(ANSA) - GENOA, 18 MAY - Just today, on the day when music, art and culture mourn the passing of Franco Battiato, the project for the Casa dei Cantautori which will be built in the spaces in the abbey of S. Giuliano in Genoa. A museum-non-museum, financed with over 3 million euros by the Ministry of Culture, which will see the light in 2023 with a multimedia exhibition itinerary, while a second lot provides for the recovery of the church and the creation of a training program for young people with concert halls and temporary exhibitions.
"I have promoted and supported with conviction the idea of Casadei Cantautori in Genoa because there is a theme of redemption for that Italian songwriting for too long watched with attention but which has formed entire generations also from the point of view of values" said the minister for culture Dario Franceschini. The presentation, led by the regional councilor for culture Ilaria Cavo, who with Dori Ghezzi is the soul of this project, opened with the exciting clip of Battiato al Carlo Felice who, interpreting 'Amore che vieni, amore che vai' by De André, he was moved. "This - said Dori Ghezzi -. Will also be his home, it will be a place where he will always live". "Thanks to the commitment of many who believed in us, from Minister Franceschini who immediately married theto the project team, to the working group, to the curators - reminded the councilor Cavo - this will be a 'living' house. "Among the heirlooms will be kept in the Casa dl Cantautore 'also the famous Lambretta of the' Ballad of Cerutti Gino ', which belonged to Giorgio Gaber. (HANDLE).