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Sep 08 2017 - 16:00

MART Sala Conferenze

The Secret Heart of Travel

FAUSTO DE STEFANI and GIUSEPPE CEDERNA

Fausto De Stefani, mountaineer, naturalist, and photographer, and Giuseppe Cederna, traveler and actor in theater and cinema.

Fausto De Stefani and Giuseppe Cederna: two special travelers with open hearts. A journey around the world through words and images: from India to Nepal, from the mountains and villages of the Himalayas to the stormy coasts of the Mediterranean. The world is here. Departures and returns. The encounters, surprises, and illuminations along the way: how travel can transform us and become “the right thing.” In the spirit of responsibility and solidarity.



“We have a new responsibility, because isn’t it the very act of caring about the fate of what surrounds us that allows us to sense its secret music? And so, every time something truly matters to us, we ourselves vibrate with beauty and music.”

Sherwood Anderson

This event is organized in collaboration with MonturaEditing.

Giuseppe Cederna, a traveler and actor in theater and cinema, has collaborated with directors such as Gabriele Salvatores, with whom he won an Oscar for Mediterraneo, as well as Mario Missiroli, Gabriele Lavia, Pino Micol, Giorgio Gallione, Andrea Barzini, Ettore Scola, Marco Bellocchio, Luigi Comencini, Mario Monicelli, the Taviani brothers, Silvio Soldini, Fausto Brizzi, and Rob Marshall. Last year, he brought to the stage the horrors and hopes of the Great War with the play L’ultima estate dell’Europa, and in 2017, he debuted with Mozart, ritratto di un genio and Da questa parte del mare, based on texts and music by Gianmaria Testa. Since the late 1990s, he has also dedicated himself to writing, with works such as Il Grande Viaggio, Piano Americano (Feltrinelli), and Ticino. Le voci del fiume, storie d’acqua e di terra (Excelsior 1881).

Fausto De Stefani, a mountaineer, naturalist, and photographer, is among the first in the world to summit all 8,000-meter peaks, starting with K2, which he climbed in 1983. He is the founder of the Mountain Wilderness association, of which he serves as an international guarantor. De Stefani dedicates significant attention to the environment and nature, organizing conferences and educational exhibitions aimed primarily at younger generations. For many years, he has been fully committed to a humanitarian project in Nepal, building schools and vocational training centers for over a thousand children and young people.