AGIDI
THE DOUBLE BASS
with PAOLO HENDEL from PATRIK SÜSKIND
Music performed live by GABRIELE RAGGHIANTI on double bass and TIZIANO MEALLI on piano
Translation by GIOVANNA AGABIO
With lightness, elegance, and irony, Paolo Hendel recites the text from Süskind's beautiful monologue - a modern classic of theater translated into 28 languages - traversing the winding paths of the double bassist's mind. Gabriele Ragghianti on double bass and Tiziano Mealli on piano elegantly complement this performance, interpreting with music all that remains impossible to express in any other way.
“One cannot help but feel an immediate sympathy for Süskind's double bassist, a deeply human character with his frustrations, weaknesses, many bitterness, and, beneath it all, his loneliness and need for love. All his uncontrollable idiosyncrasies compose with subtle, irresistible irony an enjoyable play of contrasting states of mind that enrich his human side. It is a great pleasure for me to immerse myself each time in his shoes alongside two extraordinary musicians like Gabriele Ragghianti and Tiziano Mealli.”
