A Cuncordia is the homage concert for Giovanni Ardu, a historic singer from Luxembourg who died two years ago, on Friday 26th in Piazza Monsignor Sanna . A Cuncordia to signify the harmony of traditional four-voice singing, to underline the musical harmony and friendship that has linked Giovanni with Mario Corona, Antonio Migheli and Roberto Iriu for half a century: the souls of Su Cuncordu 'and su Rosariu .
Giovanni's voice was unmistakable, an elegant and full-bodied bass timbre , which embellished the singing of Cuncordu from Luxembourg and bewitched the world for thirty years. His singing companions and the many music friends with whom he collaborated and sang will remember him during the evening of music, memories and anecdotes.
Brother of the Rosary, Giovanni, still very young, began to become passionate about traditional singing, and in 1976 with the association de su Rosariu he sang for the first time in the Luxembourg Holy Week. Since then on Cuncordu has taken off, overcoming the geographical borders of the island, exporting one of the most authentic cultural souls of Sardinian identity, singing all over the world, performing in the most prestigious stages of New York, Hong Kong, Sydney, Paris, Madrid and many others where he introduced Cuncordu to singing.
On Friday 26 in Piazza Monsignor Sanna at 9.30 pm there will be the friends of all time: Mario Corona, Antonio Migheli and Roberto Iriu, then the choir of Bosa, on Cuncordu di Castelsardo, the singer Elena Ledda, the musician Luigi Lai, the director Gianfranco Cabiddu, Franciscu Medda Arrogalla, the guitarist Ignazio Cadeddu, the duet Sandro Fresi ethnomusicologist and Marco Muntoni melismatic singer, the musicologists Giampaolo Mele and Ignazio Macchiarella, then the singer Simonetta Soro. The evening will be presented by Ottavio Nieddu.
