For those of you whose familiarity with Italian music includes a few bars from the Godfather theme and a snippet of that aria from the Olive Garden commercial, you don’t know what you’ve been missing.

There’s a whole new generation of talented Italian musicians out there who bring their famous passion and gusto for life to their music – and the results are truly fantastico. 

            Lucky for you, CGNY, a group of young Italians and Italian Americans in New York, is presenting the first-ever Young Italian Music Festival on October 28^th at the hip Manhattan venue, Hudson Terrace. From Daniele Stefani of Milan, a classically trained guitarist turned singer-songwriter and pop star in Italy (Festival di Sanremo 2003 – “Chiaraluna”), to the celebrated artists Max De Angelis of Rome (Sanremo 2005 – “Sono qui per questo”) and Daniele Battaglia of Bologna (Sanremo 2008 – “Voce nel Vento”), to local Italian-American artists such as Gaetano Fava infusing Italian pop classics with their own unique voices, the line-up is sure to wow – and to change your notions about the genre of Italian music for good.

            Updated info about the artists will be available on the CGNY website at www.commissionegiovani.org/newyork. Following the performance, concert-goers are invited to mingle with the musicians and other guests at the after-party at the rooftop bar at Hudson Terrace. This is an evening you won’t want to miss. To purchase tickets in advance, visit www.italianmusicfestival.eventbrite.com.

 

Young Italian Music Festival

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Doors open at 7pm, Concert starts at 8pm

Hudson Terrace

621 W. 46th St (between 11^th and 12^th Avenues)
(212) 315-9400