Our new Facebook page is born and it’s called IL VOLO FLIGHT CREW FANPAGE
for those who already have Facebook or for all those who want to follow us in this mode.
On this page you will find all the posts that are published on this blog and edited by Jana, Kelly, Pat and Daniela and anyone who wants to post, but there will also be all the photos, videos and the latest news, published in real time by Daniela Ci.
She already publishes on the Instagram page of Flight Crew, and now it will keep us updated also on Facebook.
It will be easy to interact and even post likes or comments.
This spring I had translated some passages from the book of Torpedine, RICOMINCIO DAI TRE, and, seeing your great interest, I immediately translated the chapter about the night in which Ignazio did not return to the hotel.
For fear of having some copyright problem, I wrote several messages on the Facebook page of Michele Torpedine, LA TORPEDINIERA, asking permission for publication. I have repeatedly asked for an answer but I have never had any, until September 7th.
I received this response from the Torpedine staff:
“Good morning, Daniela, the wait – as you might have guessed – derives from business reasons. However now we refer to Michele. Thank you. -Staff”
Since then I still waited in vain, and because in my last message I had reported that I would have posted anyway, I would say that, if there was a problem posting the story, they would have communicated it to me.
I leave the post as I had set it a few months ago.
We started to get to know the manager of IL VOLO a little better and we really liked what we read.
The book RICOMINCIO DAI TRE, we recall that it was written by Michele Torpedine and published by Pendragon and distributed by LaFeltrinelli.
The piece that I’m going to translate this time, speaks of the night in which Ignatius did not return to the hotel, the anxieties, the concerns of a manager, but also a great friend. Naturally I await your comments and impressions.
A leap forward. Some time after. At night. A drama in which waiting is the solution.
I am in a big city in the United States where my last new artistic creature – IL VOLO– is going to perform in one of the prestigious concerts of their first American tour. Just a few hours before we joked in a restaurant with the euphoria of the successes already collected, with that contagious good humor that the three boys of IL VOLO have never abandoned, in spite of a sense of responsibility necessary but almost excessive, considering that in their peers it is rare commodity.
But that very responsibility in which I trusted so much, that night has cheated me.
I should not have condescended on a tour of the city with friends known the day before.
To think that, in spite of my suspicious nature, they had seemed right to me.
Instead Ignazio has not returned to the hotel. His cell phone is off.
The night goes forward and no news. Nothing at all.
Piero and Gianluca, tired of the evening, left him a few hours ago alone with other friends around public places, a few drinks, some girls.
The three of IL VOLO are very young and in themselves, it could be normal.
In my case, of course, there was the managerial responsibility for the engagement with an audience of about 10,000 people.
But perhaps it was only a question of staying apprehensive for a while and at most making him a stern rebuke when he returned, as his father would have done.
But it is already three o’clock at night. The city is large and unknown.
Ignazio is seventeen years old. Everything makes us think of the worst.
Start the process of pragmatics with my staff: we look in the hospitals, let’s go to the police.
No news. good news, say the British, but I’m not calm, for nothing. A part of my mind chases monsters, then makes them disappear, then again materializes them and chases them.
The other part, perhaps to keep steady, retraces the first encounter with Ignazio and his parents, his bold manner of facing the scene, from Gascon, without fear.
Yes, I think, now that I do not know where he is and I am responsible not only for his career, but also for his life: Ignazio is always sure of himself, he always knows how to face everything and everyone.
Different was the meeting with Piero, the oldest of the three, who remembers me a little when I started, when I wanted a career as a musician.
Finally, Gianluca, and the first impression with him, certainly wrong: that aspect of a fragile, emotional boy, contained instead a strong character and very clear and precise ideas.
Meanwhile, no news yet. Needless to worry in advance, but now anger came.
And what to do then? Warn parents or not? Make them worry, at a distance with nothing certain? It was not yet the case.
But the concert? Cancel it? What economic damage would I have gone to?
A part of my mind was milling this, asking and answering, building anguish and erasing it.
