Stories, returns and resonances
of music in the present.
The editorial and cultural thread running
through Barezzi Festival’s twentieth edition.
Metal Beneath the Gilt
On 12 September, as part of Barezzi Way and in partnership with Festival Aperto and Fondazione I Teatri, the festival brought Einstürzende Neubauten to Teatro Municipale Valli in Reggio Emilia for a day arranged in two parts. At 6 p.m., B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West-Berlin 1979–1989 was screened in the Sala degli Specchi. At 9 p.m., the concert began in the theatre. The performance was sold out, and a queue stretched beneath the arcades until the doors opened.
Confessions of imperfect lives under the Scottish sky.
The ‘90s represented one of the most fruitful and revolutionary periods in contemporary music. From the explosion of American grunge to the global success of Brit-pop, a whole new galaxy of artists began to challenge the very boundaries of rock. New fusions emerged, the barriers between genres were broken down, and a conception of music took hold that was increasingly less tied to the charts and increasingly oriented towards experimentation.
From Adrian Sherwood to Massive Attack: Almamegretta’s Mediterranean England
Il 12 settembre 2026 gli Einstürzende Neubauten entreranno al Teatro Municipale Valli di Reggio Emilia. Detto così sembra una data di cartellone, ma in realtà è una collisione.
Kreuzberg, Via Emilia
On 12 September 2026, Einstürzende Neubauten will enter the Teatro Municipale Valli in Reggio Emilia. Put like that, it sounds like a date in a programme. In reality, it is a collision.
Barezzi 2026 Program
Barezzi Festival 2026: the first announcements of the twentieth edition.
The Barezzi Festival opens its twentieth edition — 10 to 13 December, across theatres in Parma, Busseto and Fidenza — with Peter Hook & The Light, Arab Strap, Sleaford Mods, Glen Hansard, John Grant and Gaia Banfi.
Canzoni a Manovella, the epic of a century.
Canzoni a Manovella, the epic of a century. Onomatopoeia is a rhetorical escamotage that reproduces through linguistic sounds, or the noise associated with something to which one wants to refer. The ticking of the clocks marks time, the newborn baby emits wails like...