‘Percuotere la mente’, Beating the mind, the summer music event of the Sagra Musicale Malatestiana, returns as usual every year in July. The festival is a music journey in five stages in the pop music field, the one of border languages, between present and past.
The kick off is 29th June with a special event dedicated to young Rimini artists, such as Christina di Pietro and the Landlord, who perform together with the Quartet Eos, the POP Deluxe and the String Orchestra Rimini Classica in an extraordinary music evening.
One of the highlight concerts is Thursday 14th July - on stage Ròisìn Murphy, the talented Irish artist, former voice of Moloko. Her style is a new mode to perform music from dark cabaret and disco to classical house and electronic music.
The concert on Tuesday 19th July is staged in a refined theatrical settings set up by the duo Kings of Convenience from Norway to celebrate the 15 years of their musical story.
Even the concert on 25th July by the Blonde Redhead is performed in a theatrical frame. The New York trio is a mix of Italian and Japanese blood with the twins Pace, and Kazu Makino.
The last event of the festival, Sunday 31st July, is a tribute to the great Italian poet and songwriter Fabrizio De Andrè - a concert of poetry and music entrusted to great jazz musicians guided by Rita Marcotulli: Enzo Pietropaoli, Fabrizio Bosso, Javier Girotto, Saverio Lanza, Cristiano Calcagnile with the voice and the guitar Cristina Donà.