Event Info
ROME TO WOLFE ISLAND: Ilaria Pilar Patassini
Italian songwriting, jazz, world music, classical music, poetry & entertainment
8:30pm - 10:30pm
$30 + HST & service charge
Event Description
Ilaria Pilar Patassini blends and combines Italian songwriting, jazz, world music, classical music, poetry and entertainment. With seven records published (Terra senza Terra 2023; Italia Folksongs, 2023; Ilaria y el mar, 2021; Luna in Ariete, 2019; L’amore è dove vivo, 2015; Sartoria italiana fuori catalogo, 2011; Femminile Singolare, 2007), she’s one of the most esteemed Italian singers and songwriters. Along with her activity as a songwriter has established herself as a sought-after performing artist. Notable projects and collaborations as interpreter include personalities like British music director and producer Geoff Westley (on the “De Andrè Sinfonico”) Peppe Servillo, the bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura and Roberto Tarenzi, one of the best Italian jazz pianist.
A graduate in Classical Singing and Vocal Chamber Music, she teaches “Performance of Italian and international songwriting” at the Accademia di Alta Formazione “Officina Pasolini” in Rome. A fervent devout of the sea and the islands, she spends her time between Rome, Alghero (Sardinia) and airport gates. Since 2014 she has been touring around Canada with the guitarist and composer Michael Occhipinti and his “Sicilian Jazz Project” as well as her own repertoire. She is back at Canada and will present the songs of her last album “Terra senza Terra” and others past songs.
Ilaria Pilar Patassini – vocals
Federico Ferrandina – classical guitar
Michael Occhipinti – electric guitar
Roberto Occhipinti – double bass
“Ilaria Pilar Patassini has the strength and elegance of the best Italian songwriting world, that goes from the Opera to the cinema and jazz”
— Paolo Talanca, Avvenire
“Self-determination and freedom are perhaps the best words that describe Ilaria Pilar Patassini and her experience as songwriter away from any pre-established schemes”
— Pietro Cerniglia, The Wom
“With this new album this sensitive and versatile interpreter rises towards an excellency placing her at the top of our art songwriting”
— Carlo Giorgetti, RockNation
“The fact is that she’s not only a great singer who sings in many languages, and beautiful, but she’s an artist who can communicate directly with the audience”
— Mervon Mehta (Executive Director, Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto)
“Pilar is an exceptional singer and a powerhouse performer who commands your attention from beginning to end of show”
— Fiona Black (The Cultch, Vancouver)
“Blessed with a superb voice, a confident stage presence, a sense of humour, and an obvious passion for her art, Pilar is that rare artist able to connect with audiences at every level.”
— Don Griffith (Saskatoon Jazz Society)
In-Person Event
Thu. November 7th 2024 + Add to Calendar
Hotel Wolfe Island
