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Andrea Bocelli and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert along with the Westminster Symphonic Choir directed by Joe Miller ...

Andrea Bocelli performs Enio Morricone for the 1st time on stage followed by Frank Sinatra's "More" with David Foster and Chris ...

Andrea Bocelli and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert along with the Westminster Symphonic Choir directed by Joe Miller ...

Thousands crowd Central Park's Great Lawn, despite ominous skies. Just before the tenor takes the stage, the rain subsides, the sky darkens, and the lights in the Manhattan skyline give the Great Lawn that magical feeling of being some place very special. As the temperature drops and the wind kicks up, they stay, excited to listen to Andrea Bocelli. Eventually a hard, cold rain falls, but Bocelli keeps going. 2 (check local listings). "And that is for many reasons. "Singing in Central Park in a concert there is a little bit of a dream for every singer all over the world," Bocelli says in a phone interview from Italy with the aid of an interpreter. 15 concert is on PBS' "Great Performances: Andrea Bocelli Live in Central Park" Friday, Dec. The Sept. One of them is that Central

Источник: Zap2it.com

“I am a verry passionate man,” he says in pidgin English. “And so it is for thees reason that I do not like it when sex becomes an eenstrument for music.” An instrument for music? “I do haf a verry beeg reeespect for sex.” All right, Andrea, I know. “Si.”

He is too much of an Italian gentleman to call the likes of Rihanna and Gaga whores of Babylon –“I express judgments only on things that I know very well such as opera and classical music and in this case I can’t” – but it wouldn’t surprise me if he was thinking something along those lines.

He is a committed Catholic. He tells me that religion has “first place in my life. I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.” He is passionately pro-life, and last year filmed a video expressing his views, which, when posted on the web, was hailed by anti-abortion campaigners as “one of the most beautiful, authentic things ever seen”.

Источник: Telegraph.co.uk

The Andrea Bocelli Foundation will be a grant making body, aimed at supporting those living in poverty or overcoming barriers caused by illness and disability in order to deliver tangible, real life results. Two types of programs will be supported – those that alleviate poverty, and those that help people overcome barriers caused by illness, or disability. The Foundation will actively seek to identify innovative and original projects to support.

The Foundation will be launched at a fundraising event produced by Jo Champa and Studiomusica, featuring David Foster , Heather Headley, Anna Maria Martinez and other surprise guests

Andrea Bocelli , the world’s highest selling solo artist in the history of classical music, will launch a foundation bearing his name at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on December 9.

Источник: Look To The Stars