CortoCorto is a live showcase organiser crew, a radio show production company, a music format lab, an audio-video recording studio, a press office. Founded in Turin by Mao in 2002, over the years it has been hosting more than 1,000 artists, resulting as one of the longest-running entity aimed at promoting music culture in Italy. Common denominator of the projects branded CortoCorto is the fact of being events where both well-known and emerging artists jointly participate, all placed on the same level and only animated by the desire of sharing a common and reciprocal experience. (www.cortocorto.it)

Mao, stage name of Mauro Gurlino, is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, radio and television host and actor. (www.mao.it)