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Calandra & Calandra
Calandra & Calandra during a concert
Background information
OriginAlcamo, Sicily, Italy
GenresFolk, Pop music
Years active1990 (1990)–present
LabelsAssociazione Musicale e Culturale “Sicilia In”
Members
  • Maurizio
  • Giuseppe
Websitewww.calandraecalandra.com

Calandra & Calandra is a musical duo formed by the two brothers Maurizio (Alcamo, 1 October 1969) and Giuseppe (Alcamo, 7 April 1960 ), active since the 1990s.

Biography

After different musical experiences, in 2006 Calandra & Calandra performed a modern reinterpretation of Sicilian folk and popular music, with some echoes of other nations and cultures.[1] Their maintaining the structure of popular melodies has given them the appraisal of a large public, above all for the style and peculiarity of the proposals. Since then they take part in various events in Sicily, Italy and abroad (with “ i Siciliani in America” in New York and guests of the Government of Guatemala).[1]

As years went by, the duo has produced unreleased songs and musical videoclips, getting, also in this sector, a remarkable success both in Italian and international field. In 2014 they produced and realized the event “Premio Internazionale Tenchiu’ Sicily”, later endorsed by the Regional Department of Culture, which took care of the second edition.[2]

Recently, in April 2017, they were the winners of the VideoFestival Città di Imperia 2017 with the best Videoclip (Prize given by the Lord Mayor of Imperia)[3]

Prizes and acknowledgments

Thanks to their Video Clips, they have won 16 National Short Films Contests, such as:

  • Contest La Canzone dell'Estate 2013: as the winners of this prestigious talent, they got a place in the format “Ora Musica”, and the broadcasting of the song Sicilianu Tipu Stranu, at a national level, on more than 1,200 radio-television networks.[4]
  • At the 2014 CortiSonanti Prize in Naples: Special Prize for the best photography, and the second place for the category Videoclip (with Lu Matrimoniu), after a video clip produced in Great Britain.[5]
  • Premio 2^ Settimana della Cultura of Cinisi; with the following motivation: per l’impegno e la passione che li contraddistingue nel divulgare il patrimonio Culturale, Linguistico ed Artistico della nostra Sicilia (27 November 2012).
  • Premio Eccellenze Siciliane Heritage Sicilia (Ragusa) (A Prize reserved for the people who stand out through Culture and Performance or their work, for the Promotion of Sicily and its Cultural Heritage).
  • Premio Compagnia Piccolo Teatro di Alcamo (Special Prize Salvatore Tartamella), 3 March 2013.
  • Premio Associazione ISI: for their devoting efforts for Sicilian through Music and Words (5 January 2014).
Cast of their last videoclip "Taranta di lu spicchiu"

With Sicilianu Tipu Stranu

(song written and put to music by Giuseppe and Maurizio Calandra)

  • 1st prize won at the Taranto Summer Festival Cafè, as the best video (24 July 2011)
  • 1st prize won at the Gravina di Catania Non è mai troppo Corto, as the best script (2011)
  • 1st prize won in Gravina di Catania at the Non è mai troppo Corto (July/August 2011)
  • 1st prize won at the Catania State Akkorti, as the best Sicilian song (6 August 2011)
  • 1st prize won in Alcamo at Cortiamo, as the best video (December 2011)
  • 1st prize won at the Cinisi Corto Corto Mon Amour, as the best original short film (15 December 2011)
  • 3rd place at the Rome Marte Live (2011)
  • •1st prize won at the Video Festival of Imperia, as the best Videoclip (19 March 2011)

The video was also presented and broadcast on the networks: Rai 1, TG Focus Note, Rai 3 Settimanale, Radio Monte Carlo, Radio Capital Italia 2, 16 MM and many other regional radios and networks.

Canzuni D’Amuri

(written and put to music by Giuseppe and Maurizio Calandra):

  • 1st prize won at Cortiamo as the best Videoclip
  • 1st prize won at Imperia as the best Videoclip (prize not assigned because they did not pick it up)
  • Special mention at Cortisonanti of Naples, December 2013

Lu Matrimoniu Tirituppi e T’appi

(written and put to music by Giuseppe and Maurizio Calandra):

  • 1st prize won at Favignana Film Festival (Leone D’Argento) 20 July 2014.
  • 1st prize won at Mizzica Festival of Catania (4 August 2015)
  • Special mention at Cortisonanti of Naples.
  • Best Video Clip at Corto Corto Mon Amour of Cinisi (Palermo), 6 December 2013

La Leggenda di Colapisci Video Clip

  • 1st prize won at Corto Corto Mon Amour of Cinisi (27 November 2015).
  • Winners of the VideoFestival Città di Imperia 2017 as best Videoclip (Prize delivered by the Lord Mayor of Imperia)[3][6]

Web

The audio-visual productions, produced and realized by the Calandra, and published on YouTube, have exceeded, on the whole, the extraordinary number 2,500,000 of visualizations, widely overcoming the sectorial averages, and the channels with musical or similar artistic products.[7]

