Monza is preparing for the Concertozzo degli Elio and the stories tense in the name of inclusiveness
Appointment in Monza on May 25th and 26th. The band's frontman: "The autism of a child is combined with the absolute loneliness of the parents"
ROME – After the success of previous years, Concertozzo is back by popular demand, the event organized by Elio e le Storie tese and Trio Medusa which combines music and social awareness, promoting the idea of a more inclusive and informed.
Appointment on May 26th at the U-Power Stadium in Monza, where music will be the protagonist from the early afternoon withthe Concertozzino, in which several bands will participate and, to follow, with the Concertozzo, the special live performance of Elio e le Storie Tese with the incursions of the >Medusa trio. Pre-sales for May 26th are available on Vivaticket and Ticketone. Doors open at 1.30pm, Concertozzino starts at 3.00pm, Concertozzo starts at 9.00pm.
The event will be anticipated on Saturday 25 May by an event open to all in Piazza Roma, at the foot of the Arengario, where the Municipality of Monza and PIZZAUT will host Associations and personalities who deal with autism and disability, for their direct testimony. In the presence of the major Italian associations involved in the inclusion of autistic people, talks with sector experts are scheduled to provide insights and promote a deeper understanding of the needs of people with disabilities and their families. Moments of music, street food, meetings and fun will follow, all in “AUT format”.
The first two editions of the Concertozzo (2022 and 2023) were sold out and were great unpredictable parties, with lots of music and an unforgettable live show, an true greatest hits from the repertoire of Elio e le Storie Tese, always in perfect balance between unbridled fun and social awareness, with the irreverent interventions of the Trio Medusa. Associations and personalities took to the stage, such as PizzAut and Tortellante, Gianluca Nicoletti and Mimmo Pesce, who brought their testimony on problems related to disabilities.< /p>
ELIO TALKS ABOUT THE SON’S AUTISM
In a recent interview given to Walter Veltroni for Corriere della Sera, Stefano Belisari, aka Elio de Le Storie Tese, talked about his son Dante (14 years old) and his experience as the father of an autistic boy. “We noticed it very soon. It was my wife who perceived some anomalies in Dante’s behavior. I consoled her, told her that everything would normalize. But we have twins and the differences, in the growth process, were clearly visible It was difficult to find someone who could give us a clear diagnosis and who could direct us. There is no telephone number to call, no address to go to. You immediately realize that a child’s autism is combined with the absolute loneliness of parents. And this applies to any type of disability.” Then some advice to parents: “act quickly, don’t wait until the age of three, don’t put it off. We saw that Dante had an obsessive attention to the spinning tops, he also spun around and never stopped doing it. He had attention to the things and not for people. Autism can lead to serious relational difficulties, including mental, motor and cognitive delays”.
The frontman of Elio e Le Storie tese explained that Dante “is now 14 years old, he is aware. Even too much, he says it continuously. He has done an impressive job, a heartbreaking effort. Even in this, autistic kids pay a price compared to their peers. For him everything was hard: putting on a shirt, going to the bathroom, talking. He worked hard, but we were able to allow him to be followed money? Here too, just when the public hand should rebalance the differences, social inequalities are instead accentuated. There are associations, but they are private. There is nothing public that addresses the problem of autism and is close to families”.
