Pippo Pollina

Being a student, he furthermore worked as a journalist for the monthly journal “I Siciliani” but quit when the editor in chief, Giuseppe Fava, was murdered by Cosa Nostra.

So far, Pippo Pollina has published more than 150 songs on more than 20 albums and gave more than 3000 concerts (solo, duo or with band) in Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Benelux, France and Egypt.

The presentation of “Ultimo Volo” (The last flight) in Italy, Switzerland, and Germany about the Ustica massacre enthused both audience and media.

The work is composed of musical and narrative parts and tells the story of an Italian air flight that suffered an in-flight explosion on its way from Bologna to Palermo.

In 2010, Pippo Pollina was on tour in Europe together with an international women’s string quartet (Piccola Orchestra Altamarea).

After a successful tour with the Youth Orchestra of the Conservatory of Zurich, Pippo Pollina performed in six prestigious locations in Switzerland.

In addition to his songs, Pippo Pollina read excerpts from a new book about his past 30 years as an artist and, hence, together with his audience look back to the beginning of his career.

Süden which means "south" in English was chosen as a metapher that not only relates to the Southern hemisphere but also to the origin of all three musicians, i.e. Sicily (Pollina) and Bavaria (Schmidbauer, Kälberer).