Canto Proibito. Ada Montellanico Quintet in concerto

In the organizer's words:

The Italian Cultural Institute Cologne presents Canto Proibito. Ada Montellanico Quintet in Concert - May 27, 7 p.m. in the large theater hall.

Canto proibito is the name of the new album by Ada Montellanico, an outstanding representative of Italian jazz, who has dedicated herself in particular to the middle and late Baroque. However, the Inquisition, which was very present in the Catholic states, imposed strict restrictions on live performances in this flourishing era of music history. In particular, women were forbidden from performing in public, although there were some courageous up-and-coming female artists in those decades.In the aristocratic palaces and the more liberal states , however, musical performance retained its vitality, allowing extraordinary melodies with great sensuality to emerge. It is to this background that the title Canto Proibito refers for an album that brings together some great compositions by important authors of the time, such as F. Händel, A. Scarlatti, A. Caldara, M. A. Cesti, G. G. Carissimi, F. Cavalli, Barbara Strozzi and Francesca Caccini .

Ada Montellanico is one of the most important and innovative singers on the Italian jazz scene. She has collaborated with internationally renowned artists such as Jimmy Cobb, Lee Konitz, Paul McCandless, Enrico Pieranunzi, Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Fabrizio Bosso and Danilo Rea and has taken part in numerous prestigious Italian and foreign festivals, where she has been acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. She is an extraordinary artist with a warm, sandy voice with which she explores original repertoires and magically harmonizes improvised jazz with the Italian language.

Ada Montellanico's quintet consists of: Giovanni Falzone, trumpet; Filippo Vignato, trombone; Jacopo Ferrazza, double bass and Ermanno Baron, drums.

Admission by prior appointment