I "PICETT DEL GRENTA", this is the name of the folk group born from love for music and traditions in 1988. The name means "The Grenta's robins". The Grenta is the river rising in the mountain near Valgreghentino, a village in the High Brianza, few kilometres far from "... that branch of the Lake of Como" so dear to Alessandro Manzoni, a very famous Italian writer.

The group is composed of 35 members, of different ages, who love music and want to keep up the old traditions taking joy and cheerfulness everywhere with their songs and their typical instruments. They spend a lot of time practising together and with their hard work and their faithfulness they win the applause of the audience.

They have beautiful voices and play skylfully their old instruments that require ability, accuracy and good "breath", and they are so clever that they can get unusual harmonies and amusing arrangiaments from their "Pan's syringes". With their voices they can create a suggestive and exciting atmosphere. The listeners are carried away by the muisic so they can forget their anxieties, trouble and unhappy thoughts.

They have a large repertoire: Italian and local folk songs, waltzes, passionate tangos, nostalgic beguines, hearth-broken song from Naples, sweet and languid songs, and even sacred songs. They have a great experience in concerts and at the beginning of 1990 they recorded a cassette too. Their conductor is Gabriele Bolis.

Since 1990 up to now the Picétt have recorded many other cassettes and their performances at exhibitions, shows, parties, opening ceremonies and TV programs have become more and more. Let us mention:

• Rome: audience with his holiness Jon Paul II
• Musical tour in Bratislava and surroundings (Czechoslovakia)
• Le Point d'Alençon - Normandy (France)
• High Savoy - Chambery and Annecy (France)
• Representatives of Italy at the most important European world folk exhibition. Le Festival des Cultures du Monde, at Gannat Auvergne (France)
• TV programme " Unomattina " RAI 1
• Musical tour in France - St. Remy en Rollat
• Musical tour in Switzerland - La Chaux-de-Fonde
• TV programme " La Ruota della Fortuna " - Canale 5
• Second performance at the TV program "Uno mattina" RAI 1
• Altdorf - Uri Canton - Switzerland.
• "De Los Pireneos " Festival - Jaca Spain.
• St. Remy en Rollat - France.
• KazincBarcika - Ungary.
• Edition of the book dedicated to the Group and titled "Not only one voice", a ten years story.

The Picétt have always achieved widspread success, winning the applause of the audience. They have received the same warm welcome everywhere in Italy and abroad. These Robins are flying higher and farther indeed!