In recent days at the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, pianist and composer Sandro Barbieri from Crevalcore, along with singer and composer Maheya Collins, was a featured protagonist of the fourth edition of the “Maria Callas Tribute Prize NY.”

Barbieri, who runs a music school in Crevalcore, presented the “Puccini 100 in Jazz” project with the singer on the occasion of the centenary of Giacomo Puccini’s passing.

“A great emotion for me and Maestro Sandro Barbieri,” said Collins, “to be invited, welcomed, and applauded in an extraordinary setting like the Big Apple, and in a venue that promotes Italy at every level like the Cultural Institute of New York. Our achievement is having created a crossover between three musical styles that are otherwise completely distant from one another.”