Anyone wishing to know him can watch an episode of Sardegna Canta from many years ago, on Videolina, or go and look for his virtuosity in the Sardegna Digital Library. In those archival images, Peppino Pippia, with his inseparable accordion , perfectly accompanies the best interpreters of guitar singing, a tradition that he has defended and brought into new times with pride and boundless class. Narbolia, the country of origin, paid homage to him ten years after his death . A tribute, wanted by the Pro Loco together with the Sa Curadoria association, enriched by the presence of many guests, artists and scholars, who have renewed the memory of Pippia and the memory of her talent and her love for culture and music.
For him, the turning point was 1962: in Codrongianos, during a competition, the guitarist Nicolino Cabitza invited him to go on stage to accompany the cantadores . Accordion and guitar together, with Pippia and Cabitza, a novelty that changes the history of guitar singing forever.
Memories. During the day in Narboloia, at the multipurpose centre, the artistic life of Pippia was retraced in the meeting moderated by Andrea Vargiu. In the interventions of the ethnomusicologist Marco Lutzu and the cantadore Daniele Giallara the world of the brilliant accordionist. The memory of the tenor Franceschino Demuro is dense, born artistically with the guitar competition, today a protagonist in the opera scene. On stage some of the best cantadores and sonadores: Emanuele Bazzoni, Salvatorangelo Salis, Antonio Porcu, Graziano and Davide Caddeo, Alessandro Carta and Nino Manca. On display, to the delight of enthusiasts, the accordion and guitar "de sos duos champions" , Peppino Pippia and Nicolino Cabitza, always in perfect harmony. Many emotions for the large audience and above all for the wife and children of the king of accordionists.