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 [4]. 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 [5].

 

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