Bologna celebrates his Raffaella Carra, the multifaceted artist who passed away last July due to a lung cancer. The now traditional illuminations of via d'Azeglio, inaugurated last 10th December in fact, the titles of four songs of the Carrà, but not only. The project also saw the collaboration of Italian and international artists. These have in fact paid tribute to Raffaella Carrà by making the lighting design from Bologna with the titles of some of his best known songs. Malika Ayane He drew "Dance Dance", Nina Zilli "Best wishes", Alexia "Noise"And Bob Sinclair, naturally, "A far l'amore comincia your". The French DJ is linked to Carrà thanks to the remix of this 1976 song, the soundtrack of the masterpiece by Paolo Sorrentino "The great beauty".
Le illuminations of Bologna of 2021 start with the installation "With best wishes, RaffCarrà”(Hand signed) in yellow neon, his favorite color. A further tribute to the Carrà then came from the artist Axel Buscarini, which he drew 4 faces of the Bolognese singer. These were made by Antonio Spiezia (the titles were made by Roberto Tati) retrace the most important moments of Carrà's career.
The unforgettable Raffaella Carrà in the lights of Bologna
In the city of two towers and arcades it is now a Christmas tradition to adorn via D'Azeglio with song lyrics by its most famous artists. In 2018 it was the turn of Lucio Dalla with "the coming year". The following year it was the turn of Cesare Cremonini, with the text of his "Nobody wants to be Robin". In 2020 Dalla returned with the text of "Futura". This year the illuminations of Bologna instead they are all for the Carrà. The dedication to the unforgettable "National Raffaella"Was enthusiastically welcomed by the new mayor of Bologna, Matthew Lepore. For the mayor, the new lights are: "a declaration of love from Bologna for Raffaella Carrà - Our way of saying thank you, for all that she has represented. These lights will make noise!».
Raffaella Carrà in addition to being an icon of Italian music, she was also freedom icon against the bigotry of an all too closed generation. Her fame has also crossed national borders, becoming one of the most popular Italian artists abroad, especially in Latin america and Spain. To demonstrate the love that the Spaniards have for the Bolognese artist, two weeks after his death, the municipality of Madrid in fact, he dedicated a square to her (i.e. Plaza de Raffaella Carrà).
Bologna and the whole of Italy will always carry this in their hearts big musical icon and not only that, who with his songs and his rebellious spirit contributed to shake up the way of thinking and living of many Italians and beyond. With this initiative, via D'Azeglio is tinted a little with the spirit of the Carrà. This, as already happened with the lights dedicated to Lucio Dalla, makes us remember how much these artists have upset our country and, unfortunately, also how much we miss them.
Cover photo: © Via D'Azeglio, pedestrian area - Bologna (official Facebook page)
