26th November 2008 – The Great Hall  h. 13.00

Sicilian musician Mario Crispi is a flautist and founder of the "Agricantus", one of the most sensitive bands on the Italian world-music scene. Mario's life's work is the investigation of wind instruments of the world: the "ney" (Persian, Turkish and Arabian), the "selijefloyte" from Lapland, the North African "zummara", the Sardinian "launeddas", the Egyptian "arghoul", the Balkan clarinet, the Andean "antara and sikus", the Turkish "duduk", the Sicilian "marranzanu" and the Australian "didjeridoo". He has built instruments inspired by and based upon various traditional original instruments modifying both the material used to make them and their tuning and adding different construction and playing techniques to create a new melange of sounds. In his composition "Rose of Flutes" Mario Crispi creates a musical journey exploring the sounds of original instruments from five continents.

– this event is supported by the liverpool hope university –
Info: http://www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone-festival-/welcome-to-the-cornerstone-festival-2008-3.html

24th November 2008 – Cornerstone Theatre h. 19.30

FOLKALAB – Francesco Di Fiore conducts HGW Project – H.G.W is a multimedia music project based on classic novels by science fiction author HG Wells. H.G.W combines composed structures and sequenced electronics with a strong focus on improvised instrumental performance – alongside these musical elements are visuals, recorded speech/sound and narration.
– artists – Francesco Di Fiore: Piano/Electronics – Mario Crispi: Ethnic Woodwind Instruments – Danilo Rispoli: Electronics – Valeria Di Matteo: Visuals – Francesco Calabria: Electronics/Jews Harp – Delia Calò: Narration – Neil Campbell: Guitar – Mark Brocklesby: Drums – Andy Maslivec: Bass – Nicole Collarbone: Cello – Maike Neary: Narration
– this event is supported by the liverpool hope university –
Info: http://www.hope.ac.uk/cornerstone-festival-/welcome-to-the-cornerstone-festival-2008-3.html