Biography
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A Filetta
Effective period / Period of releases: 1981 - 2015
Members: Jean-Luc Geronimi, Paul Giansily, Jean Sicurani, José Filippi, Jean-Claude Acquaviva, Maxime Vuillamier, Ceccè Acquaviva, Felix Travaglini, Francescu Antonini, Pierre Bertoni, Ghjuvan-Claudio Acquaviva, Francescu Croce, Massimu Vuillamier
Corsican vocal group.In October 1978, the formation of the group A Filetta, in Balagne, on the initiative of a young school-teacher, Michel Frassati. His meeting with a bee-keeper, Tumasgiu Nami, was what inspired an association that would involve dozens of singers from around Haute-Corse (Balagne, Nebbiu, Fiumorbu, Castagniccia, Niolu etc.) Its primary objective was to help conserve an oral heritage that was in decline.