What does Il Volo look for in Girls?

The interview is from 4:20-10:40

Thanks to iheartilvolo's tumblr for translating the important stuff!

Ignazio describes Gianluca - He is stubborn and fastidious (picky, demanding)

Gianluca describes Piero - Piero is very… when we are together he always does his part, a little more serious, a little more… lets just say that he is always a little serious. 

Piero describes Ignazio - Ignazio is the one that is more playful but when he is needed he is serious

Piero - We thought that this cd would please… our genre of music would only be liked by people over 30 years old. But now we realise that the girls, the young generation, love this kind of music. 

Gianluca - But I believe that if the young kids, regardless of the genre of music, see that it is sung by kids, they will like it too. Because it is a new thing, a novelty. Three boys who sing this genre of music and it is the first time.

Piero - Our Ipods have all kinds of music. We listen from Elvis Presley to Lady Gaga because Ignazio always says if you like music, then you like all types of music. So we always listen to jazz, blues, rock, opera. I listen to opera….all kinds of music. 

Gianluca - Yes but one of my favourite singer is Michael Buble. I always listened to Andrea Bocelli and Frank Sinatra. But we are young, so we also listen to Lady Gaga like Piero said. One of my favourite bands are Maroon 5. 

Ignazio - I, on the contrary, listened to our style of music, but lately I have also played rock music, ADCD, Aerosmith, this kind of music. 

How many times have they sung O Sole Mio?

Piero - 30, 40

Gianluca - No, no, 200, 300. It’s different.

Piero - I dont know

Ignazio - But we recorded a Christmas album in August.

Gianluca - July

Ignazio - Yes, July, August…. In mid-August and mid-Summer singing ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ 

Talking about Football

Gianluca - I am a big fan of Roma. Yes. My favourite player is Francesco Totti. 

Ignazio - I was born in Bologna and I live in Sicily, so I should cheer for Bologna or Polermo but I cheer for Juventus. 

Piero - Milan, power Milan! Always. 

What do they look for in a girl?

Piero - She should be simple, understanding, and beautiful.

Gianluca - Beautiful in character, and I am a very romantic type, I fall in love, then… *laughs

Ignazio - As for me, I don’t care if she is pretty or ugly. The important thing is that she has a heart and wants to give it to me. 

If they are coming to Brazil in 2012

Gianluca - We want to come soon

Ignazio - Our fans on Facebook and our website ilvolomusic.com tell us ‘Come to Brazil’ and we want to go. Especially during the carnival. 

Gianluca - Look, see what is over there.

Noo! Stop it! it is a surprise!

(Hahaha look at Gianluca! TOO CUTE!!!)

Ignazio’s giftThis is a 14 Bis. I don’t know if you know but Saint Dumont was Brazilian and he was the first to fly. This is for you to assemble.

Gianluca - Grimm brothers of Brazil

Piero’s giftIt has the whole story, too much.

Piero - Did you know there is music of Lucio Dalla that is called Aryton in tribute to Senna?

Gianluca - Lucio Dalla is a great singer. 

Ignazio - The first time he sang the song, he began to cry. He was the best.

Gianluca’s gift Gianluca - Wow! That’s too much! Thankyou!

So Young!

Then...

Now...

And...

Should I feel like <3 or </3?

Christmas Peek

From Miami, here is Gianluca!

Il Volo Featured on The Guardian

Il Volo may look like a boy band, but they have become a pop-opera phenomenon

Italy's Teenage Three Tenors Take America By Storm

By Tom Kington

He has managed Mick Jagger and AC/DC, but when Steve Leber saw teenage girls screaming as three Italian boys hit their operatic high notes, he knew he was looking at something really new.

"After seeing a million groups I never saw young guys hit notes like that. It was like a great riff, like a rock band exploding," he said. "It was as good as when I first saw the Rolling Stones."

Piero Barone, 17, Ignazio Boschetto, 17, and Gianluca Ginoble, 16, make up Il Volo, a group that has fused Justin Bieber's teen appeal with the soaring voices of the Three Tenors and is set for release in the UK after wowing America and racking up 600,000 sales worldwide in five months.

