The young accordionist Pasquale Nigro, has played for many years in different groups such as “Rosaluna”, “Il Parto delle Nuvole Pesanti” and “Sazizz Trio”, and therefore it is interesting to listen to his first outing as a solo artist. “Orientato a Sud”, even though short in duration (around 25 minutes) allows us to judge his abilities as both an instrumentalist and a composer. He moves around the world from tango to milonga and taking in Balkan music and manouche jazz as well as flavours of his mediterrean. Nigro however, stays clear of the banal pseudo folk that one often hears and manage to give a sense to the words of Stravinsky printed in the notes of the CD: “Tradition is a conscientious and deliberate acceptance. A true tradition is not testimony to a remote past but a living force that gives life to and feeds the present” Thus, “Orientato a Sud” promotes the idea of alternative musical, cultural and social realities to those of today. It is a mature and confident performance in which the artist shows his versatility as both a performer and composer and whets our appetite for future releases. Compliments also for the choice of the two pieces – one Italian, one Bulgarian which accompany the artists own five compositions. Reviewed by Renato Belardinelli |
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