Discography

Selected albums

  • 2010 Sicilia incantata[8]
  • 2012 Sicilianu tipu stranu - Single[8]
  • 2013 Lu matrimoniu (Tirituppi e T'appi) - Single[8]
  • 2017 'Nzemmula

Selected singles

  • 1 Oggi è duminica[9]
  • 2 Lu matrimoniu (Tirituppi e T'appi)[10]
  • 3 Scotula scotula
  • 4 Canzuni d'amuri[11]
  • 5 Sicilianu tipu stranu
  • 6 Tu si la terra mia[12]
  • 7 La Taranta di lu spicchiu
  • Lu sciccareddu (traditional)
  • Si maritau Rosa (traditional)
  • La barunissa di Carini (Otello Profazio)
  • A lu mircatu (traditional)
  • Vitti na crozza (Li Causi)
  • Colapisci (Otello Profazio)
  • E vui durmiti ancora (Formisano-Calì)
  • Ciuri ciuri (traditional)
  • Nicuzza (Finestrella)
  • Cu ti lu dissi (Balistreri)
  • Mi votu e mi rivotu (Balistreri-Profazio)
  • Tri tri tri, tiritera (traditional)[13]
  • I pirati a Palermo (Balistreri-Buttitta)
  • L'amuri ca v'haju (Balistreri)
  • Quant'e laria la me zita (traditional)
  • Lu nannu e sò niputi (Palmeri-Palermo-Scalici)

Media

Over the years, the Calandra have taken part in a lot of television programmes, also on national networks, and they have, as a whole, a very good press review on national and regional media (both on television, newspapers and websites such as: ICN of New York, RAI 1, TG Focus Note, RAI 3 Settimanale, Radio Monte Carlo, Radio Capital,[14] Italia 2 Mediaset, Giornale di Sicilia, La Sicilia, Gruppo TRM, TGS ad so many regional Radios and Networks, in addition to hundreds outputs on the web publications which have always given wide reports about their artistic activities.

Concerts and television appearances

Besides the numerous concerts made in Sicily and Italy, the Calandra have taken part in several (and noteworthy) events and television programmes during their activity.

Among the TV programmes we can remind you la Domenica del Villaggio on Rete4 with Davide Mengacci(2003), Miss Italia 2004 (regional selections), with Rai Trade in “Volare Liberi“ at Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania (June 2006) with Mariella Nava and Tullio De Piscopo, in New York City in 2007 during the Columbus Day, with performances in Broadway and parade on Fifthy Avenue (broadcast in Mondovision on WNBC and Rai International).

In 2008 they are in Guatemala, in 2015 take part at the Milan Expo (representing Sicily), then from 9 to 23 November 2016 they take part in la Settimana della Cultura Siciliana in New York,.[15] at the Theatre Luke Church Basement of Whitestone (Queens),[15] at the Auditorium of St. Catherine of Siena in Franklin Square, at Middle Village, and at the Auditorium di Park Avenue (Brooklyn).[15]

References

  1. ^ a b https://www.facebook.com/Calandra-Calandra-166735316838336/about/
  2. ^ http://www.calandraecalandra.com/bio
  3. ^ a b http://www.sanremonews.it/2017/04/23/leggi-notizia/argomenti/eventi-1/articolo/si-e-chiusa-la-12-edizione-del-video-festival-di-imperia-ecco-tutti-i-titoli-premiati.html
  4. ^ http://www.canalesicilia.it/calandra-e-calandra-vincono-il-contest-la-canzone-dellestate-2013/
  5. ^ http://www.marsalanews.it/unaltro-importante-successo-per-laccoppiata-idea-video-calandra-e-calandra/
  6. ^ http://www.marsalalive.it/2017/04/25/la-leggenda-di-colapisci-dei-calandra-calandra-vince-al-videofestival-internazionale-di-imperia/
  7. ^ "Calandra e Calandra su Apple Music". iTunes.
  8. ^ a b c "elenco album di calandra e calandra)".
  9. ^ http://www.alqamah.it/2014/06/25/intervista-esclusiva-ai-calandra-calandra-ci-raccontano-dellinedito-oggi-e-duminica/ .
  10. ^ balarm.it, https://www.balarm.it/video/magazine/la-sicilia-in-un-video-il-racconto-di-calandra-e-calandra-15355
  11. ^ http://castelvetranonews.it/notizie/cultura/castelvetrano/calandra-e-calandra-registrano-il-video-nel-sistema-delle-piazze-presente-roberto-gueli/
  12. ^ Tu si la terra mia", il nuovo video di Calandra e Calandra, video.repubblica.it.
  13. ^ http://www.culturasiciliana.it/Page/musica/cantanti%20in%20attivita/calandra%20e%20calandra/tri%20tri%20tri%20calandra.html
  14. ^ Cite web|http://www.giornalecittadinopress.it/la-musica-dei-calandra-e-calandra-in-finale-su-radio-capital/%7Ctitle=La musica dei Calandra e Calandra in finale su Radio Capital
  15. ^ a b c "I Calandra e Calandra volano a New York".

Sources

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