Alexander Grandal Hansen-Schwartz is a Danish bassoonist, currently Principal Bassoon of the RAI National Symphony Orchestra in Turin, a position he has held since April 2023. His orchestral career has led him to collaborate, often as principal bassoon, with major European musical institutions, including the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Royal Danish Orchestra, the Copenhagen Philharmonic, the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Bergen Philharmonic, the Malmö Symphony Orchestra, and the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Artists and Companies
Meet Our Artists
The artists and companies of Narrazioni Parallele Festival 2026
Sabrina Oggero Viale Trio
Singer, songwriter, vocal researcher, and certified teacher at the Lichtenberger Institut (DE).
She has been active on the Italian and international music scene for about twenty years. After graduating in Jazz Vocals in Italy, her talent was also recognized abroad by the Berklee College of Music in Boston, which offered her two scholarships (2012 and 2013). Her vocal style is not purely jazz; rather, it is influenced by Brazilian music, Italian song, wild rock, and possesses an authentic matrix of folk tradition.
Giuseppe Cederna
Son of the writer and politician Antonio Cederna and nephew of the writer and journalist Camilla Cederna, his paternal grandfather was Giulio Cederna, a founding member of AC Milan. He made his film debut as an actor in 1982 in Cercasi Gesù by Luigi Comencini. After a great deal of auteur cinema, he gained recognition in Fracchia contro Dracula (1985) by Neri Parenti, in the comic role of the hideous hunchbacked servant Boris. Among his best-known interpretations is that of the soldier Antonio Farina, madly in love with a prostitute, in the film Mediterraneo. Also directed by Gabriele Salvatores, he had previously played the role of one of the thirty-something friends in Marrakech Express. In 2003, he played Luigi Greco, one of those responsible for the death of Commissioner Corsi's father, in the TV series Distretto di Polizia 4. Alongside his cinematic and literary activity, he balances theatrical work with public reading performances, such as In cammino. Storie per sentirsi vivi e camminare a testa alta (2004), based on his book Il grande viaggio. In 2009, he appeared in the third season of the television series L’ispettore Coliandro (first episode: Sempre avanti), in which he plays the role of a drug dealer.
Benedetta Parisi
Benedetta Parisi is an Italian artist whose work spans theater, performance, and installation, with research focused on the active relationship with the audience and on space as a sensory device.
Cubo teatro
Operating as a production company since 2010, Cubo has become a benchmark for independent performing arts. It is renowned for its ability to capture contemporary movements in live performance, driven by a multidisciplinary collective. Their portfolio is remarkably diverse, spanning:
- Theatrical performances and live sets.
- Visual concerts featuring electro-jazz music.
- Artistic installations, exhibitions, and video art.
Les Farfadais
Les Farfadais is an international contemporary circus company and one of the most spectacular and recognizable names on the European scene. Often described as "creators of the unreal," they bring their imagination to life through extraordinary creative, engineering, and artisanal skills, drawing inspiration from the natural world, classical mythology, and the epic realms of fantasy and adventure cinema.
Richard Galliano
Richard Galliano è uno dei più grandi interpreti contemporanei della fisarmonica, figura centrale nel rinnovamento dello strumento tra jazz, musica classica e tradizione popolare. Formatosi al conservatorio di Nizza, ha sviluppato fin dagli esordi un linguaggio personale, capace di coniugare virtuosismo tecnico, profondità espressiva e una straordinaria apertura ai diversi linguaggi musicali.
Orchestra Sinfonica di Asti
Founded in 2004 by its Principal Conductor, Maestro Silvano Pasini, the Asti Symphony Orchestra celebrated 20 years of activity in 2024. Over these two decades, the orchestra has performed in prestigious venues both within and beyond regional borders, expanding internationally with tours and performances in France, Spain, Germany, Hungary, and Belarus.
Raffaello Tullo
Raffaello Tullo is an actor, musician, and author, and one of the most original figures in contemporary Italian musical theater. As the founder and soul of the Rimbamband, he has developed an unmistakable stage language that blends musical virtuosity, surreal comedy, and physical theater.
Not My Value
Partners in life as in art, Not My Value is a psychedelic dark trip-hop duo based in Milan.
Their music is a precarious balance between haunting echoes and dreamlike atmospheres that blend to create sonic reversals.
Rosanna Bribò
Rossana Bribò is one of the most compelling young percussionists on the international scene—a rapidly rising artist capable of blending technical virtuosity, expressive sensitivity, and a strong contemporary vision.
Jaime González
Professor Jaime González, born in Talca (Chile), is internationally recognized today as one of the most versatile and refined oboists of his generation. Trained by masters of the highest prestige—including Hans Elhorst, Thomas Indermühle, and Heinz Holliger—he has built a career that blends technical excellence, artistic sensitivity, and constant research.
Mario Romeo
Mario Romeo began his musical journey at the age of six, choosing the accordion as his primary medium for artistic research and expression. From the very beginning of his training, he distinguished himself on the music scene, winning numerous national and international competitions.
Tecnologia Filosofica
A community of artists balancing research and linguistic innovation at the intersection of dance and theater, with a particular emphasis on physical work within a vision of theater conceived as a total act.
Maria Elena Bovio
She graduated in harp in 1989 from the G. Verdi Conservatory in Turin, having studied in the class of G. B. Berticelli. Maria Elena Bosio continued her advanced studies in the discipline, specializing and earning diplomas from the following institutions:
- Scuola di Alto Perfezionamento Musicale di Saluzzo (1992), under the guidance of G. Albisetti.
- Conservatorio Nazionale di Musica e Danza "P. Cochèreau" in Nice (1994), under the guidance of E. Fontan-Binoche.
- Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome (1996), under the guidance of E. Zaniboni.
Additionally, she further refined her technique through studies with U. Holliger, C. Antonelli, F. Pierre, C. Michel, J. Liber, and S. Mildonian.
Angelica Cathariou
Angelica Cathariou has performed at major opera houses in Italy, as well as with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Carnegie Hall (New York), Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), Opéra Comique and Cité de la Musique (Paris), the Greek National Opera, Onassis Stegi, and the Athens Concert Hall.
She has also been a featured artist at various international festivals in Athens, Marseille, Budapest, and Cádiz.
Andraž Golob
It was the narrative power of symphonic poems and operas that first led Andraž to fall in love with orchestral music. However, he believes that stories are not limited to program music with specific texts or titles; meaning can be discovered in every piece of music, whether orchestral or chamber. It is precisely this inner meaning that Andraž strives to share with his listeners.
Cristina Mercuri
Graduated with honors and full marks in 2023 from the METS department of the Ghedini Conservatory in Cuneo, she specializes in sound design and computer programming. She has participated in international festivals, including the European project EASTN-DC, and attended workshops with experts such as Jonty Harrison, Elliott Sharp, Annette Vande Gorne, José Manuel Berenguer, and Francesco Giomi.
EgriBiancoDanza
The EgriBiancoDanza Company was founded in Turin in 1999, inheriting the long-standing professional legacy of the "I Balletti di Susanna Egri." Under the artistic direction of Susanna Egri and Raphael Bianco, the ensemble has established itself as a prominent force in contemporary dance.
Pedro Pereira de Sá
Pedro Sá was born in Guimarães, Portugal. He began his musical studies at the age of 10 at the CCM – Centro de Cultura Musical in Santo Tirso, under the guidance of Professor Pedro Leal.
At the age of 13, he joined Hugo Ribeiro's oboe class at ARTAVE – Escola Profissional Artística do Vale do Ave, where he also studied with Luís Alves.