ROME - On Sunday June 6, in the evocative setting of the Antico Caffè Greco, for centuries a point of reference for culture and art, a delightful meeting between music and poetry was held, entitled When poetry becomes music, sponsored by the Fondazione Francesco Terrone di Ripacandida e Ginestra.

  The evening, marked by an almost magical atmosphere, was conceived and led by Barbara Castellani, who presented, with great elegance, a rich audience of guests who expressed great admiration for the historic location, the poetry and the splendid music of the Orchestra Classica di Roma. 

  The poetry, written by Francesco Terrone, were read and interpreted by illustrious guests, including the journalist and television presenter Michele Cucuzza, the actresses Antonella Salvucci and Alessandra Monti, the journalist Antonietta Di Vizia, Ing. Carlo Pellegrini and Annalisa Galdi.

  The poems addressed several topics: from existence and the protection of the most fragile things through the passionate interpretion by Michele Cucuzza, to themes of love, solidarity and the cars of the world, masterfully interpreted by Alessandra Monti, Antonietta Di Vizia and Antonella Salvucci; the latter read a sublime poem entitled Conchiglia (Seashell), dedicated to creative energy, the curiosity of the soul and freedom. 

  There was great enjoyment also of the the poem Almeno per un istante (At least for an instant), read by its author Francesco Terrone, who dedicated sweet verses to his mother in a tender mental hug, in the “dead silence of the night.”

  The event was made still more absorbing not only by the setting in the historic damask Sala Rossa, but above all for the evocative music of the Orchestra Classica di Roma, directed by Raffaele Iannicelli, who for a finale paid homage to the maestro Ennio Morricone with Cinema Paradiso, very moving for all those present.

  Also present were several members of the jet set, of the world of culture, of theatre and of fashion: the director Giovanni Piscagli, who directed Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies, a film dedicated to the life and artistic career of the celebrated Dutch artist (through the story of the collector Helene Kröller-Müller), the president of the “Gala Delle Margherite” Bianca Maria Caringi Lucibelli, Dr. Mauro Massimiliano Calandra, Conny Caracciolo, the director Felice Maria Corteccia, Sabrina Nanni, the artists Ilian Rachov and Elisabetta Viaggi, the hair stylist Michele Spanò, Dr. Libero Tenore, the professors Katia Ranieri and Gianluigi Rossi, the maestro Luciano Bernazza and Graziella Moschetta, Stefania Conti, the stylist Diana Dieppa, the photographer Giancarlo Fiori and the journalist and radio presenter Cesare Deserto, who in the course of the evening connected on the radio with New York.

  It was thus that the Antico Caffè Greco became a lively meeting place between the past and the present, and a font of artistic inspiration even for the future generations.

by Giorgio Vulcano

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