E ti vengo a cercare by and with Andrea Scanzi

Inpredictable flights and rapid ascents by Franco Battiato

Franco Battiato was a revolutionary on permanent duty in Italian music. He has lived a thousand times, reinventing himself each time.Experimenter, mystic, pioneer. Original and restless, lyrical and pop, high and (apparently) low. One of Italy’s greatest artists.

Andrea Scanzi, already the author in the theatre of similar shows on Giorgio Gaber, Fabrizio De André, Ivan Graziani and Pink Floyd, retraces his career with particular attention to the (long) golden period from L’era del cinghiale bianco to Gommalacca, without forgetting the experimentations of his early days and at the same time his latest recordings, covers and many collaborations.
Alongside him, singing and playing some of Battiato’s most significant songs, is Gianluca Di Febo, leader of Terza Corsia and Floyd On The Wing (also on stage with Scanzi in the show Shine On dedicated to Pink Floyd). Battiato himself will also be in the show, thanks to photos and videos that will counterpoint the story.

E ti vengo a cercare is a polite way of recounting, and thanking, a giant who taught us how difficult it is to find dawn within dusk.