Residency
“THE FELLOWSHIP OF AEOLUS”
An artistic residency with Bruno Tomasello (IT) and Marina Katsari (CY) during Windcraft Music Fest 10, supported by EFFEA and co-funded by the European Union. According to Greek mythology, Aeolus, was the God of wind but also the companion of Aeneas who escorted him from Troy to Italy after the city’s occupation by the Greeks. The name, thus, demonstrates a multilayer symbolism: the wind power, the natural forces that connect people, the relentless motion of the sea, the continuous cultural flow from the East to the West. The project draws inspiration from these concepts to establish an open-ended cooperation between two artists from the eastern and western basin of the Mediterranean Sea. Saxophonist Bruno Tomasello and storyteller Marina Katsari will create and present a performance piece that intertwines words and sounds, transcends musical and geographical boundaries and seeks for meaningful connections in a creative and expressive manner.
Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Bruno Tomasello (IT) investigates the relationship between the saxophone and folk music. He is engaged in total improvisation and the development of extended techniques and new timbres on the sax-an artistic path that led him to collaborate with various artists for recordings and lives. With his recent instant composition project "Call me Ishmael" he toured in Italy.
Marina Katsari (CY) is a storyteller and drama educator. She holds a BA in Early Years Education and a MA in Drama & Theatre Education. She presents performances for children and adults,has participated in many festivals and collaborated with orchestras and international artists. She taught at universities in CY, collaborates with the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute and is trained in Philosophy for Children.
The residency “The fellowship of Aeolus” is supported by the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists – EFFEA, co-funded by the European Union. It is organised by Windcraft Music Fest in collaboration with the Himara International Music Festival.
MEET OUR PARTNER FESTIVAL
The Himara International Music Festival was born in 2022 as a natural stage for musicians of excellent international standard in a region where cultures and languages coexist harmoniously in southern Albania. Genres such as classical music, jazz, folk and chanson are conceived in that way that important sensibilization messages for our society, such as climate change, immigration and critical thinking, are given through music.
ABOUT EFFEA
Festivals are explorers of unknown or not-yet known talents, originality, innovation, and risk-taking artists to present to their audiences. These festivals serve and define themselves as the guardians and the intermediate springboard for artists in all arts disciplines. In this way, the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA), an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), is a system built for festivals to support and offer emerging artists a platform to develop their careers on a European level and an invitation for co-operation between festivals. The EFFEA is the next step in a movement of festivals in Europe that recognise themselves and commit to working together at a European level. It builds on the preparatory action called EFFE: Europe for Festivals Festivals for Europe.
Main Objectives
To offer emerging artists more opportunities to present their work and develop their career on an international level
To offer cooperation opportunities for festivals to work cross border on the topic of emerging artists
To offer audiences new and surprising encounters with emerging artists in their towns and cities through the platforms of their festivals