"In Search of Light" by Theo Allegretti is released on Tuesday 31 May 2022.
Produced by Dodicilune, is distributed in Italy and abroad by IRD and in the best online stores by Believe,
The pianist and composer is flanked by great musicians like Nicola Alesini (soprano sax), Andrea Ceccomori (flute), Mario Pio Mancini (bouzouki), Paolo Camerini (double bass) and Simone Pulvano (percussion).
The eleven original compositions represent the epic of a journey in search of light. Through a series of ancestral invocations, propitiatory and initiatory dances and rituals, moments of meditation and reflection,
we travel a path in search of a key to human existence on this earth, towards a coveted higher cosmic harmony. Starting from Tartarus, the last heaven of hell into which humanity has fallen, we ascend to ever
higher levels until we see just what could be rays of transcendent light, beyond the earthly experience.

«A journey is always a journey within oneself. Walk, walker and road: the ego towards itself is nothing else, said a Sufi mystic. So, those who come back are never the same as when they left ”, underlines the philosopher Lucio Saviani in the cover notes of the album. "Journey is the other name for experience: it is transit, transformation, but also what one carries and will remain with you, as a viaticum, the burden of becoming a pilgrim to become what one is. This work by Theo Allegretti is transformation, a way to the new condition, but also a journey that has a Return as its destination. Returning to the light is the return of the Principle. Theo Allegretti thinks of the principle, in his maieutic work, like the archaic philosophers dear to him: the principle is continuous incipient, a beginning that remains, governs and supports the initiate. Like death to which life returns and from where it is always reborn, like the silence from which music emerges, from which it is crossed and towards which it is destined. “Dia pas On”: you have to go through everything, the Light is the return of the Principle. The journey of Theo Allegretti's music towards the light is all this»

In the booklet, the musician tells the listener the stages of his imaginary journey in search of light. “” Lost in Abyss “the fall of humanity in Tartarus (the last heaven of hell), invoking mercy for this condition; “Ritual” atavistic rite of exorcization, designed to facilitate the overcoming of our situation, for a transformation towards a new state; “Saling with Dolphins” the crossing of the boat, with which humanity is shipwrecked, which is saved by some dolphins and taken to safer shores; “Ancient Memories” the moments in history in which a condition of greater dignity and brightness of soul and thought was known; “Pythagoras Dance” propitiatory and initiation dance, way of asceticism, in honor of one of the most brilliant minds of the past and milestone of our development; “Thoughts” moment of meditation and reflection on the imperfect human condition and yearning for a transcendent serenity; “In Search of Light” the whole epic of the journey of the wisest minds to discover a key of human existence in this land; “Waves” the unknown and the difficulties to be overcome for anyone who sets out on a journey, but at the same time the beauty of the same for those who decide to set sail from the mainland towards unknown shores; “7th Path” the path that travelers decide to take in search of the seventh heaven, to rise to higher levels and reach the pinnacle; “Light Rays” what could be just glimpsed rays of transcendent light, life beyond, beyond earthly experience; “Epilogue” the passage from our condition to another, a serenity of soul that nevertheless conveys all the colorful emotions of the passing away towards an unknown situation, albeit one of bliss “.

Pianist, improviser / composer, Theo Allegretti searches for a personal language through evocative sounds and the reinterpretation of genres, revealing himself in a spiritual expressionism. He undertakes classical and jazz studies, perfecting himself with Giorgio Gaslini, Gianni Lenoci, Enrico Pieranunzi. He has been playing in solo piano since 1990. He makes jingles, arrangements, music for radio-TV, performs in poetry, theater, dance and performance recitals with the confluence of various arts. His reading-concert “Memories of the Principle”, on texts by the pre-Socratics, is presented in various reviews, becomes a theater-dance show and piano solo disco (Dodicilune, 2016), obtaining unanimous acclaim. Its peculiarities are the instant composition and the conjugation with word, stage action and visual arts.

Track List
1 – Lost in Abyss (Kyrie Eleison)
2 – Ritual
3 – Sailing with Dolphins
4 – Ancient Memories
5 – Pythagoras Dance
6 – Thoughts
7 – In Search of Light
8 – Waves
9 – 7th Path
10 – Light Rays
11 – Epilogue

All compositions and lyrics (1) by Theo Allegretti

Personnel
Theo Allegretti – piano, synth, voice
Nicola Alesini – soprano sax
Paolo Camerini – double bass
Andrea Ceccomori – flute
Mario Pio Mancini – bouzouki
Simone Pulvano – percussion

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