Talk
Francesco Bianconi
September 20 2026, 7.00pm
Informazioni
Where
Triennale Milano
Floor –1, Voce
Duration
120 minutes
Admission
Free upon registration
A conversation dedicated to the songs, memories, and imaginaries that accompany summer. Starting from the idea of the “sad summer song”, which finds one of its most celebrated examples in Bruno Martino’s Odio l’estate, we explore the summer season through music, personal stories, and the cultural references that have shaped its myth. At Voce Triennale, our space dedicated to sound and music, singer-songwriter, composer, and Baustelle frontman Francesco Bianconi joins us for a conversation that moves through desire, nostalgia, anticipation, and melancholy, revisiting the summers we remember, those we imagine, and the soundtracks that continue to inhabit them.
Speakers
Carlo Antonelli, journalist
Francesco Bianconi, singer-songwriter, writer, and composer
Francesco Bianconi (Montepulciano, 1973) is a musician, writer, and composer. Since 1997, he has been the songwriter, singer, and founder of the band Baustelle. In 2009, he composed, together with Baustelle, the original soundtrack for Giuseppe Piccioni’s film Giulia non esce la sera. The song Piangi Roma, performed with Valeria Golino, won the Nastro d’Argento award for Best Original Song.
He has also written songs for numerous performers, including Irene Grandi, Patty Pravo, Paola Turci, Anna Oxa, Gianna Nannini, Eros Ramazzotti, and Francesco Gabbani. He took part in Alessandro Baricco’s television reading Furore for Rai 3, Pinocchio! for the ContempoRarities Festival, and Playing the Unknown, an installation commissioned by Triennale Milano for the 23rd International Exhibition. Alongside his musical career, he has published the novels Il regno animale (2011), La resurrezione della carne (2015), and Atlante delle case maledette (2021), winner of the Premio Narrativa Bergamo, as well as the collection of poems and photographs I musicisti arrivano già stanchi negli hotel (2019). In 2020, he released Forever, his first solo album, produced by Amedeo Pace of Blonde Redhead and featuring contributions from international artists including Rufus Wainwright, Kazu Makino, and Eleanor Friedberger. This was followed in 2022 by Accade, the second chapter of his solo career. In 2023, Baustelle released Elvis, followed by El Galactico in 2025. That same year, the band received the Premio Tenco alla Carriera, recognising their contribution to Italian singer-songwriter music over more than twenty-five years of activity.
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