A filetta
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A Filetta is an all-male singing group that performs traditional music from Corsica
. This group was created in 1978 by Michele Frassati. He enlisted Corsican singers so that the traditional Corsican singing style (polyphony
) would not be forgotten by everyone. To assert its Corsican identity, the group's name refers to a kind of fern that grows on the island of Corsica.
For over 30 years, A Filetta has been singing traditional polyphony but also knows how to innovate. The group does not hesitate to create, open itself to the world, to other cultures, to everybody. They have recorded extensively and performed around the world. In 2009, they performed in France, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Brazil, in the Baltic States, Belgium, Italy, and Austria. The year 2010 brought them, as example, to Japan, Korea, Réunion. They also recorded their latest CD "Mistico Méditerraneo" with Paolo Fresu
and Daniele di Bonaventura.
The group is currently composed of 7 singers:
Corsica
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
. This group was created in 1978 by Michele Frassati. He enlisted Corsican singers so that the traditional Corsican singing style (polyphony
Polyphony
In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ....
) would not be forgotten by everyone. To assert its Corsican identity, the group's name refers to a kind of fern that grows on the island of Corsica.
For over 30 years, A Filetta has been singing traditional polyphony but also knows how to innovate. The group does not hesitate to create, open itself to the world, to other cultures, to everybody. They have recorded extensively and performed around the world. In 2009, they performed in France, Germany, Poland, Ireland, Brazil, in the Baltic States, Belgium, Italy, and Austria. The year 2010 brought them, as example, to Japan, Korea, Réunion. They also recorded their latest CD "Mistico Méditerraneo" with Paolo Fresu
Paolo Fresu
Paolo Fresu is a trumpet and flugelhorn jazz player, as well as an arranger of music, and music composer.-Career:Fresu was born in Berchidda, Sardinia. He picked up the trumpet at the age of 11, and played in the band Bernardo de Muro in his home town Berchidda...
and Daniele di Bonaventura.
The group is currently composed of 7 singers:
- Jean-Claude Acquaviva (since 1978);
- Paul Giansily (since 1983);
- Jean-Luc Geronimi (since 1994);
- José Filippi (since 1984);
- Jean Sicurani (since 1978);
- Maxime Vuillamier (since 1989);
- Ceccè Acquaviva (since 2005).
Discography
- 1981 : Machja n’avemu un altra
- 1982 : O'Vita
- 1984 : Cun tè
- 1987 : Sonnii Zitillini and In l'abbriu di e stagioni
- 1989 : A U VISU DI TANTI
- 1992 : AB’ETERNU (diapason d'or)
- 1994 : UNA TARRA CI HE (choc du monde de la musique)
- 1997 : PASSIONE (diapason d'or et choc du monde de la musique)
- 1998 : Soundtrack "Don JuanDon Juan (1998 film)Don Juan is a 1998 film directed and written by Jacques Weber, starring Penélope Cruz and Emmanuelle Béart. The screenplay was based on the play Dom Juan by Molière. The film takes place in a mental hospital.-Awards and nominations:...
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- 2000 : Soundtrack "Le libertin" by Jacques WeberJacques WeberJacques Weber is a French actor, director and writer, born in Paris .- Biography :Passionate about drama from his youth, Jacques Weber joined the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique at the age of 20, and won the prix d'Excellence when he left. He joined Robert Hossein in Reims...
- 2000 : Participation at the soundtrack of "Comme un aimantComme un aimantComme un aimant is a 2000 French film by Kamel Saleh and Akhenaton. It depicts eight young people living in the district of Panier, in Marseille. It stars Akhenaton, Saleh, Brahim Aimad, Freeman, Houari Djerir, Kamel Ferrat, Titoff and Sofiane Madjid Mammeri...
" by Kamel Saleh and Akhenaton - 2001 : Soundtrack "Le Peuple migrateurLe Peuple MigrateurWinged Migration , is a 2001 documentary film directed by Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats and Jacques Perrin, who was also one of the writers and narrators, showcasing the immense journeys routinely made by birds during their migrations....
" by Jacques PerrinJacques PerrinJacques Perrin is a French actor and filmmaker. He is occasionally credited as Jacques Simonet. Simonet was his father's name and Perrin his mother's.-Life and career:... - 2002 : INTANTU (Deda), reviewed as a "remarkable CD" by The Independent
- 2002 : DVD : "A FILETTA, voix corses" by Don Kent (Éditions Montparnasse)
- 2003 : SI DI MÈ
- 2005 : Soundtrack "Liberata" France 3
- 2006 : MEDEA
- 2008 : BRACANÀ (Deda/Harmonia Mundi distr.)
- 2009 : DVD "TRENT'ANNI POCU, TRENT'ANNI ASSAI" : a documentary by Cathy Rocchi and a concert at the Oratoire de Calvi, + bonus + a CD with chansons. (Harmonia Mundi)
- 2011 : MISTICO MEDITERRANEO with Paolo Fresu and Daniele di Bonaventura
- 2011 : DI CORSICA RIPOSU - Requiem pour deux regards with Daniele di Bonaventura
Awards
- Grand Prix de l'académie Charles Cros (1995 et 2008)
- Diapason d'Or (1993, 1997)
- Choc du Monde de la Musique (1993, 1995, 1997)
- César de la meilleure musique de film pour "Himalaya l'Enfance d'un chef" (2000)