Andrea Bocelli’s Sound Engineer Shares What He’s Wish to Work with (Unique)

Andrea Bocelli remains to be wowing his followers — and his group — 30 years into his profession.

The tenor, 66, has been described as a “distinctive” collaborator by his crew, who nonetheless needs his followers to have the most effective expertise attainable onstage, as proved at his current sold-out exhibits celebrating his 30-year music profession in London.

“What actually distinguishes Andrea is his unbelievable consideration to element and his distinctive listening to means,” Boccelli’s longtime sound engineer, Davide Lombardi, tells PEOPLE.

“He has a very superb ear for musical element,” Lombardi, who has labored with the tenor since 2007, says. “Whereas he stands out as the most beloved tenor on the earth, what makes him actually particular in my expertise is that he is additionally probably the most down-to-earth artist I’ve ever labored with.”

Lombardo labored with Bocelli on his two-night live performance particular, Andrea Bocelli: Reside in Live performance, at London’s O2 Area on Could 1—2. The concert events had been carried out in an immersive expertise showcasing the singer’s highly effective vocals by sound firm L-Acoustics’ groundbreaking L-ISA Hyperreal expertise.

“We chosen this specific system to create a completely totally different sonic expertise,” explains Lombardi. “L-ISA spatial sound expertise offers us the potential to exactly place every instrument inside the soundscape, making a broader sound picture, which in flip permits us to offer larger depth — a vital factor for the expertise we’re making an attempt to create.”

Bocelli was joined onstage on the live performance by particular company, soprano Aida Garifullina and former American Idol contestant, Pia Toscano. The Czech Nationwide Symphony Orchestra, carried out by Carlo Bernini, additionally carried out with Bocelli.

Lombardi says his expertise working with the singer is “actually distinctive.”

“What makes it particular is that Andrea is like nobody else,” he tells PEOPLE. “After we obtain what we got down to do, witnessing the viewers’s enjoyment and serving to create that particular connection between Andrea and his listeners is the final word purpose for me.”

“This mix of world-class expertise and real humility is what makes Andrea so distinctive and extraordinary to collaborate with,” provides Lombardi.

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Bocelli’s London concert events come after he headlined the three-day concert event, Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration, celebrating his profession in his dwelling nation of Italy in July 2024. 

A number of movie star company carried out on the particular occasion, together with Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Ed Sheeran, Shania Twain, Russell Crowe, Laura Pausini, Nadine Sierra, Jon Batiste and Brian Could.