The group's breakthrough came as guests on America's Pop Idol in May, where their freshened up, Latin flavoured version of O Sole Mio stunned the crowd, drew applause from a beaming Jennifer Lopez and got them bookings to sing their mix of pop-opera love songs on talk shows across the US.

At first sight, they look every inch the boy band. Barone is serious with spiky hair and glasses, Boschetto is smiley and plump, while Ginoble has the brooding stare of a matinee idol.

They love Lady Gaga, interrupt each other jokingly in broken English during interviews, fight over pizza slices on the tour bus and cite Maroon 5 as one of their favourite acts, alongside Michael Bublé and Andrea Bocelli.

But comparisons with boy bands stop when they start singing, according to their Italian manager, Michele Torpedine. "They are a phenomenon, a force of nature," he said.

"We are halfway between the Three Tenors and the Jonas Brothers, but no 16-year-olds have ever sung like us before," says Boschetto. And few performers singing opera have incited pubescent girls to shriek, "I love you!"

After learning the basics from their grandparents and honing their skills at music festivals in local piazzas – Barone and Boschetto in Sicily, Ginoble in Abruzzo — they made it separately on to Italy's version ofPop Idol in 2009, where an enterprising producer made them belt out O Sole Mio as a group. Torpedine was watching the show alongside Tony Renis, a veteran crooner who penned the syrupy classic Quando Quando Quando in 1962 and gained notoriety for hanging around with mobsters.

"We took a clip of the boys to Geffen records in the US where they went mad," recalls Torpedine. Renis quickly set to work on the boys' album with producer Humberto Gatica, who has worked with Bublé and Celine Dion, the first of a number of heavyweight music business svengalis who have committed to steering Il Volo to global domination, from Geffen's Jimmy Iovine, who helped launch Lady Gaga, to longtime Madonna publicist Liz Rosenburg and heavy metal management legend Steve Leber, who came out of retirement to assist Torpedine on the current US tour after he saw Il Volo sing at a Florida wedding.

It is the group's youth, says the dream team, which gives it the edge over Il Divo, the other pop-opera group invented by Simon Cowell in 2003, while their genuine vocal skills can grab the attention of teens reared on TV talent shows.

Promotion in the US focused on TV, combined with a "real tough grind" of appearances at parties attended by industry bigwigs, said Leber. Accompanied on tour by parents, the group is now learning to sing in Chinese, after songs sung in Spanish helped to earn them Latin Grammy nominations.

One market where superstardom may be elusive is Italy. "Three kids singing O Sole Mio is not groundbreaking here," admitted a spokeswoman. After performing the standard, moaned one Italian blogger, "they might as well have performed in front of a plate of spaghetti and talked like they do in The Sopranos."

But Leber said the group went far beyond stereotypes: "One word: charisma. People want to touch them. They are not what I call a turntable act, it's all about great live performances. And that is how you build the foundations of a supergroup."

**They are singing in Chinese?? I need to hear it!! :)

Source: The Guardian

Il Volo in San Francisco (October 14, 2011)

Opening Act

O Sole Mio

Reloj

This Time

Hasta El Final

Per Te

Can't Help Falling in Love

Gianluca Shirtless!

The other day I posted a picture of Piero shirtless, now here is Gianluca with his girlfriend, Jessica!

:)

Il Volo on CBS's The Talk

For the second time this year, Il Volo performed on CBS's The Talk (October 13, 2011). They sang Un Amore Cosi Grande.

You can also see it here

Want to Ask Il Volo a Question?

Did you want to ask Il Volo a question and actually have it answered by the boys themselves? Well here is your chance! Click HERE! Then make an account (or log in with your facebook), and then you can post a comment. Ask any question about anything and there is a huge chance it will be asked. He will be only interviewing ONE member!

Piet Levy says, "So if there's something you'd like me to ask Il Volo, just let me know. Post your question in the comments below, send a Tweet to @pietlevy or email me at Levypeter@aol.com."

The questions will be asked at the Italian Community Center of Milwaukee fundraiser. 

So, if you ever wondered about anything Il Volo, here is your chance to ask! :D

Some possible questions:

Where does Piero get his stylish glasses?

Does Piero have a girlfriend?

What would you three be doing now, if you hadn't become Il Volo?