Terra Cultura
Restoring the original purpose of art: as self-expression, connection, and a field for presence and wholeness.
Non-profit foundation (ETS) · tax-deductible in Italy · €20,000 already invested
Music as nourishment. Art as a portal.
Terra Cultura is the cultural programme of Fondazione Terra Humana ETS, more than entertainment, a cultural service with genuine social purpose under the Italian Third Sector Code (D.Lgs. 117/2017).
Through ritual concerts in natural and historical spaces, musical productions, sound experiences, films and documentary content, we create spaces where people reconnect: with themselves, with each other, and with the living world.
In 2026 we partner with handpan pioneer Davide Friello and Hollywood composer Leo Z to create the album Handpiano Vol. II – The Topanga Album and a programme of Sacred Sessions across Italy.
Project Facts
- Lead artistsDavide Friello · Leo Z
- Combined reach350,000+
- Album releaseIn production, date to be announced
- FoundationTerra Humana ETS · CF 91017930917
The voices behind the project
Two internationally recognised artists whose work bridges craft, consciousness and cultural transformation.
Leo Z
Hollywood Composer & Pianist
Multi-platinum producer, pianist and film composer (Mindcage – Lionsgate, The Last Supper – Universal Pictures, Electric City – Playtone). Leo has collaborated with award-winning artists like Tina Guo, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Elisa Toffoli. His works span a broad stylistic range and bring a cinematic narrative to the project.
Davide Friello
Handpan maestro
International handpan maestro, composer, percussionist and co-founder of the conscious-living community La Era Nuova (300,000+ followers). Davide has performed in major theaters and festivals worldwide. Collaborations include Roberto Cacciapaglia, Giulia Mazzoni, WWF, TedX and Sony Music. His connection with people and nature lends a world music sensibility to the project.
Experience the music
A first glimpse from the collaboration between the Foundation and our artists: the sound, the atmosphere, the essence of Terra Cultura. Press play, then help bring the full project to life.
Help bring Terra Cultura to life
Your contribution funds the music, the films and the Sacred Sessions: a donation dedicated exclusively to the Terra Cultura project.
Total budget €45,000: €20,000 invested by the Foundation, €25,000 via the community campaign. Donations dedicated to the Terra Cultura project, received by Fondazione Terra Humana ETS (incl. a 15% administration share, D.M. 9 June 2022 · Art. 13 CTS).
Artistic & production services
Recording, mixing, mastering, orchestration and the musicians who bring the work to life.
Film & visual content
A cinematic single video, live recordings and high-resolution photography, everlasting cultural assets.
Sacred Sessions
Intimate ritual concerts in natural and historical sites across Tuscany and Sardinia.
Communication & coordination
Public relations, social media and the administrative coordination of the project.
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The music video
Directed by Mauro Borrelli · Davide Friello & Leo Z · Terra Cultura 2026
Mauro Borrelli
Visual artist/illustrator
Mauro Borrelli’s video for Handpiano’s medley of Thomas Newman’s “Dead Already” and Hans Zimmer’s “Time” opens on a post-apocalyptic world, depleted and vacant: animals asleep in the ruins of a civilisation whose technology failed. Music wakes them, coming from a steampunk starship, a vessel of organic and analog technology that is more coherent with nature. Music is the message; Leo Z and Davide Friello are the messengers.
The animals follow the calling, alone, in packs and flocks, running, trotting, flying, and then suddenly a woman is standing among them, then another, and another. Zimmer’s theme, reinterpreted by Leo Z in a dreamlike, epic register, seems like it was naturally composed for Davide Friello’s handpan. Music becomes a bridge to a new world where the divine feminine tames the wild and gives birth to a healed humanity.
Every frame is a hand-drawn digital painting by Mauro Borrelli, animated over weeks of AI-rendering in what its makers openly describe as an experiment in pairing AI with the human hand, a method that lives out the film’s message. The inanimate serves the living and the film becomes a painting that sings.
What a Sacred Session is
Music was never meant to be consumed; it was meant to connect and heal. Throughout time, it was medicine long before it became a commodity. Sacred Sessions return to that ancient purpose.
A Sacred Session is an immersive, sensorial experience. The audience becomes an integral part of the performance, and the venue becomes a space where music is honored: a historic villa, a monastery, a stretch of woodland in Tuscany or a prehistoric structure in Sardinia.
The handpan, piano, gongs and singing bowls play and weave through the air, while candlelight paints the shadows of a dancer. Cushions and mats welcome peace. Silence intertwines with music to shape and heal the soul. Listeners are invited to feel through the composition they have become part of, in the fluid freedom of just being.
Sacred Sessions dates and locations will be announced in the newsletter.
Handpiano in concert
An immersive, sensorial experience by Leo Z and Davide Friello, performed with Giulia Lofosse as dancer. Davide Friello on handpan and percussion, Leo Z on piano and synthesizer. Three minutes from a Sacred Session.
Sacred Session · Leo Z & Davide Friello · Special guest Giulia Lofosse
Images from the Sacred Sessions
The people behind the works
Mauro Borrelli
Visual artist/illustrator
Hollywood director and visual artist/illustrator, trained in classical painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. He directed “The Last Supper” (2025) and “Mindcage” with John Malkovich, “Warhunt” with Mickey Rourke and “The Recall” with Wesley Snipes. His visual work runs through productions such as “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Captain America” and “The Hateful Eight”.
Music video “Dead Already – Time”
IMDb →Eric Boulanger
Mastering
Mastering engineer and violinist, trained at the Juilliard School. In 2015 he founded The Bakery on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City. Twice a Latin Grammy winner, among them for mastering Luis Miguel’s “¡México Por Siempre!”, which took Album of the Year. Work for Weezer, Green Day, Barbra Streisand and the “La La Land” soundtrack.
The Bakery Mastering, Culver City
thebakery.la →Durnis Markov
Album art and animation
Independent filmmaker and 2D animator. He creates animation for music videos, documentaries and short films as well as for album and book releases. His work circles around death, dreams and love.
Handpiano Vol. II collaborators also include musicians of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Hollywood Chamber Orchestra, whose work has carried some of the largest film scores (Jurassic World, Avatar 3, Star Wars, Oppenheimer) and musical artists of the past decades (Depeche Mode, Lady Gaga, Sara Bareilles, John Williams):
- Mark Robertson (violin)
- Luanne Homzy (violin)
- Sara Andon (flutes)
- Solomon Dorsey (bass)
- Andrew Duckles (viola)
- Edgar Akobyan (Armenian duduk)
A year of music with roots and vision
Support us with your 5×1000
If you file taxes in Italy, you can direct 5‰ of your income tax to Terra Humana ETS, you pay nothing extra. Simply enter our tax ID in the “Enti del Terzo settore” box.