Agricantus

Agricantus (from the Latin, 'song of the wheat field') was the most important Italian band to world music. Their repertoire draws on the sounds of the desert and the outskirts of the world, but also the haunting rhythms of rock and traditional musics of the Mediterranean, from the 'taranta' by the South of Italy to the Middle East and North African folk. A mixture of sound made even more attractive from a set that combines ethnic instruments alongside the more sophisticated electronic technology.
(OndaRock – 2005)

... Tonj Acquaviva and Rosie Wiederkehr Agricantus...opens the multi-dimensionality (between acoustic and electronic music, video art and photography), sound research is contaminated by other components of contemporary culture. The show is conceived as a visual and sonic journey.
(Corriere della Sera – 2010)

Agricantus is formed by Tonj Acquaviva,band leader, male voice, composer multistumentists,the singer Rosie Wiererkehr, historical Agricantus voice, one of the most interesting views of the European World.

Artist that thanks to the studies on the different musical expressions of peoples and languages​has helped create the sound that characterizes "Agricantus".

Guitarist Lutte Berg the group's historical training jazz.

the player of ethnic string Mauro Sigura, and the bassist Guillermo Mokotoff.

Tonj Acquaviva, through experience in the field of sound manipulation, electronic and World Music, musical structure gives rise to a rich sound and readable at different levels, from the song the ambient music.
The song is in Sicilian dialect is full of influences Arab/Norman, and other peoples passed from Sicily.

The territory becomes multilingual sounds and recognition of artistic roots, words, Arab/Norman, the Sicilian dialect, meet and engage with the world's languages in the various songs: Italian, French, English, Turkish, German, Tamashek, Sanskrit, German .

A rich sound and language that gives life to some prestigious soundtracks such as: "The Turkish Bath Ferzan Ozpeteck with the unforgettable 'Istanbul', Placido Rizzotto Pasquale Scimeca," The Gardens of Eden "by Alessandro D'Alatri, Director Weddings by Marco Bellocchio.

Attention to the history of peoples, the sounds and cultures (as in the album dedicated to the nomadic Tuareg or Ethnosphere dedicated to the people of Tibet), and sustainable development of the Mediterranean has always been present in the work of Tonj Acquaviva and Rosie Wiederkehr.

Issues brought out in collaboration with major national and international organizations, including: the ONU, UNICEF, WWF, Emergency, Environmental League, Fitil, Greenpeace, Amnesty International.

Rosie Wiederkehr Tonj Acquaviva and have won numerous awards including: the Targa Tenco (album in dialect), A. Prize Daolio (social commitment), Italian Music Award (border music), Taormina Prize Arts and Sciences. Their works have been published in Italy, France, USA, and distributed all over the world.They has participated in concert tours in Europe, Brazil, Israel, Syria, Hong Kong, Turkey.