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Interview with Lito Fontana

4BR Editor Iwan Fox talks to Lito Fontana, the inspirational figure behind the success of the Italian National Championships.

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  There was no disguising the joy Lito Fontana felt at the Italian National Championships.

Lito Fontana is the inspirational figure behind the growing success of the Italian National Championships.

He talks to 4BR Editor Iwan Fox about his pride in seeing five bands take to the stage in Eppan for the second Concorso Nazionale, as well as seeing his former pupil Pete Steiner perform as the guest soloist.

He also talks about what the future of the brass banding movement in Italy.

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