One of the highlights of the 24th Ischia Global Film & Music Festival will be dedicated to Gino Paoli and Ornella Vanoni. The tribute takes place on Wednesday 15 July in Piazza Marina, Casamicciola Terme, from 9pm. It was announced by the Mayor of Casamicciola, Giosi Ferrandino, and the festival’s producer, Pascal Vicedomini.
Lina Sastri, accompanied by Lola Ponce, and Gino Paoli’s long-standing band, led by Dario Picone, will pay homage to two artists who helped write unforgettable chapters in Ischia’s cultural history. Guests also include Paola Penzo, Gino Paoli’s wife.
Paoli and Vanoni have been linked to the island since their early artistic years, when they performed at the legendary venues Rancio Fellone and Castillo d’Aragona, contributing to a unique era of music, entertainment and high society that made Ischia famous around the world.
The tribute will also recall some of the most moving moments in the festival’s recent history: Gino Paoli’s concert at the Regina Isabella in 2013, which earned a standing ovation from Sting and Trudie Styler in the front row, and his memorable meeting on the same Regina Isabella stage with Antonello Venditti and his friend, the entrepreneur Giancarlo Carriero. These memories also recall the evening in Rome that brought together Sting, Bruce Springsteen and Gino Paoli, a symbol of Ischia Global’s international spirit.
The event is part of the summer programme launched by the Casamicciola Terme town council.
