Cartolina 2 and 16 February

Real Italians, with Riccardo Diaferia, Francesco Sarti, Giacomo Paganotti and Tiziana Cristini. They are all postgraduate students from the Milan Polytechnic, in Christchurch for several months to carry out their studies in structural engineering (for which the town obligingly provided a first-rate earthquake…).  The boys were also involved in the soccer matches where the ‘Real Italians’ team shone. In these two programs they talk at length about their impressions of the life in New Zealand and compare them with their life in Italy. We play songs of their choices.

Cartolina 19 & 24 January

Gianmaria Testa, an Italian songwriter presented by Edith Bingenheimer. Inspired by Fabrizio de André’s music, Testa developed his peculiar style of finding beautiful poetic words for “protest songs” to describe contemporary issues, and enwrapping them lovingly in wonderful music. The compilation that Edith introduces is called “Da questa parte del mare” (2006), and has received the TARGA TENCO as best Italian album of the year 2007. 


The songs are wholly focused on a single topic; they are like a poetic meditation, unbiased and non-demagogic reflections, on recent years’ mass migrations.