A month has passed since my last blog entry… what an intense summer!
And now that we’re in the final September rush, it’s nice to be able to tell you how my summer went and ask you guys: how was yours?
EXPO DUBAI 2020
After a shy and skittish May 2021, my live music started to take off again from June: limited, postponed, rescheduled, open to the public, more often in private venues, but constantly growing.
Dozens of dates have shuttled me up and down Italy in a very hectic way, and it’ll be like this until October, when I’ll fly off to Dubai for the first EXPO DUBAI 2020 shows and I’ll return to the ARMANI PRIVE‘ stage (but I’ll write about this in my next blog).
In 3 months we salvaged many of the private events that had been postponed in 2020: some weddings, many inaugurations and corporate events, concerts immersed in nature, dinner-show combos in structures where the performance is for limited audiences with no dancing. Basically, along with managers, promoters and the public itself, we all rolled up our sleeves and it was worth it.
MINI TOUR
But the result that gave me the most satisfaction was the free admission mini-tour in the city/town squares with my REBIRTH visual concert: my violin connected to the images and stories created in recent years have really impressed the public – of 2021 – that is more and more accustomed to stimuli that is a fusion of visual, audio, electronic and acoustic, digital and analogue.
We had envisioned 12 dates, we managed to pull off 5, thanks to councillors, pro-loco entities and local administrators who didn’t stop in front of the fear of creating uncontrolled gatherings and ‘opportunities’ for contagion.
Thanks to everyone’s common sense, we were able to deliver memorable evenings to many medium-sized squares and prestigious tourist resorts during this Italian summer, and this must give us faith for the autumn.
Of course, we started well into the beginning of the season and with no certainties: we still have no indications regarding audience capacity for the shows based on the use of the green pass, and this constant treating the entertainment and culture sector like the ‘last man’ on the totem pole is quite disarming… but won’t give up.
So, were you able to hear me play live during this summer? Where? And in which cities and theaters would you like me to bring my show this winter? I await your comments and your support for all artists who are battling to protect their work and their sector: without music, culture, and entertainment, life is really drab.
