Alte Voce

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Alte Voce
Origin Corsica
Genres
Years active
  • 2000–present
Members
  • Jean Mattei
  • Rosanna Cesari
  • Pasquale Cesari
  • Pierre Barthelemy
  • Laurent Menival
  • Bruno Vidal
  • Fanfan Cesari
  • François Quilichini
  • Christian Caporossi
Website altevoce.com

Alte Voce is a Corsican group, who sing Corsican music in the Corsican language. [1]

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History

The band was founded in November 2000 [2] by Jean Mattei and Rosanna Cesari. The group performs across France [3] [4] and in other countries of the world. [5]

Discography

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References

  1. "I Muvrini and Corsica".
  2. P, E (27 January 2020). "Jean Mattei présente le disque des 20 ans d'Alte Voce" [Jean Mattei presents Alte Voce's 20th anniversary album]. Corse-Matin (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. "Meistratzheim. Polyphonies corses avec Alte Voce".
  4. https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/guingamp-22200/guingamp-le-programme-2020-du-festival-de-la-saint-loup-devoile-6769987 [ bare URL ]
  5. "Deux concerts du Groupe polyphonique Corse Alte Voce en Tunisie".
  6. P, S (24 June 2010). "Alte Voce toujours plus libre" [Alte Voce ever more free]. Corse-Matin (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  7. Pisani, S (1 November 2019). "Nouvel album et contours redessinés pour Alte Voce" [New Album and Redesigned Contours for Alte Voce]. Corse-Matin (in French). Retrieved 13 June 2020.