Riccardo Perugini, Festival ECHI founder and director, welcomes his new co-artistic director with these words:
<<𝐻𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑢𝑡𝑜 𝐿𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑙 2019, 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝑜𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑜 𝑖𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑜 𝐼𝑛.𝑁𝑜𝑣𝑎 𝐹𝑒𝑟𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑜 𝑅𝑖 – 𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜 𝐿𝑖𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑖. 𝑁𝑒𝑔𝑙𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖 𝑎𝑏𝑏𝑖𝑎𝑚𝑜 𝑠𝑣𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑢𝑛 𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎 𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑎𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑢𝑜𝑣𝑜 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝐹𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝐶𝐻𝐼 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑒𝑖. 𝐶’𝑒̀ 𝑢𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖 𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑜 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑠𝑖 𝑚𝑒𝑧𝑧𝑜 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑜 𝑓𝑎, 𝑜𝑣𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑜: “𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑒𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑢𝑛𝑎”. 𝑆𝑜𝑛𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑧𝑎 𝑑𝑖 𝑑𝑢𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑟𝑢𝑜𝑙𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑟* 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐* 𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑖𝑢̀ 𝑣𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎 𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝑢𝑛 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑜.>>
<<𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯 2019, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯.𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘢 𝘍𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘙i-𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘪. 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘊𝘏𝘐 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘢𝘨𝘰: “𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦.” 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭.>>