But the other part, no.
image M. Torpedine with Il volo -translation of a chapter of his book
While the only solution was the wait, I thought that those three guys determined and prepared, they had saved me from depression and the desire to leave everything.
Three teenagers, yes, but already great, in all respects.
Already great since the first time I saw them.
So my mind returned to that new beginning while I waited for Ignazio. Which fortunately reappeared, after that interminable night.
And in the evening he sang as always, indeed, better than ever: wonderfully.
Michele Torpedine
Piero, Ignazio and Gianluca embrace Michele Torpedine, his brother Nino and his sister Liliana.
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Great Michele, we can imagine the worry that evening and the relief when Ignazio is back, dented, but safe and sound.
That evening at the concert Ignazio wanted to thank all the crew and especially his friends-brothers Piero and Gianluca, making them a surprise with a video during the concert.
For those who have not seen it, here it is, was made by people therefore not of excellent quality, people laugh thinking that Ignazio is joking, but we know well, now, what had happened. Very sweet.
Yes, it’s birthday time again for our youngest, curly-haired, member!
Gianluca will be 24 this year on Feb 11 – hard to believe they are growing up so quickly! Time sure flies when you are having fun? We are having fun, right? 🙂
Anyway, this year will be special again for Gian, as Sanremo will have just happened. Let’s hope he has more to celebrate than just his birthday this year.
Once again folks, send your birthday greetings to Kelly, our phenomenal video/graphic artist on the crew and she’ll start her gathering of favorite photos!
Submit your wishes to: lvoloflightcrw@outlook.com
You can also submit them here, on this post. Kelly will get them directly from the Flight Crew address…
Once again, I’m sure Kelly would like ideas for a theme song for the video. Of course, Gian is her favorite, so she might just have something already in mind, but I know she loves all of your ideas!
Grazie,
Jana
p.s. we’re having a cold front move through the Midwest here, thought we could use a picture to warm us up a bit! 🙂
Less than a month is left until the Sanremo Festival and as I feel you are interested in the event, I pass on the translation of how the various evenings will take place.
The 69th edition of the Festival of the Italian Song of Sanremo– which sees Claudio Baglioni’s artistic direction for the second year – will be broadcast on Rai1 from Tuesday, February 5 to Saturday, February 9, 2019 live from the Ariston Theater. The Festival will be divided into five evenings and, new this edition, will include a single race: there will be no more “champions” and “new proposals” but only artists who will compete on equal terms so that their song can achieve victory (two winners Sanremo Giovani – which will take place on 20 and 21 December – will enter the February 2019 competition).
First Evening (Tuesday, February 5, 2019)
The curtain will rise on stage at the Teatro Ariston and all 24 artists will sing their song for the first time.
The voting for each of the aforementioned songs will take place with mixed system: (i) of the public, through Televoto (vote from home through the phone),(ii) ( of the Demoscopic jury (a sample of 300 people selected among the regular users of music, will vote at home, through an electronic voting system) and (iii) of the jury of the Press Room (press room journalists) . The three voting systems will have – in determining the ranking of the 24 songs interpreted in the evening – a percentage weight distributed as follows: Televoto 40%; 30% Demographic jury; jury of the Press Room 30%.
Second Evening (Wednesday, February 6, 2019)
This will be an opportunity to dedicate ourselves to the second listening of 12 of the 24 songs in the competition.
Voting will take place in a mixed system: (i) of the public, through Televoto, (ii) of the Demoscopica jury and (iii) of the jury of the Press Room. The three voting systems will have – in determining the ranking of the 24 songs interpreted in the evening – a percentage weight distributed as follows: Televoto 40%; 30% Demographic jury; jury of the Press Room 30%.
Third Evening (Thursday 7 February 2019)
During this event we will be able to listen for the second time the remaining 12 of the 24 songs in the competition.
Voting will take place in a mixed system: (i) of the public, through Televoto, (ii) of the Demoscopica jury and (iii) of the jury of the Press Room. The three voting systems will have – in determining the ranking of the 12 songs interpreted in the evening – a percentage weight distributed as follows: Televoto 40%; 30% Demographic jury; jury of the Press Room 30%.
