IL VOLO.... take Flight !

Saturday evening ...a  night to attend THE

concert of the summer !

 

 Bank of America Pavilion

presented

With mature voices, boyish good looks, and an obvious passion for music, they are hugely talented. Compared to Elvis, and Rolling Stones in charisma and stage presence, they sing a crossover repertoire that includes operatic, traditional and contemporary pop songs aimed to appeal not only to doting grandmothers but also to teens.

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With a solid audience in Europe, they crossed to North America in the spring of 2011, appearing on American Idol in May 2011. Already the experience of performing for a live audience who love them is seasoning and grounding their performance presence and their rapport with the audience. It is such a joy to see how much fun they have singing.

In May 2009, three fresh-faced teenagers, Piero Barone (17), Ignazio Boschetto (16), and Gianluca Ginoble (16), appeared on the popular Italian talent show “Ti Lascio Una Canzone” and dazzled television viewers with their flawless rendition of the Neapolitan standard “O Sole Mio.” The boys, who won the competition easily,

decided their group needed a name.

 

“Il Volo,” meaning “flight,”

 

was chosen to signify the feeling that these three young tenors were about to spread their wings and fly.

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Gianluca Ginoble, 16 years old and has been singing since he was a child, when he would perform in the square of his village.  He is inspired by the great crooners like Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett and Andrea Bocelli.  He would like to sing with Michael Buble, Josh Groban and Andrea Bocelli.

 

Piero Barone, 17 years old, also began singing as a child, playing with his grandfather by singing songs together sitting on his grandpa's lap.  He would love to sing in the future with  Celine Dion, Lara Fabian and all the great artists of world music. 

 

Ignazio Boschetto, 16 years old.  He started singing at age three, and began studying with a teacher when his family moved to Sicily.  He sang with school choirs and was encouraged by his father to listen to jazz, blues, pop, and opera.  He listens to all kinds of music, except heavy metal.  From the time he was a young boy his favorite artists included Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli and he aspires to sing with Celine Dion some day.

 

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They met at music school and were grouped together to perform on a television special three years ago, at ages 14 and 15. They have been flying higher and higher since then, soaring toward international careers and having the time of their life doing it. They love to sing!!! They have been singing since they were young children, encouraged by the support of their parents and grandparents, who sang with them, took them to hear great musicians perform, and found them teachers. All three families actively supported their sons’ passion for music, and strong family ties and tranquil support from parents and relatives continue to help the lads fledge international singing careers as they take to the stars.

 

One reporter put it this way...

 

"As the star-making machinery kicks into overdrive and their huge international careers take flight with their dreams, let us remember the debt of gratitude the world owes to the parents and grandparents of these young men, for allocating family resources to fostering their musical education and nurturing their passion. Thanks also to their early music teachers, choirmasters, and vocal coaches, for recognizing rare talent when it appeared before them in the body of a child and disciplining them in technique, developing repertoire and providing encouraging performance experiences. And as much as any, thanks to the administrators and public officials who voted not to rescind public funding to music programs in the schools they attended."

I think he got it right !

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