Photography, Live Music & Poetry

The Dante Alighieri Society of BC & the Capture Photography Festival in

Vancouver invite you to the live performance

The Ballad of

a Soldier-Bard

in Times of War

Photography, Live Music & Poetry

Join us for a cross-disciplinary performance combining projected

photography, spoken poetry, and live music to offer a reflective

exploration of love, memory, and creativity in times of conflict.

The performance features photography by Stefano Gulmanelli, vocals by

singer-songwriter Marenia (Maria Ylenia Trozzolo), live guitar

accompaniment by Bruce Davidson and Leonardo Paolella, and readings from Arianna Dagnino’s poetic cycle To Die Like a Poem. The

Ballad of a Soldier-Bard in Times of War (Ekstasis, Victoria),.

Inspired by the figure of the soldier-bard—a musician witnessing both

the violence of war and the persistence of beauty— the project invites

the audience to engage with the healing and connective power of the

arts in an age of global unrest.

Saturday, 11 April 2026 | 8:00–9:00 pm (PST)

Notional Space, 1523 East Pender, Vancouver

This is a FREE GIFT-ECONOMY event

Q&A and open discussion with the audience to follow

Register here: https://www.dantesocietybc.ca/event-details/the-ballad-of-a-soldier-bard-in-times-of-war-photography-live-music-poetry

This performance is part of the Capture Photography Festival's events across Vancouver, is organised with the support of the Dante Alighieri Society of BC under the patronage of the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver, and is hosted at Notional Space, a gathering place based on a gift-economy model.

With funding support from the Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers' Union of Canada.