The first artists announced: Brunori Sas, Paola Cortellesi, Danno, Elio Germano (with Ardecore), Giancane, Noemi, Willie Peyote, Margherita Vicario, Il Muro Del Canto together for the Community of Sant'Egidio.
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June 25, 2026 will be an important day for solidarity and Italian music: many artists will find themselves together on the same stage to transform a concert into a concrete gesture. In a time when everything runs fast, stopping to pay attention to others becomes an even more precious action, and this is why the Cavea of the “Ennio Morricone” Auditorium Parco della Musica in Rome will host Bread ar Breadthe project created by Elio Germano together with Community of Sant'Egidio, for years committed alongside the most fragile people, a silent but fundamental point of reference, capable of transforming small gestures into real changes.
Not an event to be told as a spectacle, but an idea that aims to shift the focus from form to meaning, from rhetoric to necessity, where “Bread ar Bread” it is a way of saying, but also a declaration of intent. Starting from the songs which, translated into Roman dialect, are revealed in a new light, between irony and truth, up to the title, an essential gesture: giving bread.
The heart of the project was born from a musical operation: the translation into Roman dialect of great international pop and rock classics curated by Elio Germano (with revision by Emma Gainsforth) and rearranged by Ardecorethe band that has recovered, among other things, many classics of the more “noir” Roman tradition. The result is a unique recording project, released on the day of the concert, thanks also to the supportive participation of Elio (by Elio and Le Storie Tese), Lillo Petrolo, Corrado Guzzanti, Margherita Vicario, Noemi who have interpreted the songs in question in a completely original way and who in the months preceding the concert will have the opportunity to come into direct contact with the places of the Community – canteens, peace schools, distribution centers, Italian language and culture schools – transforming participation into a living experience.
The musical work is guided by Giampaolo Felici (Ardecore), supported by a group of multi-instrumentalists from the Italian scene: Nicola Manzan (Bologna Violenta – guitar, bass, violin), Ludovica Valori (keyboards, trombone), Adriano Viterbini (electric guitars), Jacopo Battaglia (drums), together with Giulio Caneponi, Gianluca Ferrante and Ersilia Prosperi.
The entire proceeds from the tickets will be allocated to the Community's activities – canteens, reception, support for homeless people, combating educational poverty and humanitarian corridors – to support ongoing interventions in Italy and around the world.
'Pane ar Pane' is a Roman expression that indicates frankness and immediacy – declare all the artists involved – “It is the key with which to describe the project and the work of the Community of Sant'Egidio, which carries out a daily commitment in the real society that inhabits the streets of our cities. We thought we'd celebrate it with a great evening at the Rome Auditorium and with a record that will be released that same evening, the first copies of which will be free with the ticket. As artists we can only join the dense network of friends of Sant'Egidio and bring our sincere contribution to making it known and growing further.”
A network of professionals and entities in the sector has been activated around the project, including Gemma Concerts And Scup Labwho participate completely free of charge.
The initiative is carried out with the support ofDepartment of Culture of Rome Capital and with the support of Rome Capital and of Music for Rome Foundationwhich allows the net proceeds to be entirely allocated to the Community of Sant'Egidio.
The illustration of the project is created by Daniele Pampanelli for Archi's Comunicazione, made available for the project.
All the artists involved participate completely free of charge.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
