My favorite concert yet by IL VOLO! with exciting new additions (songs I *hope* yet to be professionally recorded!) performed at the beautiful Taormina Ancient Greek Theatre (in Sicilia, Italy)... ![]() Listening to IL VOLO always reminds me that... Music in the soul can be heard by the Universe. ~ Lao Tzu ~ * ~ Thanks to Giuseppe Magali for posting this precious video ***Click here to view the full 2-hour concert!*** [REMOVED DUE TO COPYRIGHT by Rentor Productions] Taormina concert playlist details, background & videos below
Special thanks to Laia, Kitty, and Loretta for help with finishing details from the concert! I highly recommend this concert review by conductor, music director, voice coach Myron Heaton: <http://ilvoloflightcrw.com/2014/08/29/music-notes-il-volo-taormina-july-20-2014-myron/> Retrospective videos below... Ignazio Boschetto sings Quando L'Amore Diventa Poesia with Massimo Ranieri in 2009 (Ignazio is 14 years old) on Ti Lascio Una Canzone* (view Ignazio's solo on Rai TV recording here) thanks for upload to obeimar123 *
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I Can't Help Falling in Love with You sung by IL VOLO in 2011 to little Mia thanks for upload to Candace Hays * * * Through Ti Lascio Una Canzone* Antonella Clerici has been part of IL VOLO's lives since the beginning (above) IL VOLO's return visit to Ti Lascio Una Canzone 5 years later (spring 2014) at 3:20, notice tears... Antonella, one of the judges, and hugs from the maestro (same maestro as 2009) thanks for upload to IL VOLO Mundial click here to see Antonella with Gianluca, contest winner, as Andrea Bocelli speaks to Gianluca (2009) Bocelli tells Gianluca that his friends have raved about Gianluca, and then one evening he turned on the TV to listen to him. Bocelli said that you can tell from Gianluca's way of singing that he listened to Bocelli's records, and Bocelli likes this because Gianluca is very young (14). Bocelli gives three tips: .. 1) think with your head .. 2) sing in your own voice .. 3) listen to your heart thanks to Rai.TV * * * Massimo Giletti of L'Arena surprises Piero with his Nonno and Nonna as guests in an IL VOLO Takes Flight PBS Special interview, Piero shared that when he sings Non Ti Scordar Di Me (which means Don't forget about me), he thinks of his Nonno thanks for upload to Kamitis20 * * * IL VOLO singing 'O Sole Mio on American Idol in 2011 with 30 million viewers, this exposure helped catapult IL VOLO's career to a new level thanks for upload to Paul fromMN * "Ti lascio una canzone" (which means "I leave you with a song") is an Italian TV contest where Piero, Gianluca, and Ignazio met in 2009. Their voices were put together by a producer in the fourth round, and as the Guys say, "from there, IL VOLO was born." (IL VOLO chose their name some time later.) ~
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Looking
back on some IL VOLO memories...
Precious Moments from 2014 Meet & Greet... Woo hoo! My
first IL VOLO concert...
My friend Peta and I were blessed with a special surprise invitation to join the boys in their Meet & Greet after the concert! Here's their official photo link with a closer version shown below. <http://vipnation.smugmug.com/IL/Seattle-10022012/i-rNm9z2K/0/M/IMG6344-M.jpg> ![]() ~ Jeanine 2012 October 8 (IL VOLO at Paramount Theatre, Seattle, October 2, 2012) ![]() (memorabilia, as well as writings and IL VOLO videos) Feel free to contact me at the link below
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