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.

luglio	2003	in Lettonia	a	Riga	international folklore festival Baltica "2003"
Dicembre	2003	a Campione d'Italia			intrattenimento natalizio per le vie di Campione d'Italia
Maggio	2004	in Francia	a	Vichy	in occasione della festa del mughetto
Maggio	2004	a Trieste			adunata nazionale degli alpini
luglio	2004	in Polonia	a	Dobron	con visita a Czestochowa - Auschwitz - Birkenau e Krakovia
luglio	2004	in Francia	a	Gannat	festival les cultures du monde
Ottobre	2004	in Sardegna	a	Gavoi	festival "ospitalita' nel cuore della Barbagia"
Maggio	2005	a Parma			adunata nazionale degli alpini
Maggio	2005	a Stresa	al	Grand Hotel Stresa	meeting internazionale
luglio	2005	in Portogallo	a	Paço de Sousa	con visita alle città di  Porto - Fatima e Lourdes
Settembre	2005	in Toscana	ad	Anghiari	1° festival nazionale dei paesi e città
Maggio	2006	in Francia	a	St. Remy en Rollat	1O° anniversario del gemellaggio
Maggio	2006	ad Asiago			adunata nazionale degli alpini
luglio	2006	in Serbia	a	Belgrado	festival internazionale del folclore
Marzo	2007	in Sicilia	a	Brolo	festa patronale dell'annunziata di Brolo
Marzo	2007	a Milano			ripresa tv "musica insieme"trasmessa da sette gold e telecity
maggio	2007	a Cuneo			adunata nazionale degli alpini
luglio	2007	in Francia	a	Etain - Verdun	festival internazionale del folclore con visita a Strasburgo

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!