Sanremo Music Festival: what do you need to know

by Sara Cippo and Clara Mancino

Every year, in Italy in the month of February a music festival takes place in Sanremo, Liguria. It’s broadcasted on our national tv station.

During the 2^nd week of February (from the 7^th to the 11^th) the 67^th edition of “Sanremo Music Festival” took place. The festival was born in 1940 when, after the end of Fascism, Italian economy was in tatters. So the government, in collaboration with Rai broadcaster (Our national tv channel), decided to raise up Italian economy and the soul of Italian people, through an annual song festival. Thanks to this was born the Festival of Italian Songs.

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Grammy Awards 2017, Adele breaks one of the prizes and gives an half to Beyoncé

by Veronica Garofalo

On February 12, 2017 the 59th Annual Grammy Awards was held, the highest award for artists and singers of the music world, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The evening was conducted for the first time by James Corden. The nominations were announced on December 6, 2016. 

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The last Beatles’rooftop concert

by Firdaous Erradi

It happened on January 30, 1969: the last concert of the Beatles.
We don’t know if the four musicians were aware of the fact that this would have been their last concert;  There were about a few dozen people who were present at this extraordinary event thanks to their lunch break; they left their workplaces to get on the roof, perhaps unaware of being the last to be present at an event that would have become history.

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Grammys 2017:Adele broke her trophy

by Elena Mancino

Adele swept the top honors at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, but the night was shared with Beyoncé.

Adele went home with five total awards, including album of the year for 25.

Beyoncé won two, including best music video for "Formation" and best urban contemporary album for "Lemonade."

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Surrounded by sounds

Dagmara Blacha
Gimnazjum nr 2 im. św. Walentego w Bieruniu   
   
     Music – has been crucial to people for thousands of years. It has accompanied human civilization since the beginning, and both active creation of the music and listening to it, have been equally
important.
    We may perceive music in various ways, it may awake a range of emotions and associations, but we are all not unresponsive to music.