Angelica Perri

Winner of the Andrea Parodi Award 2026, the Critics' Award and the Mention of the International Jury. In 2026 he also won the "Banca Macerata" Audience Award at the Musicultura live auditions, third place at the Ethnos GenerAzioni Award and was a semifinalist of Music for Change. In May he released his debut album "Polimorfe – Canzoni per chi cambia forma". ⸻ BIOGRAPHY Angelica Perri, Calabrian singer-songwriter born in 2001, studies Philosophy and History, classical guitar and singing. She defines herself as "Singer-songwriter, Dreamer, Apprentice of life". Since 2016 he has been writing and composing in Italian and Calabrian dialect, giving life to a popular songwriting that intertwines tradition, Mediterranean sounds and world music. In 2017 he attended the CET in Mogol and in 2018 he was a semifinalist of the Sanremo Area, participating in the courses of the CPM in Milan. In 2019 she released the first album of "Avissivoglia", a band of which she is co-founder. Since 2020 he has dedicated himself to research on traditional music. She also deals with children's musical training according to the Gordon method and since 2025 she has been co-director of the women's choir "DaVOCEaVOCE". After the single "Dario e Francesca" (2021), in 2025 he returns with four new songs and signs with Multifonic Records. He participates in festivals such as Reggio Primo Maggio, Sei Corde, Felici & Conflenti, Sonati Vicinu and Musicalidus Festival; she is also selected among the ten Calabrian artists for the Scouting Tour of the Fabrizio De André Award 2025. Between 2025 and 2026 she participated in the Erasmus+ project "MUS LaMiRè", dedicated to the preservation of musical traditions and minority languages, performing in Guardia Piemontese, Lyon and Zadar. 2026 marks a turning point: selected among the 60 projects for the Musicultura auditions, she performs on March 19 at the Lauro Rossi Theater in Macerata, winning the "Banca Macerata" Audience Award. He is also among the 40 semifinalists of the XVII edition of Music for Change, with a performance at the live auditions on May 2nd. On May 8 "Polimorfe – Songs for those who change form" is released, which he promotes with concerts and festivals in Italy, also opening the live shows of Mariella Nava and Modena City Ramblers. In October she ranked third at the VIII Ethnos GenerAzioni Award in San Giorgio a Cremano. On 15, 16 and 17 October she performed at the Teatro Massimo in Cagliari for the XIX Andrea Parodi Prize, winning the Absolute Prize, the Critics' Prize and the Mention of the International Jury: a historic result, which makes her the first Calabrian winner of the competition. His songs address identity, mental health, time, emotional bonds, faith and freedom. Italian and Calabrian dialect dialogue with the sounds of tradition, in a musical research rooted in the territory and open to new contaminations.