The Pasionaria of Italian Folk
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| Origin: Italy |
| Booking: Sabina Schebrak |
| Territories: worldwide except Italy |
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About
Currently the most active and worldwide well-known Italian folk singer, Lucilla Galeazzi’s career as a soloist or included in projects by other famous artists keeps her constantly on tour all over the world. After many years with Giovanna Marini’s Vocal Quartet and Christina Pluhar’s L’Arpeggiata, she keeps on singing and touring with her own musical projects, spreading worldwide the Italian oral tradition of popular music.
Lucilla Galeazzi was born in Terni, a small inustrial town in Umbria. Starting as a pop singer, soon she approached popular music after a fortunate encounter with Umbria anthropologist Valentino Paparelli and with oral historian Alessandro Portelli, both already engaged in ethnomusicological research in Umbria and central Italy. In 1977 she meets Giovanna Marini and joins her Vocal Quartet, knowing a consequent international success. In 1986 she meets Roberto de Simone and takes part in his great show “Stabat Mater” performed at the Opera Theater in Naples and on tour in New York and the USA. In 1987 she founds the musical trio Il Trillo, with Ambrogio Sparagna, barrel organ, and Carlo Rizzo, tambourines. With this trio she goes beyond the mere re-statement of musical oral tradition.
Lucilla has performed on the big opera stages in Naples, Berlin, Hamburg and New York and worked with many stars of the international folk scene such as Elena Ledda from Sardinia, Maria del Mar Bonnet from Mallorca, Portuguese Fado singer Teresa Salgueiro, Argentinian Mercedes Sosa and Rai singer Cheb Khaled from Algeria. Together with the French jazz musicians Michel Godard und Vincent Courtois she founded the critically acclaimed Trio Rouge, and for many years she toured around the world as a member of Christina Pluhar’s Baroque ensemble L’Arpeggiata.
She is one of the voices of Bella Ciao, the Italian all star project around organetto maestro Riccardo Tesi, which 50 years later restages the historical partisans’ and workers’ songs of the Italian Folk revival of the sixties and seventies. Recently Lucilla has also started to present her own productions: In 2014, she writes and promotes two major theatrical-musical shows dedicated to the First World War: Doppio Fronte. Oratorio per la Grande Guerra, with renowned Italian actor and performer Moni Ovadia, and Il fronte delle donne. In 2016 she writes and plays the show La nave a Vapore, devoted to the history of the great Italian migratory movements. Her latest adventure is Alegria e Libertà, an international co-production with the Galician-Belgian vocal quartet Ialma, Didier Laloy on accordion and Carlo Rizzo on tamburello.
Current Projects
Duo Quanti Canti Lucilla Galeazzi – vocals & Stefania Placidi – guitar, vocals
Trio Lucilla Galeazzi – vocals / Stefania Placidi – guitar, vocals / Désirée Infascelli – accordion
Trio Rouge Lucilla Galeazzi – vocals / Michel Godard – tuba / Vincent Courtois – cello
Discography
2018 Alegria e Libertà, Lucilla Galeazzi/Ialma/Didier Laloy/Carlo Rizzo/Maarten Decombel (Homerecords/Galileo MC)
2015 Bella Ciao, Lucilla Galeazzi/Riccardo Tesi/Elena Ledda etc (Visage Music/Galileo MC)
2013 Festa Italiana, Lucilla Galeazzi (Helikonia)
2010 Ancora Bella Ciao, Lucilla Galeazzi (Helikonia)
2010 Sopra i Tetti di Firenze, Lucilla Galeazzi/Riccardo Tesi/Maurizio Geri (Manifesto)
2006 Amore e Acciaio, Lucilla Galeazzi (Zonedimusica)
2005 Stagioni, Lucilla Galeazzi (Buda Musique)
2004 Trio Rouge, Lucilla galeazzi/Michel Godard/Vincent Courtois (Intuition)
2004 All’Improvviso, Lucilla Galeazzi & Christina Pluhar/L’Arpeggiata (Alpha Production)
2002 Renaissance, Philippe Eidel & Lucilla Galeazzi (Naive)
2002 La Tarantella, Lucilla Galeazzi (Alpha Production)
2001 Lunario, Lucilla Galeazzi (C.N.I.)
1997 La Via dei Romei, Ambrogio Sparagna & Lucilla Galeazzi
1997 Cuore di Terra, Lucilla Galeazzi (C.N.I.)
1993 Giovà il Servo del Ré, Ambrogio Sparagna & Lucilla Galeazzi (BMG)
1992 Il Trillo, Lucilla Galeazzi / Amrbogio Sparagna / Carlo Rizzo (Thelonius)
1984 Anninnia, Paolo Damiani & Lucilla Galeazzi (Nueva)
Press
„These ancient melodies, witness to the rich culture of Italy’s storied past, are made new again through Galeazzi’s exquisite voice and engaging style. Galeazzi’s arrangements of Italian songs and dance melodies celebrate the beauty and vitality of the Mediterranean’s multicultural heritage.“
Carnegie Hall Promotion, USA„Lucilla’s voice has a wide field to offer: harmonious and quiet, sad and melancholic and also very powerful and intensive. The album is full of southern emotions. Great work!“
Folkworld, DE„Lucilla Galeazzi has a voice of amazing clarity, versatility and beauty. This collection of songs allows that voice to shine. Lunario is full of conflicting feelings and expressions that are magically bridged by the simple power of the songs.“
Rootsworld, USA