Mar. 2 – “We will go to Vienna to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest in May. With our music, we’ll try to let the world know about the good things there are in Italy and especially in Sicily.” They said it immediately after triumphing at the Sanremo Festival with the song “Grande Amore,” and a few days ago the confirmation came: Piero Barone (Agrigento), Ignazio Boschetto (born in Bologna but resident in Marsala) and Gianluca Ginoble (from Atri but resident in Roseto) are getting ready for a new and important adventure. On May 19-23, Il Volo will be in Austria for the musical event organized by the European Broadcasting Union, which last year saw Conchita Wurst triumph. The vocal trio, which has already won over international audiences, had to postpone the concert at the Arena di Verona, initially scheduled for May 21, to September 21. Popular demand already led the trio to add new dates to their Italian summer tour, doubling the gigs in Rome and Taormina, and adding a concert in Agrigento. Their song, “Grande Amore,” is already at the top of the iTunes charts, and entered at # 1 on the FIMI / Gfk of Best-Selling Singles. In addition, the video has had over 8 million views in less than two weeks. The Ep “Sanremo Grande Amore,” which sees Il Volo reinterpret in a modern and international fashion the most famous songs of the Festival, is stable at # 1 in the best-selling albums on iTunes. Born with Antonella Clerici and her Rai1 show “Ti lascio una canzone”), they were the first Italians to sign a contract with a US label, perform alongside Barbra Streisand and Placido Domingo, duet with Anastacia, and perform in front of 10.000 spectators in America and in Mexico City. The three “tenorini” came had one goal at the Ariston theater: to share their gift with the Italian public. And it seems they succeeded. “Touring the world certainly gave us great emotions, but winning the Sanremo festival was the strongest,” commented the three after their victory. “We wanted everybody to understand how we have grown musically, what changed in the past six years. We wanted to share our music with the Italian public.” And now the three great tenors are ready to amaze and conquer Europe. (Gil)
Il Volo will represent Italy in the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest
