JAZZSET 2026 - Miniatures for Solo Vibraphone

On Friday, September 5, at 9:00 p.m., Jazzset 2026 comes to the Grotta di Curtomartino in Acquaviva delle Fonti with *Vitantonio Gasparro – Miniatures for Solo Vibraphone*, a solo vibraphone concert conceived to engage in dialogue with one of the area’s most evocative and emblematic sites.

Following its summer events, the series organized by the Café 1799 Association continues its mission of highlighting local places through music, bringing audiences into a natural setting of extraordinary beauty, where the acoustic sound of the vibraphone will meet the depth and resonance of the cave.

The Grotta di Curtomartino, a karst cave located in the Acquaviva delle Fonti area, is a natural and archaeological heritage site of particular significance. Shaped over time by water acting on the limestone, it contains mineral formations, stalactites, and stalagmites that make it a truly evocative environment. The site is also associated with the earliest traces of human presence in the area, including evidence dating back to the Paleolithic era and prehistoric artistic expressions that confirm its cultural as well as scenic value.

In this setting, *Miniatures for Solo Vibraphone* takes on an even more powerful dimension: an intimate, essential concert in which the vibraphone’s luminous timbre engages with the silence, the stone, and the cave’s profound memory.

The concert stems from the new recording project by Vitantonio Gasparro, a vibraphonist and composer from Puglia who is among the most promising young talents on the Italian jazz scene. *Miniatures for Solo Vibraphone* is a journey through ten original pieces, combining composition, improvisation, minimalism, classical influences, and cinematic atmospheres. Each composition becomes a small sonic destination, a fragment of musical identity in which the vibraphone takes center stage.

Born in 1998, Gasparro trained at the “N. Piccinni” Conservatory in Bari and the “E. R. Duni” Conservatory in Matera, graduating with top marks in Percussion Instruments and Jazz Drums and Percussion. He has received recognition in numerous national and international competitions and was highlighted by *Musica Jazz* magazine in its Top Jazz section as an Italian New Talent.

With this event, Jazzset reaffirms its commitment to the new generation of Italian jazz and to projects capable of bringing together musical exploration, artistic excellence, and the promotion of cultural, natural, and scenic heritage.

**Vitantonio Gasparro – *Miniatures for Solo Vibraphone***
**Friday, September 5 – 9:00 p.m.**
**Grotta di Curtomartino – Acquaviva delle Fonti**

The event is co-funded by the Apulia Region and the Municipality of Acquaviva delle Fonti, in collaboration with Grotta di Curtomartino and Italia Jazz Club.
Web: www.club1799.it