12/02/2025
WORLD MUSIC: ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR THE 18TH PREMIO ANDREA PARODI FOR ARTISTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
THE FINALS WILL BE HELD IN CAGLIARI, SARDINIA, IN OCTOBER 2025
Premio Andrea Parodi became a landmark for world music. The 18th edition is now open for submissions. The core of the event is a competition open to artists from all over the world, the finals will be held in Cagliari from 9 to 11 October 2025 in the prestigious Teatro Massimo.
The call for entries can be found at www.fondazioneandreaparodi.it and the deadline for registration is 9 May 2025, the registration is free of charge.
The winner and some of the finalists will receive important prizes and bonuses, such a
series of concerts and performances at some of Italy's leading quality music festivals.
The prize was created to pay tribute to Andrea Parodi, a Sardinian musician of great importance on the world music scene.
It is organised by the Andrea Parodi Foundation with the artistic direction of Elena Ledda.
Andrea Parodi died in 2006 and every year he is commemorated through his songs proposed by the finalists and guests.
There are several other events to pay homage to him, starting with the Andrea Parodi Museum, which recently moved to Osidda (in the province of Nuoro, Sardinia). It consists in four thematic rooms in which Andrea Parodi talks about himself, and his closest friends and colleagues remember him. A journey through his artistic and human message, an extraordinary poem of love for Sardinia. The museum is a project of the Andrea Parodi Foundation and it has been realised thanks to the contribution of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, the Foundation of Sardinia and the Municipality of Osidda.
Artists may subscribe to the competition through the format at www.fondazioneandreaparodi.it
(for information: [email protected]).
They must upload:
- 2 tracks (2 mp3 files, auditions or live recordings or definitive achievements, indicate which of the two tracks will be the chosen competition song); only instrumental songs are not admitted; moreover, the songs must identify an entire artistic project linked to “world music”.
- lyrics and translations into Italian of the two pieces;
- artistic curriculum (single or group);
An artistic commission, chosen by the organisation, will anonymously select the finalists who will perform live in front of large juries made up of relevant insiders such as singers, writers, musicians, festival directors, managers, record companies, press offices, journalists and music critics, both Italian and international.
The prize for the Winner includes concerts and performances in some of the partner music festivals in their 2026 editions, such as European Jazz Expo (Sardinia), Folkest (Friuli), not forgetting the very same Premio Andrea Parodi 2026.
In addition to the aforementioned, the winners will be entitled to a € 2.500 scholarship. Whereas the winner of the Critics' Awards will have a professional videoclip of their competition song produced, offered by the Andrea Parodi Foundation.
Some of the finalists can also be invited to some other Partner Festivals, such as Mare e Miniere, Premio Bianca d’Aponte, Festival del Torto.
The previous editions were won: 2024 from Sandra Bautista (Catalonia), 2023 from Osso Sacro (Campania), 2022 from Ual-la (Catalonia), 2021 by Matteo Leone (Sardinia), 2020 by Still Life (Sicily, Barcelona), 2019 by the multi-ethnic group Fanfara Station (Tunisia, Usa, Italia), 2018 by La Maschera (Campania), 2017 by Daniela Pes (Sardinia), 2016 by Pupi di Surfaro (Sicily), 2015 by Giuliano Gabriele Ensemble (Lazio), 2014 by Flo (Campania), 2013 by Unavantaluna (Sicily), 2012 by Elsa Martin (Friuli), 2011 by Elva Lutza (Sardinia), 2010 by the Compagnia Triskele (Sicily), 2009 by Francesco Sossio (Apulia).
Premio Andrea Parodi is organised by the Andrea Parodi Foundation with the support of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia (Department of Education, Cultural Heritage, Information, Entertainment and Sport and Department of Tourism, Handicrafts and
Department of Tourism, Handicrafts and Commerce); Foundation of Sardinia, Municipality of Cagliari (contribution and patronage).
The Festival has many Italian and international partners and media partners, which will be published in the coming months.
To look up the notice and for further information:
www.fondazioneandreaparodi.it
[email protected]
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