The most beloved Italian singer in the world has a voice capable of excite heart and heal

the soul.
The tenor that has recorded nine complete operas but also plays exquisitely the popular
music. He has sold over 80 million albums worldwide, and their concerts in the most exotic
places fascinate his public.
Famous not only for his prodigious voice but also for having put his name to a foundation to
help the needy as well as a high quality wine. Andrea Bocelli is the illustrious son of the
small town of Tuscany that once a year receives thousands of people to hear him singing in
the theater of silence.
Andrea Bocelli was born in Lajatico, Italy on September 22 of 1958.
He was born with a problem in sight and, at the age of 12, he became blind after suffering a
head injury in a soccer game. However, Bocelli is a man of incredible optimism. He never
lost the will and never left music.
Bocelli was born to Alessandro and Edi Bocelli, even though they were advised to abort
him. He has said that his mother's decision to give birth to him and overrule the doctor's
advice was the inspiration for him to hold a pro-life view towards abortion.
They lived on the family farm, selling farm machinery and making wine in the small village
of La Sterza, Lajatico, Tuscany, Italy, about 40 km south of Pisa. Bocelli's mother and his
younger brother Alberto still live in the family home. Bocelli's father died in 2000.
As a young boy, Bocelli showed a great passion for music. At the age of six, he started
piano lessons, and later learned to play the flute, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, guitar and
drums. Then, when his nanny, Oriana, gave him the first record of Franco Corelli, he
realized that pursuing the career of a tenor was his destiny.
Bocelli gave his first concert in a small village not far from where he was born. At the age of
14, he won his first song competition, with O sole mio. After finishing high school in 1980,
he studied law at the University of Pisa. He graduated from law school and worked one
year as a lawyer.
Bocelli met his first wife, Enrica Cenzatti, while he was singing at piano bars early in his
career. They got married in 1992, and they had two children, Amos and Matteo. The couple
got divorced in 2002.
At first, he was an instrumental musician and suddenly came a magical voice.
Thus, almost without knowing the great potential that had his voice, he started his career in
1992 with the help of Luciano Pavarotti, who heard a tape recording of him and Pavarotti
was very impressed. After that, Pavarotti led to Andrea performing alongside the Italian rock
star Zucchero Sugar Fornaciari on his European tour. Public acceptance was such that only
a year after his recording career began and soon shot to fame with pieces of opera and
popular music.
Andrea Bocelli has had a wonderful musical career in both pop and classical music.
The Italian singer went and made his debut in a major operatic role in 1998 when he played
Rodolfo in a production of La bohme at the Teatro Comunale in Cagliari.

Andrea Bocelli has given his voice even to the most beloved children's fantasies, like that
unforgettable time he visited: Plaza Ssame.
On stage, Andrea Bocelli has always been accompanied by great voices, Luciano Pavarotti,
among the most remembered.
The Italian star even has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; he was given this for his
contribution to live theatre in 2010.
Bocelli has recorded fourteen solo studio albums of both pop and classical music.
He has had success as a crossover performer bringing classical music to the top of
international pop charts.
Bocelli lives with his second wife and manager, Veronica Berti. They met in 2002. On
September 2011, the couple announced that Berti was expecting her first and Bocelli's third
child. Virginia, Bocelli's first daughter, was born on March 21, 2012.
Andrea married Veronica Berti on March 21, 2014 at the Sanctuary of Montenero in the
coastal town of Livorno, Italy.
For this year. He is going to sing in many countries, among the most important, we have
Italy, UK, Brazil, Portugal.
Otherwise, he wants to keep singing and being happy.
The foundation supports and promotes projects that help the weaker classes of the
population in Italy and in Developing Countries in which conditions of poverty, illnesses,
malnutrition and complex social situations nullify or reduce their expectations of life.
On the other hand, ABF is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT to
support the development of technology to help blind people more independently and
efficiently to accomplish the activities daily living, moving from place to place, working,
eating, finding thing, using appliances, shopping, socializing.
Imagine the future for a moment when one small device could act as a kind fifth sense
helping a blind person in vision and interpret his physical surrounding.
This program wants to bring together the best minds to find innovative solutions to help
people cope with and overcome limitations imposed by their disability/discomfort and
contribute to improving the living conditions of many people.