The Italian Cultural Institute, referring to the subjects of “Matera 2019. European Capital of Culture“, is pleased to present a meeting on the following topic: “La vita dei dialetti” (The life of dialects). The conversation will be animated by musicians Giuseppe and Luca Oliveto and Carmelo Ciminelli, performers of group Radio Lausberg. Dario Brancato, professor at Concordia University, and Francesco D’Arelli, director of the Italian Cultural Institute, will introduce the topics.
Wednesday June 19, 2019, 6pm
Istituto Italiano di Cultura
1200, Av. du Dr. Penfield
Montréal, QC H3A 1A9
This event will be in Italian
Radio Lausberg is a music band from the Lucan-Calabrian area named “Lausberg Area” in 1939 after the renowned german linguist Heinrich Lausberg (1912-1992), which studied the variety of dialects in the region. This area is characterized by highly conservative local dialects. Geographically, the area corresponds to the region in between Tyrrhenian Sea and Ionic Sea, with the Mount Pollino in the middle, and it is bounded by two isogloss: the northern Maratea-S. Chirico Raparo-Calvera-Teana-Fardella-Senise-Colobraro-Tursi, in Lucanian region, and the southern Diamante-Verbicaro-Orsomarso-Saracena-Castrovillari-Cassano, in Calabrian region. This is a very secluded area compared to the southern linguistic one, where dialects are distinguished notably by a conservative vowel system, comparable to the Sardinian one: only five vowels, and no distinction between open and closed vowels. This is an emblematic example of ancient latinization of the region.
The Radio Lausberg members are Giuseppe Oliveto (vocalist, multi-instrumentalist), Luca Oliveto (piano, vocalist, knocker), Enzo Peluso (classical and acoustic guitar, bouzouki), Carmelo Ciminelli (accordion, piper), Corrado Aloise (drum, percussions), Pasquale Ferrara (bass, double bass). Radio Lausberg, whose name comes from its own cultural roots, aims to promote the linguistic and traditional music heritage of the region. In 2016 they released their first album “KuntaminataStoria“, in 2018 “Terre di mezzo“, produced by Erriquez of Bandabardo’ (Vrec Music label).
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