Echi lontani

Echi lontani – Musiche d’epoca in luoghi storici (Distant echoes – Early music in historic locations) was established in Cagliari in 1995, as a follow on from the "International Meeting of Music, Dance and Teaching" (a series of Seminars, Concerts and Conferences, dedicated to Early Music and Dance and new Music Education, held every year in Selargius [Cagliari] from 1984 until 1994). The Festival “Echi lontani” was characterised from the outset by the desire to take Early Music and Dance out of Concert halls and to place it in locations of Historical Heritage (churches, cloisters and buildings of historical-architectural and artistic value) with the dual objective of promoting better contextualization of the ancient repertoire whilst at the same time exposing and encouraging the use of the Historical Heritage to both residents and tourists. Hence the full name of the Festival, “Echi lontani – Musiche d’epoca in luoghi storici” (Distant echoes - Early music in historic locations).