As part of the program for L’Aquila 2026, Italian Capital of Culture, *Sogno / Sonno* is a project conceived by the cultural and social promotion association Xplosiva, which explores the reappropriation and reinterpretation of urban spaces through special formats and innovative ways of experiencing them.

At the heart of the project is adouble concert by French composer Malibu at Palazzo Spaventa on Friday, June 19, at 10:30 p.m. and midnight, transforming a landmark of L’Aquila into a space for deep listening and collective imagination. The audience is guided through an immersive sound experience designed to inhabit the space in a new way, suspended between wakefulness and dreams, between the individual dimension of listening and the shared dimension of the community. It is an invitation to let the music wash over you and to rediscover the city as a living place of transformation and shared vision.

Malibu (the stage name of Barbara Braccini, born in 1995), a French musician and composer whose work spans ambient music and ethereal soundscapes, weaving together harmonies of soft, reverberating voices and melodic chord progressions. Born and raised in Pau, France, Malibu spent her formative years studying music theory and piano at the conservatory, partly following in the footsteps of her father, a jazz pianist and oceanographer. Her *Palaces of Pity* (2022) and debut album *Vanities* (2025), reveal the magnificent depth at the heart of Malibu’s work, which blends the best aspects of trance, new age, and ambient into an intimate expression woven with strings, samples, and her own voice. Malibu’s resume boasts cross-genre collaborations, ranging from the most classical to the pop music scene. The cinematic qualities of her work are also expressed in her career as a film score composer. Similarly, they are revealed in a performance with a powerful emotional impact, amplified by meticulous lighting design. The show has been presented at major festivals and cultural institutions, including the Southbank Centre and the Roundhouse in London, La Gaîté Lyrique in Paris, Primavera Sound in Barcelona, as well as the most recent editions of the C2C Festival in Turin and New York.