Program Fira B! 2025
Pasquale Calò
Friday, 7 de November / 18.15 h
Where I Come From is a research project conducted by Pasquale Calò since 2012. Born as a diary documenting elements of popular musical traditions encountered in Italy, Spain, the Balkans, India, North Africa, and Central and South America, the music of Where I Come From has passed from hand to hand among many artists. Indeed, the music has been performed in various formations and with different ensembles.
The project focuses on the concept of identity. Our research led us to delve deeply into our traditions in order to identify, recognize, and reinterpret those elements inherited from tradition, from the oldest layers of our culture. During this research, we have explored elements of Mediterranean and South American popular musical traditions, as well as aspects of twentieth-century musical aesthetics, in a similar way. The compositions are inspired by music from around the world. We sincerely believe that cultural biodiversity is essential for the anthropological development of the human species. In our lives and in our music, we carry the heritage of different cultures, absorbing their axioms and peculiarities through travel and everyday life.
The band released Where I Come From on GleaM Records in September 2023.
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