Sorelle Marinetti (''the Marinetti sisters'') is the name of an Italian swing singer trio starring three males singers in

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fashion. Their names are Turbina, Elica and Scintilla Marinetti (respectively Nicola Olivieri, Matteo Minerva and Marco Lugli). In October 2015 Matteo Minerva replaced Andrea Allione, one of the original members of the trio, known to the public as "Mercuria".

Background and style

The band names and the

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s of the singers refers to

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and its founder,

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Filippo Tommaso Emilio Marinetti (; 22 December 1876 – 2 December 1944) was an Italian poet, editor, art theorist, and founder of the Futurist movement. He was associated with the utopian and Symbolist artistic and literary community Abbaye d ...

.non ce ne importa niente
, Band info at Palermos website, by Matilde Geraci The band uses Swing elements of the 1930s and musical ideas from Giovanni D’Anzi, like the

Boswell Sisters The Boswell Sisters were an American close harmony singing trio of the jazz and swing eras, consisting of three sisters: Martha Boswell (June 9, 1905 – July 2, 1958), Connie Boswell (later spelled "Connee", December 3, 1907 – October 11, ...

, the

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and the

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. Producer

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started casting members for the groups in 2006. The first CD ''Non ce ne importa niente'' was published in 2008. 2010 the band published another CD called Signorine novecento. The Orchestra Maniscalchi, a swingband produced by Bozzo, is often playing together with the sorelle.

Appearances

Some TV gigs took place with

Maurizio Costanzo Maurizio Costanzo (born 28 August 1938) is an Italian television host, journalist, screenwriter and film director. Biography Costanzo began his career as a journalist, first as a contributing writer to ''Paese Sera'' and then as managing editor ...

, of SKY Vivo, in the Maurizio Costanzo Show and as well together with

Piero Chiambretti Piero Chiambretti (born 30 May 1956) is an Italian television presenter. Biography Born on 30 May 1956 in Aosta to Felicita Chiambretti, an 18-year-old single mother, he grew up in Turin. He later moved to Bologna, where he studied Arts, Music ...

, The sorelle went on stage at the

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2010 together with vocalist

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. 2010

Pippo Baudo Giuseppe Vittorio Raimondo Baudo (born 7 June 1936), known as Pippo Baudo, is one of the most famous Italian television presenters, with a career spanning six decades. He is often nicknamed "Superpippo" (referencing the Italian name of Super Go ...

s comparison of the sorelle with Sorelle Bandiera lead to a smaller scandal in Italy, since the singers disagreed to participate in Baudilfos show afterwards.

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and

produced a musical about a swing group (the sorelle) in the time of the

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1943. The piece called ''Risate sotto le bombe'' laughter under the bombs, was brought on stage in Milan 2013.Le Sorelle Marinetti sotto le bombe del '43
ALESSANDRA VITALI, 2013, La Repubblica

External links

Website

Blog

Intro on the website of Palermo

References

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