The most beautiful voice of the planet, the most beloved tenor of the world, the most popular classical music performer ... This is how Andrea Bocelli. A singer of high-profile titles and titles is shy - and says that he is a man who does what he loves and loves what he does.

Feeling of flight As a child, Andrea was taught to play three musical instruments - pianoforte, flute and saxophone, although he categorically did not want to study music. Especially he did not like to sing - when guests came to the house, his parents tore him from games with friends and asked for something to be performed.

"I was so tired of speaking at family holidays that when I saw relatives near the house, I tried to hide somewhere in the yard or in the stable, where it was difficult for me to pull out," recalls the star with a smile.

By the way, Bocelli perfectly rides. According to him, riding a horse, like music, gives a striking sense of flight.

Musician in law After school Andrea, whose musical talent had already noticed in his native Tuscany, went to study not as a singer, but as a ... lawyer.

"I can not say that I was forced, I chose this way myself," says Bocelli. - Jurisprudence has tightened me. I have never said and will not say that the years of study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pisa were wasted. Knowing the laws, your rights and responsibilities is useful, if necessary, to protect yourself ".

Singer for the Pope Dizzy success came to the artist with the light hand of the world famous tenor Luciano Pavarotti and Italian pop star and composer Dzukkero.

In 1992, Dzukkero wrote the song "Miserere" (later it would be a hit) and wanted to perform it together with Pavarotti. To make a demo for him, I needed a good classical tenor. To search for it have solved by listening, on which there was also little-known then young actor Andrea Bochelli. He came, performed, won - and ... After hearing the recording, Luciano spread his hands: "Tell me, why do you need me, if there is this guy? I can not sing better! "In the same year, Andrea already performed at concerts with Pavarotti - even before Pope John Paul II. And in 1994 he made a brilliant debut at the song festival in San Remo.

Almost like Dorian Gray Today he is known all over the world. However, popularity does not save the singer from remarks.

"When very few people knew me, music critics wrote about me well, but when they reached fame, they began to scold me," Bocelli smiles.. - Why is that? I do not know, but I often recall the phrase from Wilde's "Portrait of Dorian Gray": "People are ready to forgive you anything, but not your success". Honestly speaking, I'm not very eager to ask for his forgiveness, but rather I thank - the fate and God, who first sent the test, and then showed for what I had to overcome everything. Perhaps, I am criticized by those who believe that I left the opera and went headlong into the stage. But this is not true: I was and I remain an opera singer. Just a week ago, for example, I finished work on Giuseppe Verdi's opera The Power of Destiny - soon it will be released on disk ".

In silence - with Banderas Soon not only the classical disc is expected, but also the film - according to Andrea's autobiographical book "The Music of Silence". The premiere is promised on September 18-20, 2017, the picture was shot in Hollywood, starring "The Games of Thrones" star Toby Sebastian and superstar Antonio Banderas. What roles did the actors have, Bocelli does not say:.

"I myself do not really know what and how, but I completely trust both the actors and the director Michael Radford".

Theater for one day As a rule, the steeper the star, the more quirks it has. But those who have worked with Bocelli, say that he has no whims - there is demanding, exacting, and above all to himself.

"My only whim," Bocelli laughs, "is perhaps that in spring, summer and early autumn, I prefer to give concerts in open areas. The arena, the amphitheater, the stadium, the festival stage in the middle of the field - anything, just not a closed hall, in which there is no sense of freedom either for me or for the viewer ".

By the way, it was love for open areas that prompted Bocelli to give his native town of Lyatiko in Tuscany ... open-air theater. An amazing structure, which is difficult to describe in words (either a lake with giant sculptures, or the Coliseum of the third millennium, in the middle of which there is a lake?), Is called "Theater of Silence".

Tens of thousands of tourists from all over the world come there annually. Of course, to hear Andrea and his colleagues - guests grandiose concert. This show takes place in a unique theater only once a year - the rest of 364 days there is silence ... How to make life easier for others In Italy, Andrea is also known as a patron of art who oversees the activities of his own charitable foundation.

"If we briefly talk about our work, then we are trying to make life easier for the visually impaired," says the singer.. - We finance the development of various useful devices, we create and implement special programs ... It is no less necessary than music ».

It's hard not to agree with him.

Family, granted from above Somehow in the television interview, Bocelli was asked what helps him to so consistently translate dreams and ideas into reality. The singer did not hesitate for a long time:.

"Not what, but who! Of course, my family ".

Andrea has two grown sons, Amos and Matteo, and a little daughter of Virginia, who loves two things: singing and traveling with Dad. It is possible that at the Kiev concert, which will be held September 23 at the NSC Olimpiyskiy, the actor will bring her and her mother babies - wife Veronica.

"These are the people bestowed on me. When they are close, I am confident in myself, calm and happy, "- admits Bocelli.