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y Gabriella Grasso Silver Tango feat. Marisa Mercado

The project y Gabriella Grasso Silver Tango, was born from the experiment with the fusion between tango and the Sicilian tradition by creating a mix of emotion and artistic experience, enlivened by surprising similarities harmonics, where the emphasis is clearly on the history that unites these two nations, Argentina and Sicily, lived in close but geographically distant, in roots and in feeling.

The repertoire is based on the reconstruction of tracks is the most famous tango that the Sicilian tradition, developed in an original arrangement for the choice of tools, interchangeable, and for harmonic solutions adopted. The project has further evolved with the creation of original music composed by singer / songwriter Gabriella Grasso Catania and successful collaboration with Denis Marino, extraordinary musician of great taste and sophistication, enriched by the encounter in Paris with Marisa Mercado (Gothan Project, Trio Contempo, Casares), who married in Sicily for the project and will record the acoustic record and take to the concert tour.

"....... a work in progress that is finally becoming a reality with the completion of the acoustic record "fall '" Sicilian - Argentina, with the invaluable collaboration Sicily and European musicians with high-profile professional and personal. "

The ensemble consists of:

Gabriel Grasso: vocals and guitar

Denis Marino: guitar and bouzouki

Virgillito Vincent: bass

Puccio Castrogiovanni: plectrum instruments
Marisa Mercade ': bandoneon



Concert Date:

- 04/02/2010 - The Candle, Palermo (start h.21: 30)

- 05/02/2010 - Center for Contemporary Culture ZO, Catania (start h.21: 30)

- 06/02/2010 - The Flower of Desna, Reggio Calabria (start h.21: 30)

- 07/02/2010 - La Masseria Tanguera, Syracuse (start h.19: 30)