Italy's Rising Star ANTEA: Exclusive Interview
What inspires your music?
My music was inspired by the need to express a message to the world: we are free and we are love. Since I was a child I felt this inside me, searching for answers about humanity, and looking at modern society. I think that urges are an act of kindness and unification, and all of this can happen through music. For me music it’s the expression for the soul, so sounds and voices combine together to do all of this.
How did you start your professional recording career?
At the age of 7 my mom introduce me to the study of music studying piano, because she noticed my propense to rhythm and sounds. After few years at 12 years old I wrote my first song at piano and then I continue my study to the Saint Louis College of Music in Rome, where I graduated in Singing and Composing with a votation of 110 cum laude/110. While the college years I did many lives all over Italy, like the opening of the Jean Michael Byron’s concert ( ex singers of the TOTO) for the Festival Rock in honor of Steven Tyler, I worked as co starring in the Musical “L’Audizione” written and directed by Vittorio Matteucci, the “Frollo” of the Musical “Notre Dame de Paris”, and did many collaborations with great personalities of Italian TV. I’ve also worked as a pianist for the film shooting of the new Avengers Thor’s film “Thor: Love and Thunder”, with the participation of Natalie Portman on the set in Ostia Antica (Rome). I wrote a great numbers of songs and film scores and I published my first single “You’re the Light (of the World)” in May 2021 thanks to I won two important Italian awards, one for as an artist and one for the official videoclip. In the 13th Genuary 2023 it’s out my second single “Wicked Time”.
How did you come up with your single and/or EP?
My second single “Wicked Time” it’s distributed by an important label, Artist First, with the work of my Management called “Sorry Mom!” in Milan and the executive producer and co manager Rosanna Morrone, who is also the director of the official videos of my two singles. Both obtained a great consensus by the public, newspapers and important music blogs; the publication of “Wicked Time '' was exclusive on the important Rock Music site "RockOn ".
What is your genre of music?
I think I have a rock soul and my voice has typical R&B and soul’s vibes, so I can affirm that my genre is Soul Rock.
Who are your influences?
I grew up listening the Opera. I loved the soprano Maria Callas and listening all the classical music as well, most of all piano and orchestral classics. Then I start listening to the average of Pop, Rock and Progressive, like the Beatles, the Queen, the Pink Floyd, the Muse and most of Italian songwriters. I particularly loved in my teen years all the great singers like Whitney Houston, Christina Aguilera and the great Aretha Franklin, and the sounds of Fado music, listening most of all the awesome Dulce Pontes. My style it was surely influenced by the Pink Floyd and the great melodies of the black music, with the energy of Rock.
How do you define success?
For me, success is when I touch as many people’s hearts as possible with my messages and love through the energy of my music, and to follow my concerts to living together with emotions and new worlds.
What can we expect from you in 2023 and beyond?
2023 will bring many news and concerts, and maybe a new single or an album! This year will also be my first book written by me on my studies of the correlation between music and Quantum physics.
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