La Musica Contro il Silenzio

Here is the translation of the Italian text to English:

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Our MUSIC to break the complicit and conspiratorial SILENCE of the Institutions in front of the genocide perpetrated by the Zionist system against the Palestinian people.

The idea was born in Florence a few days ago, from a message and word of mouth in the corridors of the Teatro del Maggio Fiorentino and the Orchestra della Toscana. A few exchanges on WhatsApp, a meeting in a bar, and in the span of a few hours, the first statement was drafted, an Instagram profile and a Facebook profile were opened, friends and colleagues in Genoa, Palermo, and Bologna were involved, then others joined from Turin, Milan, and Rome.

Initially, it was supposed to be a simple flash mob, but it quickly became a Movement whose motto reads “Enough staying silent, let’s make ourselves heard!”: thus “THE MUSIC AGAINST SILENCE” was born. It was decided to propose a national musical demonstration, in which musicians, singers, instrumentalists, professionals, amateurs, enthusiasts, and anyone who wants to participate with their voice and rhythm can perform together the selected pieces either collectively or according to the needs of each location: Palestinian folk songs, extracts from Mozart's Requiem (in honor of the massacre victims), Bella Ciao (as a song of Resistance), etc...

It aims to be an apolitical demonstration, welcoming support only from humanitarian associations and those born in support of the Palestinian cause, but also an absolutely political demonstration, in the most classic and genuine sense of the term. We will sing against the silence of our institutions, we will play against the massacre that the Palestinian people are suffering: we will be a single voice for freedom, for justice, and for the sacred right of every people to resist against all forms of oppression, abuse, and violence.

In a couple of days, the initiative has gone viral in the Italian musical world, but not only. It is being talked about in all musical venues. People are joining by the hundreds in various WhatsApp groups. Thousands of contacts, views, followers, and new cities join every day, and everyone is striving to organize, request authorizations, disseminate, seek musical scores, and contribute to the organization of this event, each with their own experience.

Florence, the city where the initiative started, which creates unity of purpose, actions, and key concepts, will be the first to demonstrate on June 1st in Piazza Santa Maria Novella. On the same day, Palermo and Turin will follow; then Genoa, Bologna, Rome, Milan, Cagliari, and they are also organizing in Bari, Brindisi, Naples, Como, Bolzano, Trento, Salerno, Sassari…

Come and play with us! You don’t need to be a musician, you just need to be there! Let us remain human!

Alice Parente, Clarice Curradi, Mattia Petrilli, Antonia Fino, Andrea Tiddi, Jörg Winkler