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Dedicated to Nadia Anjuman, it is a piece for trumpet and live electronics.
I wanted to add the text of one of her poems most dear to me, to pay homage to this powerful Afghan poetess.

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A POEM

No desire to open my mouth
What should I sing of...?
I, who am hated by life.
No difference to sing or not to sing.
Why should I talk of sweetness,
When I feel bitterness?
Oh, the oppressor's feast
Knocked my mouth.
I have no companion in life
Who can I be sweet for?
No difference to speak, to laugh,
To die, to be.
Me and my strained solitude.
With sorrow and sadness.
I was borne for nothingness.
My mouth should be sealed.
Oh my heart, you know it is spring
And time to celebrate.
What should I do with a trapped wing,
Which does not let me fly?
I have been silent too long,
But I never forget the melody,
Since every moment I whisper
The songs from my heart,
Reminding myself of
The day I will break this cage,
Fly from this solitude
And sing like a melancholic.
I am not a weak poplar tree
To be shaken by any wind.
I am an Afghan woman,
It only makes sense to moan.

Nadia Anjuman (Herat, December 1980 – Herat, November 2005)

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released September 26, 2020
Home registration made on October 30, 2020.
Cover photo by Francesco Labita [unsplash.com]

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Alberto Mandarini Milan, Italy

Jazz trumpet teacher at the G. Verdi Conservatory in Milan and active musician on several fronts, he has played with G. Gaslini, B. Tommaso, G.Schiaffini, G. Trovesi, M.P. De vito, D.Torto, G . Schuller, T. Bern, T. Scott, M. Schneider, C. Mariano, A. Sheppard, C. Taylor, J. Surman and A. Braxton.
He has performed in Europe, U.S.A., South America, South Africa and Asia, recording about 100 albums. ... more

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