Italiacaster

Il 2 June 1946 the referendum was held with which the Italian people chose to say "NO" to the monarchy and "YES" to a republican future, the form of state in which Italy has developed since then and our life takes place.

A 80 years later we couldn't help but celebrate an event of such historic importance, and we did it our way.

So imagining a Stratocaster dressed in the colors of the flag and bearing the emblem of the republic and the lyrics of our national anthem was the logical consequence. And here the art of Renzo Pagliani was once again able to perfectly interpret the project by creating "Italiacaster”, a work of rare beauty and elegance.

The tricolor wraps around the entire body. On the front, and exactly on the pickguard, next to our Scaligero castle as always nestled on the upper horn and the dates that remind us of the 80 years that have passed since the referendum event, we placed that image which has always been confidentially called the "big star", whose components (the star, the cogwheel, olive and oak branches) each has a precise meaning, all representing our Italy. Let's see them together:

• the stella, symbol dating back to Greek mythology, represents the splendor of our origins, the story, solidarity and the armed forces
• the gear wheel it is the symbol of work, on which our democratic republic is founded
• i branches of the olive tree and oak they recall respectively our desire for peace and the strength and dignity of our people.

It's nice to remember every now and then that these few but fundamental values ​​constitute the foundations of our society!

On the back of the body we have reproduced the original text of our national anthem in the first autograph draft by Goffredo Mameli, dating back to 1847 entitled “Long live Italy”, as the first verse said, then changed to the definitive “Brothers of Italy”.

Ecco, dear friends, this is the guitar that constitutes the graphic theme of the poster of this edition of the festival, and which will be raffled among all those who have purchased a ticket to attend the evening concerts. The draw will be carried out at the end of the concert on Sunday 26 April. Good luck!