The last time the Brigands were pinched, the group formed by the participants of the music and therapy workshop, had performed on the stage of the Academic Hall of the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, it was Valentine's Day 2020. "A few days before, for all of us, the world changed", recalled the presenter of the evening, the journalist Gabriella Facondo.
Now, 22 months later, The Music That Changes Everything returns.
The concert therefore represented the way to re-tie that thread that has never been broken, because the Di Liegro Foundation, as well as the Santa Cecilia Conservatory, it never stopped. - added Gabriella Facondo - The protagonist is music, which almost always arrives before and further than the words. And, when it crosses us, it does so without ever leaving us identical to ourselves."
The evening at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory becomes an opportunity to remember that road that Father Luigi Di Liegro he courageously chose to walk.
In the Convert, Councilor of the Capitoline assembly, in reading the thanks of the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, and of the Capitoline Administration, recalled how the pandemic has "put us all to the test, and unfortunately continues to do so, making us more distant and alone and causing and fueling fragility".
But it was thanks to all those, like the Di Liegro Foundation, who instead of stopping, guaranteed listening, places of welcome and support for families and vulnerable people, "that our community managed to resist" a pandemic that has tried to bend it.
"It will be the task of the institutions not only to recognize your precious work but to commit to creating new tools to never leave anyone behind. Hard work awaits us - writes Mayor Gualtieri - which I am sure will not scare us: that of making Rome a city more inclusive and fair".
"Nurturing the sense of belonging to a community, strengthening ties, ensuring that no one is left behind have always been the tasks of the Di Liegro Foundation", stated the president father Sandro Barlone, during the evening. "The Briganti pizzicati concert represents an important stage, a moment in which we recognize the work done by many: families, operators and volunteers. In which we look with satisfaction - added the president of the Di Liegro Foundation - people who today regain moments of a social life from which, due to circumstances beyond their control, they have been marginalized. Now through music, a language that goes beyond, brings people together and brings them together. Like any form of communication - concluded Barlone - it expresses forms of closeness that otherwise we will not be able to live."
