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MUSICIAN, COMPOSER AND AUTHOR.
FROM 2003 TO 2018 (16 editions) VOICE AND TAMBURO OF “LA NOTTE DELLA TARANTA,”
HE HAS PLAYED AND COLLABORATED WITH MANY ARTISTS OF ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL SCENE AS
STEWART COPELAND, MAURO PAGANI, GIULIANO SANGIORGI, ENZO AVITABILE, FANFARE CIOCARLIA,
THE CHIEFTAINS, GORAN BREGOVIC, BALLAKÈ SISSOKO, CAPAREZZA, SUD SOUND SYSTEM, LUDOVICO EINAUDI, PHIL MANZANERA, MARCAN DEDE, SONA JOBARTEH, FANFARE TIRANA… .
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HIS LAST DISCOGRAPHIC WORK, BABILONIA (Ponderosa 2022), WAS CONSIDERED THE SECOND BEST ALBUM IN THE WORLD 2022 AND “THE BEST EUROPEAN ALBUM” FOR THE SAME YEAR IN THE PRESTIGIOUS WORLD MUSIC CHART EUROPE.
THE INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION (ISC) CONSIDERED HIS SONG CORE MEU “THE BEST SONG 2022” FOR THE WORLD MUSIC CATEGORY.
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COMPOSER OF THE SOUNDTRACK FOR EMANUELE CRIALESE‘S FILM NUOVOMONDO (Golden Door), SILVER LION AT THE 2006 VENICE CINEMA EXHIBITION, WINNER OF 3 DAVID DI DONATELLO, 2 GOLD CLAPPERS AND NUMEROUS AWARDS, NOMINATED FOR 4 SILVER RIBBONS INCLUDING BEST SOUNDTRACK, AND NOMINATED FOR THE GOLDEN GLOBE FOR BEST FOREIGN FILM.
HIS MUSIC IS ALSO FEATURED IN THE NETFLIX SERIES “PRETEND IT’S A CITY” SIGNED BY MARTIN SCORSESE (2021) AND IN THE FILM BELLAS MARIPOSAS BY SALVATORE MEREU, WINNER OF THE QUALITY SCREENS AWARD AND FEDIC AWARD AT THE 2012 VENICE FILM FESTIVAL.
GUEST OF “NEGRAMARO” DUETS WITH GIULIANO SANGIORGI IN THE FIRST CONCERT AT “SAN SIRO” OF THE ROCKBAND FROM SALENTO, AND IN THE CD-DVD RECORD PRODUCTION “NEGRAMARO SAN SIRO LIVE“.
SINCE 2017 HE HAS BEEN COLLABORATING WITH FRENCH CHOREOGRAPHER-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JAEN CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT AND “LES BALLETS DE MONTE CARLO” WITH WHOM HE SIGNED THE SHOW “CORE MEU” STAGED AT THE GRIMALDI FORUM IN MONACO (Premiere 25.04.2019) AND FOR THE “F(Ê)AITES DE LA DANSE” (premiere 01.07.2017) RESULTING IN ENORMOUS PUBLIC AND CRITICAL SUCCESS.
S.A.R. CAROLINA DI MONACO AND THE MONEGASQUE ROYAL FAMILY CHOOSED THIS CONCERT TO ENLIVEN THE WEDDING CELEBRATION BETWEEN PRINCE PIERRE CASIRAGHI AND BEATRICE BORROMEO.
MAWAZINE (MOROCCO), MUSIQAT (TUNISIA), FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE CARTHAGE (TUNISIA), AU FIL DES VOIX (FRANCE), WOMEX (GREECE 2012 – PORT 2021), LE GRAND SOUFFLET, BABEL MED (FRANCE), GRIMALDI FORUM (PRINCIPALITY MONACO), MUPA (HUNGARY), LE POISSON ROUGE (NY-USA), BROSELLA, MUZIEKPUBBLIQUE (BELGIUM), LE GRAN SOUFFLET (FRANCE), MUSIC MEETING FESTIVAL (HOLLAND), NEW MORNING (FRANCE), ETNOMUSIC FESTIVAL, FIRA MEDITERRANEA (SPAIN), FMM SINES (PORTUGAL), VILLA ARCONATI (MILAN), AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA (ROME), BUENOS AIRES CELEBRA ITALIA (ARGENTINA)… and OTHERS.
FOR ANAGRAPHICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL AND FAMILY REASONS, ANTONIO CASTRIGNANÒ ENTERED THE SALENTO ORAL TRADITION MUSIC AND CULTURE IN YOUNG AGE (Canzoniere di Terra d’Otranto – Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino – Aramirè) BUT HIS ARTISTIC PATH, INSTEAD OF BLENDING IN WITH THAT PHENOMENON GROWING ALONGSIDE HIM, ENDED UP SKETCHING OUT ITS DEVELOPMENTS AND MARKING A TURNING POINT IN THE INFLATED PIZZICA FEVER THAT NOW INFECTS SALENTO AND HEADS FAR BEYOND NATIONAL BORDERS.
WITH AN ATTENTIVE EAR TO THE STYLISTIC FEATURES OF THE PAST, WITH THE ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE INHERITED FROM FINE FOLK SINGERS AND THE CURIOSITY OF THOSE WHO WANT TO EXPERIENCE CONTEMPORANEITY, ACCEPTING ITS CHALLENGES, HE EXPERIMENTS WITH THE EXPRESSIVE TENSION THAT MOVES BETWEEN THESE TRAJECTORIES TO BUILD A COMPLETELY PERSONAL REPERTOIRE, OFTEN MARKED BY AUTOGRAPH COMPOSITIONS.