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Active for over a decade, De Calamus is a large ensemble that consists of nine musicians, from different as much as rich musical background, united by the desire to rediscover, protect and enhance the musical traditions of the Comino Valley, linked to the use of the zampogna and of the organetto by many itinerant musicians, who used to cross this beautiful valley, located in the heart of central Italy, between Rome and Naples. To characterize the musical approach of the group is the rigorous research carried out in the field and on traditional sources, combined with the use of traditional instruments such as zampogna, ciaramella, organetto, ocarina, chitarra battente, accordion, pastoral flutes, and frame drums, to which is joined a particular attention to the voices, with the presence of three singers in the formation. The repertoire ranges from songs linked to rural dances, to serenades and love songs, composing an ideal sound journey through the past, present and future at the discovery of the immense wealth of stories, sounds and melodies of the Comino Valley. Over the years, there have been many events, festivals and national and international venues where the De Calamus took part; notable among them is the participation in the New Year's Concert in St. Peter's Square in Rome alongside Claudio Baglioni in 1999, a concert in 2001 in Cleveland at the club "Friends of Coreno," the performance, at the invitation of Carlo Petrini, to the Slow Food "Mother Earth" Festival in Turin in 2008 and the same year in Montreal in the prestigious theater "Leonardo da Vinci," the concert held December 7, 2013 in Strasbourg (France) in the Dominican church, at the invitation of the City of Strasbourg and the Italian Institute of Culture, and the participation to FIMU, the largest university festival in Europe, in Belfort (France) from June 6 to 9, 2014. Many are the awards received by the Group, such as the First Prize at the International Festival "Ancia Libera" of Ancona in 1999, the Prize "Centre Artesà Tradicionarius" with mention "seek and search" in the 2010 edition of the festival "La Marca Eurofolk" that brought them the following year to perform in Barcelona (Spain); the "Suonare a Folkest 2012 - Premio Alberto Cesa", thanks to which they performed on July 26 of that year in Spilimbergo (Ud), and the prize "C. Perilli" during the International festival "Zampogna di Acquafondata" in 2012. In March 2016, they performed at the festival "Le Printemps des Bretelles" of Strasbourg for a benefit concert for the pediatric oncology hospital in Paris.