RA DI SPINA – Voices of Southern Italy in Concert, Libertas Koper

On Tuesday, 24 November 2026, at 8:00 PM, the main hall of Libertas in Koper welcomes Ra di spina, the music project created by singer and researcher Laura Cuomo. The concert launches Libertas's collaboration with the Druga godba festival, making it an evening for lovers of world music, traditional singing and contemporary sound. In Ra di spina the voice is living matter, a ritual tool and a space of poetic resistance. At its heart lies an exploration of polyphony, real, dreamed and sonically multiplied, interwoven with electronics, guitars and percussion in a timeless musical language where the archaic, the folk and the contemporary constantly meet. The voices of southern Italy, including old field recordings, are not just memory here: they rise to the surface like veins of sound, feeding the present and opening unexpected paths towards the music of the future. Laura Cuomo's work is driven by a deep wish to give singing back its communal, choral dimension. Ra di spina rediscovers the power of singing together, with voices listening to and supporting one another. Singing belongs to everyone who wants to sing, without hierarchy or exclusion. In its early days Ra di spina performed as a vocal-electronic ensemble at several festivals and on tour. Today the line-up features singers Laura Cuomo and Alexsandra Ida Mauro, guitarist Ernesto Nobili and percussionist Francesco Paolo Manna. Their first album, Vocazioni, came out in April 2025. Part of Festival Libertas, with support from the Italian Cultural Institute in Ljubljana and co-funding from the Municipality of Koper, the Slovenian Ministry of Culture and the City of Ljubljana. When: Tuesday, 24 November 2026, 8:00 PM Where: Libertas, main hall (Velika dvorana), Kopališko nabrežje, Koper Organiser: co-production of the Druga godba festival and Libertas (Festival Libertas)