research work carried out in their country and throughout the province of Rome, they find a way to give back to the public the popular matrix consciously regenerated.
They draw inspiration from the melisms of the singing peasants, from the endless orbits marked by the saltarello dance, but also from the stories of the shepherds, to arrange and compose new melodies that fit into the identity of their territory, digging with bare hands in the earth where they are "singing trees" that support new musical gems.
THE CONCERT
Tradition 2.0 wants to keep unchanged the primary functions of popular music: to make people laugh, tell stories, intrigue, thrill, share. The research journey from the Centre to the South of Italy makes us discover dance parties and rare folk rites, which the group tries to propose in its own way in concert. Their sound recalls the places and landscapes of Ciociaria, the band’s native land, transforming the old codes, symbols and ancient instruments of the oral tradition into new musical rites, looking at the current language of world music.

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Publications and recordings: “Suoni e Storie ai Piedi dei Monti Ernici-radici espressive e nuove prospettive”, “Stornelli a Pandemia live”, “Vènto Aquilòne”, “Bonì Bonanno”.
Prizes: Overall winner at Premio Alberto Cesa 2024, San Daniele del Friuli; Musica Italia Grand Prize - International Molise Music Competition(1° Prize); Festival Nazionale ed Europeo dei Con-servatori”, (bronze medal); “Premio Luigi Stifani”, Nardò (LE) (1° Prize); Premio Etnie Musicali 2019; Premio Uccifolkcontest – Cutrofiano (LE).
Festivals: 53° Festival Internazionale del Folklore Flavio Fiorletta di Alatri (FR);“Wow festival di Castelfidardo” (MC); “Aniene Festival (RM); “48° Festival Internazionale della Zampogna di Scapoli (IS); “Raduno dei Suonatori di Tarantella di Monte Sant’Angelo (FG); “Festival Internazionale del Folklore Città di Fondi (LT); “Festival di Voci e di Suoni” Caprarola (VT); “Saltaranta Festival” di Acuto(FR); “La Notte della Taranta Festival a Calimera(LE)” “Tarantelliri Festival” di Veroli(FR)“I Giorni di Ghino Festival di Radicofani(SI) “Festival Nazionale ed Europeo dei Conservatori”, (medaglia di bronzo); “Festival della zampogna” di Scapoli (IS); “XII Internationales Folklore Festival” della Lusazia, Germania; 46esimo “World CIOFF Congress”; “Premio Luigi Stifani”, Nardò (LE) (primo premio); EXPO di Milano.

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Collaborations:
Redi Hasa, Alessia Tondo, Rocco Nigro, Mauro Durante, Marcello Colasurdo, Luca Rossi, Nando Citarella, Luca Salvadori, Antonio D’Antò, Gabriella Aiello, Davide Ambrogio, Valentina Ferraiuolo, Livia Giaffreda, Marzouk Mejri, Hosna Parsa, Antonio Castrignanò, Giancarlo Paglialunga, Massimiliano Morabito, Christian Di Fiore, Bottari di Macerata Campania, Andrea De Siena, Paranza do ’lion, Damadaka, Enzo Tammuriello, Veronica Calati, Silvia Perrone.

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