{"id":46235,"date":"2020-09-25T17:53:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T15:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2020\/09\/25\/argentine-artist-brings-her-harp-and-tango-to-roman-streets\/"},"modified":"2020-09-25T17:53:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T15:53:00","slug":"argentine-artist-brings-her-harp-and-tango-to-roman-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2020\/09\/25\/argentine-artist-brings-her-harp-and-tango-to-roman-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentine artist brings her harp and tango to Roman streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almost every night, it's possible to listen to this tango next to one of Rome's most touristic places: Castel Sant'Angelo.<\/p>\n<p>Safyra is from Argentina. When she immigrated to Rome eight years ago, she brought a suitcase filled with her dreams and her harp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAFYRA<\/strong><br \/>\nArtist<br \/>\n<em>\u201cWhen I was five years old, I was with my parents in northern Argentina. We went into a bar with live music. There I saw and heard the harp. From that moment on, playing the harp became my dream.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What was once a dream is now a reality. With her Indian harp, she brightens the nighttime strolls of locals and tourists alike. Joking about the particularities of her instrument, she says it's \u201cJesuit,\u201d like her compatriot, Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAFYRA<\/strong><br \/>\nArtist<br \/>\n<em>\u201cI always get chills when I play here, in the streets of Rome. When I was in Argentina, I would think about Italy. It was like thinking about a film. Now I'm here, in person. The city's history, her beauty inspire me, and people tell me what they feel\u2014that they're really moved.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She says that in that magical moment, she feels that she, the harp and the audience all meld into one.<\/p>\n<p>For her, playing in the streets of Rome is a way to showcase her talent, which she lives very passionately. Maybe one day, she'll get the opportunity to play for another Argentinian who lives just a few blocks away: Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi<\/p>\n<p>Translation: CT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 25, 2020. When she immigrated to Rome eight years ago, Safyra brought a suitcase full of dreams and her harp. Now she performs nearly every night by Castel Sant'Angelo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[192],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Wo8Z6sPzjOI","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bartistaarpaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bartistaarpaint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}