and his group

The musical group from years searches and values the musical gypsy culture. The concert not is other that a seminar concert through the gypsy musical styles, for an ideal travel through the history and the Romanì culture interpreted in way absolutely original. The leader of the Group Alexian Santino Spinelli , accordionist and singer known to international level for his most numerous cultural activities, has already published five discs and was invited in several television transmissions -.He is appeared on important reviews. The Group is well-known to international level because it participates to all the more important festivals of ethnic music and of gypsy music contributing to introduce the secular culture of the Rom. The Compact Disc " Gijem, Gijem " that in the language of the Rom Abruzzesi means "Walking, walking" is the version of the Rom Abruzzesi of the famous hymn gypsy "Gelem Gelem", and is not other that the synthesis of one long musical experience and life, one true and own fixed existential and cultural gypsy caravan and important moments of along interminable travel enclosed ideally in the title.

Alexian Santino Spinelli

Alexian's group dancer Alessandra La Spada

The Rom Abruzzesi are Italian gypsies and represent the first group arrived in Italy five centuries ago, coming from the Greek coasts. The CD has been published in France and distributed to international level by Mediaset. The celebre French review "Le Monde" has received the record with a most positive article: "... under the Alexian's fingers we discover all the unknown gipsy meanders."

 


His new CD “Romano Drom -Gypsy Caravan”
is published by Ethnoworld. Important reviews defined this work “ ...Alexian. Romano Drom -Gypsy Caravan. Alexian (Santino Spinelli), rom abruzzese, he is first of all a refined musician. Becouse the Rom sound it is not only balcan style...”



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Daniela De Rentiis

0039 0872 714760

Alexian group