SONA

Unquestionably, the idea behind the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio is a winner: take 15 musicians from 11 countries and 3 continents, speaking in 8 different languages and throw them together to create an absolutely novel music. World Music in the true sense of the word, music from Planet Earth, the globe in its entirety. Even before a single note is played they’re a sight to behold, the perfect incarnation of an ideal multi-cultural world where differences finally become an added value. If the saying about all roads leading to Rome is true, then the orchestra could only have been created in the Esquilino neighborhood of the Eternal city. Piazza Vittorio, which gave the orchestra its name, was the natural headquarters for this unofficial branch of the United Nations as well as for the Associazione Apollo 11, which supported the original project conceived by Mario Tronco (director/tamer of the Orchestra and keyboard player with Avion Travel).
But when the orchestra begins to play, rhetoric goes out the window, swept away by the sheer carnal and visceral force of their music, which eclipses vague discussions of “good” and “right”. It is evocative music that manages to be free and structured at the same time, bound to millennial traditions and yet open to the future. Music that gets hands clapping and entrances a broad range of listeners, from the more refined to the more distracted. Music you can sing to, dance to and listen to in peace and quiet. Music that belongs to everyone, for everyone.
The Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio is a “product” without a target. A marvelous anomaly in the contaminated sea of pop music that can’t be pigeonholed into a specific category. There’s an entire world there for the understanding and enjoyment: free your minds and listen.

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Recensione album

Sona is a group effort that started at the Piccolo Apollo (our rehearsal space), matured during our concerts, and came together at the Piccolo Apollo which was transformed into a recording studio for the event. It is the conclusion two year's of work on the part of each musician: coming up with a way to play with others without betraying their individual style.
Not an easy task if you consider the various instruments we were dealing with, and nearly impossible if you consider the diverse artistic and geographic background of the musicians. The OPV is made up of folk, classical, pop, jazz and street artists and the fact that each one of them feels represented by this album truly gives the sense of the entire project. Today, more than ever, the Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio belongs to all of them.
Sona is also the felicitous result of two years on tour and more than 130 concerts and the enthusiastic and demonstrative reaction of affectionate audiences. When you play and people respond with warmth and interest, you know that you’re on the right track. This album reflects our heartfelt artistic pleasure and it is dedicated to our audiences at every concert.