Concert by Paolo Fresu at the Teatro Toselli in Cuneo
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On 12 November 2026 the Sardinian trumpeter Paolo Fresu took the stage of the Teatro Toselli in Cuneo for the show Le foglie hanno perso gli alberi («The Leaves Have Lost the Trees»), together with the poet Pier Mario Giovannone and the musician Daniele Di Bonaventura. The concert was part of the programme of the 28th edition of the Scrittorincittà literary festival.[1]
The show
The show interwove Giovannone's verses, drawn also from the book Storia allegra di un uomo triste («The Cheerful Story of a Sad Man»), with the sounds of Fresu's trumpet and flugelhorn and Di Bonaventura's piano and bandoneon, alternating moments of reflection and irony. The concert included a tribute to the Piedmontese singer-songwriter Gianmaria Testa, who had died ten years earlier.[1]
The Scrittorincittà festival
The event, inaugurated on 11 November 2026, had «Finestrini» («Windows») as its theme and featured over 200 events in five days, spread across fourteen venues in the city, including the new ESSECI cultural hub, which houses the Civic Library. Other guests of the 2026 edition included Concita De Gregorio, Massimo Polidoro, Francesca Giannone, Diego De Silva, Gustavo Zagrebelsky, Piergiorgio Odifreddi, Tiziana Ferrario, Jonathan Bazzi and John Niven. Scrittorincittà is organised by the Municipality of Cuneo, through its Culture department and the Civic Library, in collaboration with the Province of Cuneo and the Piedmont Region.[1]
Sources
- Paolo Fresu al Teatro Toselli, musica e poesia per Scrittorincittà 2026 — Quotidiano Piemontese, 13 November 2026