Enzo Favata is one of the most active and well-known Sardinian musicians in the Italian and international panorama. He plays the saxophone and other wind instruments. His research joins the arcane and the modern, experimenting with different musical languages and cultures.

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The orchestra

The orchestra of Voyage en Sardaigne nature rotates around a solid nucleus composed of: saxophones, acoustic guitars, double bass, bandoleon, percussion, launeddas and Sardinian ethnic wind instruments. Above all these moves a string quartet with energy and agility. This is used with fresh composition which is rich in rhythmic and harmonic solutions. All this together with the Tenores.

Alcuni fimati del concerto Voyage en Sardaigne al Teatro Lirico di Cagliari

Contami unu contu
Armonium
In sese
Ramblas
Boche 'e notte

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The ancient sounds of Sardinia are the elements of one of the most noble and fascinating types of music in the Mediterranean. Of ancient and mysterious origin as is the self same origin of the Sardinian people and their rich musical traditions.
At the end of this century Voyage en Sardaigne proposes a new concept of the “tradition in transition” seeking a transverse route between ancient music and modern languages, such as jazz improvisation, classical music and other ethnic influences from overseas.
Ancient and modern instruments –launeddas, saxophones, percussion instruments – live side by side in this show creating an original sound which is full of suggestion.
The music does not follow a strictly geographical route - it is a continuous flashback to the frequent trips to the interior of the island, its landscapes, the meetings with the traditions and its interpreters and all that which could have influenced this work … the colour of the sandstone, the scent of rosemary, the winding roads, the wrinkles on a face.
The concert is the orchestral version of the music of the CD Voyage en Sardaigne published for "il manifesto" at the start of 1998.

Voyage en Sardaigne - The orchestra

Enzo Favata borrows the title of the book by La Marmora, Voyage en Sardaigne, so as to give us an image of Sardinia as seen by the amazed eyes of a traveller that, seeing her for the first time discovers the treasures that we are not able to envision, just like the way that we cannot see our own eyelashes because they are too near. For the first time twenty musicians have gathered for a musical and literary project that constitutes an initial voyage through the suggestion of the Sardinian landscape and culture. In an unusual image which is of great scenic impact, launeddas, saxophones, string

instruments, benas, trunfas, guitars and tenores voices are mixed synergically giving new life to the sound of Sardinian music, in a game which is difficult though successful and which provokes an ovation from the most demanding music critics. In this adventure which is not solely musical, but also cultural and human, Favata is flanked by artists

of rare talent, that are able to transform ancient music in modern languages, who are capable of bringing us the echo. Characteristics of the show Concert Duration c. 2 hours 14 musicians 3 technicians 1 tour manager Production Associazione Jana Project