Mario Pietranna

The show "Italians Don't Travel, They Emigrate" was born after the death of my mother, Mammina. While emptying the family home, I rediscovered photos and mementos of my parents:
It's a funny and moving one-man musical show.

Written in the form of a musical comedy, "Italians do not travel, they emigrate" tells, with humor and music, the family history of Sicilian emigration from the mid-20th century to Northern Italy, then to France, through the social success of a worker who became a professional musician and virtuoso of the harmonica.

It's also the story of an achievement, that of my parents who made me who I am: a Franco-Sicilian completely at home in France, blending a bit of Sicilian culture from my parents with a bit of French culture from school and my friends. That's why, to illustrate my dual heritage, all the songs in this show are sung in Italian and French.

Mario took classes with Christian Jehanin and joined his company Le Théâtre de l'Éclipse in Juvisy-sur-Orge.
In particular, he plays Lorenzaccio and Dario Fo's Mistero Buffo, a show combining theatre and Italian folk songs.
Mistero Buffo tours in France and receives an award at the Le Havre Amateur Theatre Festival.

Thanks to his first salaries as a gas station attendant and then as an accountant, Mario bought himself his first guitar and taught himself to play it.
He learned the harmonica at Jean-Jacques Milteau's Marine Band Club school, with Greg Zlap (Johnny Hallyday's harmonica player) as his teacher.
He also takes singing lessons with Clémence Guégauf.
Recognized by his peers, he joined the exclusive circle of professional harmonica players at the Marine Band Club.