{"id":432053,"date":"2025-12-18T22:50:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T21:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doogreporter.com\/the-invisible-song-of-bees\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T10:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T09:33:08","slug":"the-invisible-song-of-bees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doogreporter.com\/en\/the-invisible-song-of-bees\/","title":{"rendered":"The invisible song of bees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The story I am about to tell is one of a deep friendship \u2014 of music and nature, of technology and atavistic calls, of women and men, and of their interconnection with the complex and often elusive world of bees.Azzurra Fragale is a sound engineer, sound designer, and director. Marna Fumarola is a highly experienced and renowned violinist. Their paths begin in distant places and contexts, only to converge at a precise point in space and time, forming a unique bond that endures to this day. <\/p>\n\n

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Live@Tobees – \u00a92025 Paolo Adduce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Their first meeting takes place when Azzurra, then a young student at the APM School in Saluzzo, is undertaking an internship as a sound technician in Tuscany. Marna arrives there for a recording session, and an immediate connection forms between them.In the years that follow, when Azzurra moves to Tuscany, their paths cross again through new projects and they begin to work together on a regular basis. Their personal affinity grows alongside their artistic one. <\/p>\n\n

They share a similar worldview, common values, and a deep curiosity for sound, nature, and relationships. In this way, they become close friends as well as research partners. Before long, their collaboration becomes firmly established.Azzurra works as sound engineer for the Euph\u00f2ria Quartet, founded by Marna, accompanying the ensemble through complex theatrical and musical productions. These are years of intersections, experimentation, and the sharing of the same human horizons. <\/p>\n\n

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Live@Apiario – Ceresole Reale (TO) Italy – \u00a92025 Paolo Adduce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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The Bees in their tives<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

The turning point comes through meeting people who brought music\u2026 into the apiary. For Azzurra, the gateway is her friend, saxophonist Vittorio Catalano, who had decided to devote himself to beekeeping as well. Azzurra begins accompanying him to the apiary \u2014 learning, observing, and recording everything with her portable recorder. Even then, she was already building sound archives: geophonies, biophonies, and anthrophonies. <\/p>\n\n

For Marna, the moment of revelation comes through Letizia, a friend who had just completed a course to become a beekeeper, and with whom she sets up a small apiary in Tuscany. The day Marna opens a hive for the first time, the sound of the colony overwhelms her. From that moment on, the study of the bees\u2019 sonic language becomes an integral part of her musical research. <\/p>\n\n

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Live@Apiario – Le Querce – Albiano D\u2019Ivrea (TO) Italy – \u00a92025 Paolo Adduce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n