Òboe Sommerso is the result of a compositional work conceived and inspired by texts of the Sicilian poets.

The poems were chosen not favoring any single author or a particular style, but looking instead at ideas and suggestions, equivalences and oppositions, in a quest for a common path between poets of different origin and language, known and unknown, classic and contemporary, educated and popular.

I thank all those who made this project possible: the musicians, for their commitment, the Foundation Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, who has granted us the use of the Teatro Politeama, its headquarters, for the recording, the cultural association MusicArte of Caltanissetta, who has originally commissioned this repertoire for their concert season, and all those who support us: audiences, critics and fans.

A special thanks to Flavio Bonandrini for his enthusiastic and concrete support, and to Renato D'Anna for his professionalism.