After the success of the last editions, the Festival au Désert renews and – with a clear reference to the legendary caravan of the thousands camels that from Timbuktu went across the desert with its cargo of salt, gold, knowledge and visions of the world – presents the project AZALAI – carovana in musica, that brings to the spaces of the old prison Le Murate in Florence, music, meetings, film presentations, exhibitions, African food and initiatives on understanding and dialogue among cultures.
Starting from the partnership with the Festival au Désert of Tumbuktu, AZALAI – carovana in musica is an innovative and itinerant laboratory for cultural experimentation. A moving platform looking for new musical maps through Europe, the Mediterranean and Africa, and aiming at drawing a map of the present that can connect, through the common filter of music, the European continent with “the worlds of culture” that populate it, the “new identities” that are reflected in it, the processes of encounter and exchange that draw its territories and boundaries.

PROGRAMME

July 19

6.45pm
Opening of the exhibition “Timbuktu e il Festival au Désert”

7pm
Black Music – i maestri del jazz
meeting with Marcello Lorrai – curator of the book, Lorenzo Pallini – Festival au Désert

from 8pm
“Lontano da Tahrir” by Ernesto Pagano and Lorenzo Cioffi
“La sposa del nord (voci da Tangeri)” by Elisa Mereghetti and Marco Mensa
films showing by Cospe

8.30pm
FADIMATA WALET OUMAR – tindé and vocals, ZAINABOU WALET OUMAR – tindé and vocals, FATMA WALET MOHAMEDOUNE – vocals, TAFA WALET ALHOUSSEINY – vocals
concert

9.30pm
PASQUALE MIRRA – vibraphone, SILVIA BOLOGNESI – double bass, EMANUELE PARRINI – violin
concert

July 20

7pm
“Woodstock in Timbuktu” by Désirée von Trotha
film showing

8.30pm
I tuareg e il Mali, tra identità nomadi e terre contese
meeting with Manny Ansar – Festival au Désert Timbuktu, Domenico Quirico – La Stampa, Pietro Laureano, architect and UNESCO delegate, Luca Dini – Fondazione Fabbrica Europa

9.30pm
ALBERTO BOCINI – double bass, SIMON GARCIA – double bass, ANITA MAZZANTINI – double bass, MARCO MARTELLI – double bass
FADIMATA WALET OUMAR – tindé and vocals, ZAINABOU WALET OUMAR – tindé and vocals, FATMA WALET MOHAMEDOUNE – vocals, TAFA WALET ALHOUSSEINY – vocals
concert

10pm
OUMAR TOURÉ – congas and vocals, DJIMÉ SISSOKO – ngoni and tamani, IBRAHIMA SÉRÉ – calebasse, PASQUALE MIRRA – vibraphone, SILVIA BOLOGNESI – double bass, EMANUELE PARRINI – violin, ALBERTO BOCINI – double bass, SIMON GARCIA – double bass, ANITA MAZZANTINI – double bass, MARCO MARTELLI – double bass, ALESSANDRO CHIMIENTI – guitars, banjo, MAURO MENEGAZZI – accordion
Special guest: ALESSANDRO MANNARINO – vocals and guitar
Concerto / jam session

July 21

7pm
Seguire le stelle
meeting with Margherita Hack and Fadimata Walet Oumar

8.30pm
MAMADOU FATY – vocals, DIMITRI GRECHI ESPINOZA – sax, PEEWEE DURANTE – hammond, SIMONE PADOVANI – percussion, PASQUALE MIRRA, vibraphone
concert

9.30pm
ERNST REIJSEGER – cello
concert

10pm
SAMBA TOURÉ – vocals and guitar, OUMAR TOURÉ – congas and vocals, DJIMÉ SISSOKO – ngoni and tamani, IBRAHIMA SÉRÉ – calebasse and vocals, ERNST REIJSEGER, cello, MAMADOU FATY – percussion, DIMITRI GRECHI ESPINOZA – sax, PEEWEE DURANTE – hammond, SIMONE PADOVANI – percussion, PASQUALE MIRRA, vibraphone
concert

Festival au Désert is funded by Comune di Firenze as part of Estate Fiorentina 2012
Thanks to Institut français Florence; Centre Culturel Français de Bamako; Kingdom of the Netherlands/Olandiamo in Toscana; Le Murate Caffè Letterario; Sonoria – spazio giovani & musica; Il Vivaio del Malcantone; Multiverso; Associazione Transafrica; Fondazione Studio Marangoni; Cospe; Le Carceri; Viaggi Solidali; Il Kantiere

Foto

[cover photo by Valentina Loretelli]