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Ieri, oggi, domani.
Italian film music

MUSIC BY THE BOOK
20:00

Natalia Moskal with her band: Jan Stokłosa, Wojciech Gumiński, Andrzej Olewiński, Szymon Linette

Sound engineer: Tomasz Budkiewicz

An exclusive concert featuring the songs from Natalia Moskal’s album There Is a Star. Natalia Moskal is a Polish singer living and working in Poland and Italy. The album contains 14 songs featured in some post-war Italian films, which have been arranged by Jan Stokłosa. The album presents the Italy of Federico Fellini and Paolo Sorrentino with a touch of Frances Mayes. The pieces have been arranged for an orchestra including accordion, vibraphone, and saxophone. For Natalia Moskal, Italy is her second home and a country full of fascinating artists. The young Polish singer has long been interested in Italian culture, especially its cinematography and music. Eventually, she decided to indulge all her passions in one project. That’s how the idea was born to record an album with songs which had mostly been written several decades ago. The songs arranged by Jan Stokłosa include Soldi soldi soldi from Federico Fellini’s Boccaccio ‘70 (1960), Tu vuo' fa' l'americano from Melville Shavelson’s It Started in Naples (1960) or Mambo Italiano from Dino Risi’s Scandal in Sorrento (1955). All the songs featured on the album were once performed by Sophia Loren, among others.

Natalia Moskal

A vocalist, a literary translator, a fan of Italy and Italian culture, she has released two albums so far: Songs of Myself (2017) and Bunt młodości (2018). In 2019, she auditioned for San Remo festival. Natalia’s first Italian single (Im)perfetta, which was also released in Polish and English, was broadcast on 67 radio stations in Italy, and it premiered on the popular national website Sky TG24, also qualifying for the top 100 list of the most-played independent songs on the radio. She covered Soldi and Calipso, which have together reached half a million views on YouTube and have received positive feedback in Italy. Natalia is also a co-owner of Fame Art Publishing House focusing on music. She has also translated books including Blitz and Other Stories by Ester Singer Kreitman.