At the end of the Third Night there will be a ranking of all 24 songs / Artists, resulting from the average percentage of votes obtained during the First Night and those obtained during the Second Evening (for the first 12) and the Third evening (for the second 12).
Fourth Evening (Friday 8 February 2019)
It will be a real evening-event in which each artist will sing – in the company of a guest – his own song, in a version “revisited” for the occasion.
Voting in the evening will take place with mixed system, (i) of the public through the Televoto, (ii) of the jury of the Press Room and (iii) of the jury of the Experts (composed of characters from the world of music, entertainment, culture). The three voting systems in the evening will have a percentage weight distributed as follows: Televoto 50%; jury of the Press Room 30%; jury of experts 20%.
The average percentage of votes obtained in the evening and those obtained in the previous evenings will determine a ranking of the 24 songs / artists. Rai-Rai Uno Direction reserves the right to assign a special prize to the interpretation-performance with the most voted guest artist in the evening.
Fifth Evening – Final Evening (Saturday 9 February 2019)
After having listened to all 24 songs in the competition, we will discover the winning track of the 69th edition of the Italian Song Festival.
Voting will take place in a mixed system: (i) of the public, through Televoto, (ii) of the jury of the Press Room and (iii) of the jury of experts. The three voting systems in the evening will have a percentage weight distributed as follows: Televoto 50%; jury of the Press Room 30%; jury of experts 20%.
At the end of the voting, the average percentage of votes obtained in the evening and those obtained in the previous evenings will determine a ranking of the 24 songs / artists. Repetition – through live performance or through recording (RVM) of the last performance – of the 3 songs (or parts of them) that have obtained the highest overall score in the aforementioned ranking.
At the end, there will be a new vote, always with a mixed system: (i) of the public, through Televoto, (ii) of the jury of the Press Room and (iii) of the jury of experts. The three voting systems will always have a percentage weight distributed as follows: Televoto 50%; jury of the Press Room 30%; jury of experts 20%. The average of the voting percentages obtained in the last voting session and those obtained in the previous votes will determine a new ranking of the 3 songs / Artists. The song / Artist first in the standings will be proclaimed Winner of Sanremo 2019. The second and third classified will also be proclaimed.
Therefore you understand that voting at home will have a great weight.
We will be able to vote 5 times from every telephone (fixed or portable).
You can also vote from Europe if you use a telephone card (also minimum rechargeable) of the TIM operator, VODAFONE, WIND, 3.It is also possible to vote by text message.
I’m finding out if people in the U.S. can vote by mobile phone and if the vote will be valid.
Sanremo Young, which was broadcast in December, was also visible in live streaming, I think it will also be done for the February race.
This news has just been published: For those who do not have the opportunity to see the Festival, there is an alternative way to view it: watching the show in streaming, thanks to the RaiPlay platform, which is also completely free (however you must register).
I will keep you informed about live streaming and also about the possibility of voting.
Today I want to amaze you and even have a little fun! ☺️
A friend of mine, she posted a video on Facebook and when I saw it I really enjoyed it, in fact it moved me.
This is a reaction to the execution of the Eurovision 2015 final song. Of course, I am biased, seeing IL VOLO, but observing the reaction of this boy, I become more convinced of the greatness of interpretation of our Piero, Gianluca and Ignazio.
I hope that not all of you have seen this video, in any case it is always nice to see it again.
This time there is no need for translation!
Really fantastic and absolutely sincere his reaction.
“That was amazing, it really was …. I’d never three male vocalists perform like that. It was like hearing one person in a studio performs all three parts, that’s how strong their harmony was and how their voices complemented each other and blended together …”
It’s really a great satisfaction to see such positive reactions and given by young guys who are certainly not traditionalists but who appreciate the skill.
And finally, again to emphasize how our boys are taken as a model, I propose this video of PER TE CI SARO performed by three young and modern Asian boys at a race like XFACTOR.
It’s great to hear these three guys singing in Italian, and it must also be very difficult for them to learn the pronunciation well, also look at how young they are.
