Arteplage Biel-Bienne

Cantonal Day Ticino

Event Cantonal Day Ticino
Title Piazza Ticino – Ticino.02
Venue Arteplage Biel-Bienne
Date 28.09.2002
Time All day
Admission Included in the Expo.02 entrance ticket
Visitors 34'143 (forecast: 28'100)
Concept The Italian-speaking part of Switzerland is more than just a sunny corner through which one moves. The people of Ticino like to talk about their daily balancing act between Milan and Berne. Ticino transformed the Hauptbühne of the Arteplage Biel-Bienne into a piazza and invited the audience on a musical journey, rounded off with a plate of risotto.
Programme 

11:00: Opening and official ceremony
The Orchestra della Svizzera italiana played two compositions created especially for this event.

12:30: Risotto
Presentation of images of Ticino on large screens.

14:00 - 17:00: Encounters on the Piazza: musical proposals and verbal messages
Jazzìmanus lacustris: an unpublished work by the Orchestra di Fiati della Svizzera italiana together with seven jazz soloists, teachers from the School of Modern Music in Lugano.
Padus: a cross-border meeting proposed by Pietro Bianchi.
Grazie Italia: a project by the Civica Jazz Band and Franco Ambrosetti.
Marco & Friends: 35 years of music presented by Marco Zappa and his band.
Poetic moments with readings of texts by Prisca Agustoni, Roberto Bernasconi, Lauro Bettelini, Anna Felder, Ketty Fusco, Fernando Grignola, Gilberto Isella, Grytzko Mascioni, Giovanni Orelli, Claudia Quadri and Andrea Trombin.

Ticino bands, choirs and rock groups performed on various stages at the Arteplage Biel-Bienne throughout Canton Ticino Day.

Cantonal Day Ticino on RTSI
An external team from RSI Rete 1 followed the Cantonal Day Ticino while the official train was travelling from Ticino. RSI Rete 2 dedicated a special day to the Cantonal Day Ticino and TSI broadcast the events live from the Arteplage Biel-Bienne.

Project team Concept group: Gabriele Gendotti, Lorenzo Sganzini, Jacky Marti, Andreas Wyden, Marco Blaser, Theo Mäusli, Maristella Polli
Production: Marco Blaser, Theo Mäusli, Maristella Polli (RTSI)
Participants 862 plus 600 guests
Budget CHF 900'000.00
Remarks The Canton Ticino organised various events in Biel-Bienne between 24 and 27.09.2002, prior to the Cantonal Day Ticino. 


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