Erich Gargerle, the Munich violinist who chose Torino di Sangro as his second home
For 38 years first violinist at Bayerisches Staatsorchester in Munich, last pupil of surrealist Hans Soyka. For 40 years he has lived between Munich and Abruzzo…
Stories
The voices of the town
Legends, traditions, people, places. A magazine about the roots of the town.
Luigi Di Ilio, the Torino di Sangro-born pianist who brought chamber music to Italy’s conservatories
Concert pianist, pupil of Guido Agosti at the Chigiana, 1973 Scala Prize. For more than 30 years he trained pianists in the Conservatories of Pesaro, Parma and …
Arteinfesta: the artists’ festival that changed the borough’s summer
Created in 2017 by the LiberArti association, Arteinfesta is the event that has brought dozens of artists, thousands of visitors and a new way of thinking about…
Lu Sand Andunje: the night when the devil returns to the town
Every Jan. 17 a parade of handcrafted masks passes through Torino di Sangro: St. Anthony, the red devil, female figures. A poor theater that endures without sta…
Donato Renzetti, the conductor who hails from the hills
From the local town band to La Scala in Milan, from Covent Garden to the Metropolitan. Born in 1950 in Torino di Sangro, he is one of the few Italian conductors…
Rocco Torrebruno, the local boy who made half of Spain laugh
From SS16 to the Moulin Rouge, from RAI to TVE. The story of a boy from Torino di Sangro who became the most beloved face of children’s programming on Spanish t…
The Town Band: The Town’s Hidden Conservatory
About sixty musicians, generations of families, and two natives of Abruzzo who went on to join La Scala’s orchestra. The Torino di Sangro band is the “musical h…
Maurizio Fabrizio, the composer from Torino di Sangro who has written music for half of Italy
Thirty-seven songs at Sanremo, two first-place finishes, three third-place finishes. He is the composer with the most entries in the festival’s history. He has …
Domenico Renzetti, the local pianist who brought music into the Renzetti household
Composer, pianist, and percussionist in the town band. He is the father of Donato Renzetti, but he is also the composer of his own pieces—including “Nina,” writ…
Attilio Mucci, the peasant poet from Torino di Sangro
Born in Bologna in 1932 and died in Torino di Sangro in 2021 at the age of 89. A farmer by trade, he was a self-taught poet who wrote in the Abruzzo dialect. He…
Blue Flag 2025: What It Means for Torino di Sangro
Le Morge and Costa Verde have received the FEE international certification. What does this mean, where does it come from, and what does it take to maintain it?
La Lecceta: Abruzzo’s only coastal forest
180 hectares of holm oak growing on ancient Pliocene sand dunes between the Sangro River and the sea. An ecological rarity protected as a Regional Nature Reserv…
No story in this category, yet.
You have read all available stories.