Festival Sete Sois Sete Luas 2009 - International Music Festival of traditional music that takes place in different Mediterranean countries
Mediterranean ethno music festival called Sete Sois Sete Luas (Seven Suns Seven Moons) will take place in Rovinj, from July 23 to 25.
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For the second year in a row, Rovinj hosted the International Festival of Mediterranean folk music Sete Sois Sete Luas (Seven Suns Seven Moons), that is being promoted in ten Mediterranean cities through a cultural exchange network.
In 2009 it will be the 17th Festival's event, which is promoted throughout the Cultural Networks in 30 towns and 10 different countries: Brasil, Cabo Verde, Croatia, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Spain. Festival presents projects of ethno music, street theatre and fine arts, along with a participation of great names of the Mediterranean culture.
Due to its European dimension and great cultural value of the project, the European Union supports it through programmes like Kaleidoscope, Culture 2000 and Interreg IIIB Medocc. An intention of the project is to enable an exchange of artists, and cultures through various forms of arts (music, photography, oenological-gastronomic culture). The Festival's Presidents of Honour are winners of the Nobel Prize Jose Saramago and Dario Fo.
The following groups shall perform during the three-day Festival in Rovinj:
23.07.2009:
Gustafi, Croatia;
Acquaragia Drom, Italy
Visitors, who will come to the Festival in Rovinj, shall, besides concerts of Mediterranean music, enjoy in oenological-gastronomic that will be organised in the town square. Organizers of the Festival in Rovinj, besides the support of the central organization team Sete Sois Sete Luas are: County of Istria, Town Rovinj, and Rovinj Tourist Association, Edi Maružin.
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For the second year in a row, Rovinj hosted the International Festival of Mediterranean folk music Sete Sois Sete Luas (Seven Suns Seven Moons), that is being promoted in ten Mediterranean cities through a cultural exchange network.
During the first evening, the audience had an opportunity to hear and see the four member band Acquaragia Drom from Italy and the most famous Istrian band in Croatia – the excellent Gustafi. The guests from Italy, apart from Gypsy music – vigorous but gloomy at the same time – also played covers of familiar Italian canzone, such as Celentano’s smash hit “24 milla baci“. Their performance, which quite made the gathered audience dance, was wrapped up by playing the so-called gypsy tarantela, which was performed by the musicians off stage, and with no instrumental accompaniment. It should be pointed out that the band impressed everybody not merely by their vocal and musical quality, but by their dance and visual appearance as well, which reminded the audience of the beauty of the genuine Gypsy culture.
Home expression at the Festival of international music was defended by the Gustafi – the most numerous, the merriest, and most famous Istrian band in Croatia. Owners of seven recorded CDs, they held 1,100 concerts so far, always performing live. Their fame and popularity was gained by the originality of their authentic sound, where – along with the Istrian scale and typical Croatian music, some of the best and world famous musical styles can be discerned as well. The Gustafi, the music reviewer Sven Semenčić wrote, play music that always represents a mix of several musical styles, which are incongruous at first glance, but produce such an effect.
Aided by the central Sete Sois Sete Luas team, the festival organisers in Rovinj are the County of Istarska, the Town of Rovinj and its Tourist Board and Edi Maružin.
