05/11/21 h 16:00 - 17:00
Produced by Business International in collaboration with Salesforce
Their victory at the Sanremo Festival has made the duo well-known throughout Italy for their musical talent, which combines sophisticated international sounds with Italian tradition, particularly those of their region, Sicily. The talk will try to convey this love for their land in a tone that is both emotional and ironic.
Singers
Colapesce and Dimartino. Lorenzo and Antonio. Two friends. Two of the most notable singer-songwriters on the scene in the last decade. As both people and as artists, Antonio and Lorenzo’s paths are full of similarities and parallels: they both started out playing in bands and went on to make music as solo artists at the exact same time and place (in Sicily). In 2020, they decided to celebrate their ten-year career milestone with an album of previously unreleased songs, ‘I Mortali’ (42 Records/Number One), entirely co-written by them which became an instant classic with ten songs rooted in the great Italian singer-songwriter tradition and shooting for the starts with a popular, contemporary sound; collaborating with some of the leading producers on the new Italian music scene such as Federico Nardelli and Giordano Colombo, Frenetik & Orange and Mace. The album also features the singles ‘Noia mortale’ and ‘Luna araba’ with Carmen Consoli. Over these past ten years, their paths have crossed many times, both on stage and in the studio. They also joined together to form a tried-and-tested writer’s dream team that has written songs for Emma, Luca Carboni, Malika Ayane, Guè Pequeno, Irene Grandi, Arisa, and Gaia, to name a just a few. More recently, they wrote ‘Lo stretto necessario’ by Levante feat. Carmen Consoli, one of 2019’s summer radio hits, and ‘Bravi a cadere’, the lead single from ‘Persona’, Marracash's best-selling album of the year. Colapesce and Dimartino just one of the big acts competing at the 71st edition of the Sanremo Festival with their song ‘Musica leggerissima’, co-written by the two singer-songwriters and produced by Federico Nardelli and Giordano Colombo.
CEO, Fiera Milano Media
A graduate in Law from the University of Genoa, Antonelli is a cultural producer in various fields. From 1993 to 2003 he was artistic director of Caterina Caselli's Sugar Music (in time to invent the hits of Bocelli and Elisa). From 2006 to 2011 he was editor-in-chief of the Italian edition of Rolling Stone magazine (previously, from 2003, he was its editorial director). From August 2011 to June 2013 he directed the Italian edition of Wired and invented the Wired Next Fest festival. In July 2013, he became editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine GQ where he launched the first edition of the GQ Freak Out festival. He also has significant experience in the world of museums, as a consultant to the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa and as curator of the Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art in Genoa. In 2011, with Luca Guadagnino, he founded the film company First Sun (for which he is among the producers of “I am Love” in 2010 - nominated for an Academy Award - and “Suspiria” in 2018, as well as serving as general counsel for “Call Me by My Name” in 2017 - nominated in 2018 and winner of the Academy Award for Best Non-Original Screenplay). Among his various professional activities, Antonelli has published essays and articles in Italian and international magazines (including Flash Art, Domus, Abitare, Vogue Italia, the French Purple, the German O32°C and the Dutch Fantastic Man). He has also taught Sociology of Consumption at the University of Bologna and the University of Genoa. Since 2018, he has been CEO of Fiera Milano Media SpA.
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