Swing on Snow concert: Aluna ensemble

Offering up a bare-bones description of Aluna seems to be a fairly straightforward
matter: One viola, two guitars, one trombone, one double bass and five voices –
all from South Tyrol – playing music from every corner of the world. A cover band
without a drummer, then? Well, it’s not quite so simple. “Aluna” is a word from
the multilingual vocabulary of the Kogi, Arhuaco und Wiwa mountain people who
retreated to the high-mountain ranges of Colombia 400 years ago to escape the
Spanish conquistadors. At that time, the word “aluna” referred to the collective
soul, the thoughts and the imagination. Today, the five-piece Aluna ensemble from
the multilingual mountainous lands of South Tyrol – ably assisted by their own
multicultural inspiration – bring us a soulful adaptation of music from countless
lands and cultures of the world.

Zeno Braitenberg: viola, accordion, vocals
Gigi Grata: trombone, trumpet, vocals
Umberto Carrescia: guitar, vocals
Gregor Marini: guitar, vocals
Hartwig Mumelter: double bass, vocals