C.antanti, dancers, jugglers, imitators. There are many street artists competing for attention of passers-by. And from tonight, some of them will also seek the consent of viewers in the new Rai 2 show From the street to the stage, 4 episodes starring i busker. There is to welcome them in the studio Nek – for the first time to the challenge of a conduction.
From the street to the stage: a festival, not a talent
“Don’t call it talent!”, is Nek’s appeal. The reason is not lexical, nor of convenience. This way you don’t want to stray from the genre of talent that is widely abused. This is a substantial question: the artists of From the street to the stage they will not learn anything in the program. In the program there are no coaches and no professors, but only a stage. That is a kind of festival of street artists.
Nek conducts on Rai2 “From the street to the stage”. (Press office / Eleonora Ferretti)
From the street to the stage: what the program will be like
Street artists selected (15 in total) they will perform in a square recreated in the television studios named after Fabrizio Frizzi. With a audience much larger than what they are used to, the buskers they will try to entertain you to the best of their ability and talents. In addition to numbers, there is also space for them to tell about themselves and explain the choice of their art.
The mechanism
Like any self-respecting festival, too From the street to the stage will have its winner among the 15 participants. The best 5 of the three selection bets will enter the final. The choice will be made by the studio audience who, after having attended their performances, will vote for the artists who will arrive at the fourth and final episode.
The “important passersby”
To give support to the audience in the studio, supporting them in the task of decreeing the best episode artists, some special “passers-by” will arrive in each episode. In the first episode: Francesco Paolantoni and Biagio Izzo.
Biagio Izzo and Marisa Laurito. (Press office / Eleonora Ferretti)
From the street to the stage: Nek’s “first” time
From the street to the stage it is not only the “first” of many buskers in front of the television audience. Another newcomer is Nek, aka Filippo Neviani. For the Emilian artist this is the first time to run. An opportunity that the singer had been waiting for for some time. Especially after the role of artistic director ad Friends, in 2016, and in that of showman in two special gods Seat Music Awardsin 2020 and 2021. Even if what gave him the desire to try it alone was the “substitute” for 2 episodes a From us … freewheeling. It was February 2021 and Nek on that occasion very well replaced Francesca Fialdini, positive for Covid.
From the street to the stage, the idea of Carlo Conti
To have wanted Nek to run it was Stefano Colettathe prime time entertainment director of Rai. However, the suggestion came from Carlo Conticreator of the Rai 2 program which relied on Simona Ercolani’s Stand by me for the production. The Roman production house is the same as in A piece of Lundini, It is always noon and many Discovery programs, including High infidelty And First cruise appointment.
Maestro Enrico Melozzi will also be on stage
Accompanying the performances is the band of Enrico Melozzi, conductor and cellistand founder together with Giovanni Sollima of 100 Cellos, one of the most popular ensembles. Also on the stage of Sanremo, where in 2021 they joined the orchestra he accompanied Shut up and good of the Måneskin.
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