Who is Matteo Bocelli? Everything You Need to Know

Quick Facts

Italian Celebrities Born In October

Age: 26 Years, 26 Year Old Males

Family:

father: Andrea Bocelli

mother: Enrica Cenzatti

siblings: Amos, Virginia

Born Country: Italy

Family Members Italian Men

City: Lucca, Italy

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Career

On July 30, 2016, Matteo Bocelli made his debut as a tenor in front of 12 thousand spectators at the Teatro del Silenzio. Performing alongside the likes of Leo Nucci and Sumi Jo, he sang arias from operas by Giuseppe Verdi. That year, he also performed on the opening night of Celebrity Fight Night, in the Cloister of the Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence.

On January 12, 2017, he appeared on stage at Palazzo Pitti for ‘Pitti Uomo 91’, to perform several romanzas. On 30 March 2017, he performed for the first time in the United States of America, when he participated in the ‘David Foster and Friends’ competition for the Horatio Alger Award in Washington. His singing received much praise from the audience attending the event.

During this period, he also landed the opportunity to be associated with Guess’ new 2017 fall/winter advertising campaign, for which he worked with Jennifer Lopez. On 9 September, he performed at the Colosseum alongside the likes of Sumi Jo, Aida Garifullina, Elton John and Steve Tyler for the fourth edition of the Celebrity Fight Night Event. Hosted by Matteo’s father, the charity event was aired on the Italian TV channel Rai Uno and all the proceeds from it went to both the Andrea Bocelli Foundation and the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center.

Matteo Bocelli subsequently performed in concerts held in Spain, Canada, and Texas, the USA. On September 20, 2018, Fall on Me, a single which he and his father recorded together, was released. The song is part of Andrea Bocelli’s album, Sì. The music video for the song was put out two days later, on 22 September. The song was in the soundtrack of the fantasy movie, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms.

On 11 December 2019, Andrew Bocelli and Matteo Bocelli performed for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at Royal Variety Performance. In May 2020, Matteo Bocelli released a new single, Can You Feel the Love Tonight from, Disney’s forthcoming album, Disney Goes Classical. The album was released on 2 October 2020.

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Personal Life

Matteo Bocelli was born on October 8, 1997, in Forte dei Marmi, a Tuscan resort town known to be the haunt of Italian artists and writers. He is the youngest son of Andrea Bocelli and his first wife Enrica Cenzatti. He has an older brother, Amos, who was born on February 22, 1995.

Andrea Bocelli is generally regarded as one of the greatest tenors of all time. Having been born with poor eyesight, Andrea lost his vision completely when he was 12 years old due to a football accident. However, music had been a quintessential part of his life even when he was a child. Despite his condition, he kept singing, playing the piano, and making music and as he grew up, he became an international sensation. Over the course of his extensive career, he has released 15 solo studio albums, three greatest hits albums, and nine complete operas. A total of 90 million of his records have been sold to date. Andrea is an OMRI (Order of Merit of the Italian Republic) as well as an OMDSM (Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella).

Matteo’s parents separated in 2002. He has a half-sister named Virginia, who was born to his father and his manager and then-fiancée Veronica Betti, on March 21, 2012. Andrea and Betti married on the second birthday of their daughter.

Despite being divorced, both of his parents were involved in his and his brother’s upbringing. His father lived in a villa in Forte dei Marmi with Betti while Matteo, his brother, and their mother resided in Andrea and Cenzatti’s previous home. Since he was a child, Matteo has demonstrated that he has inherited his father’s musical talent. His father’s presence in his life in the formative years allowed Matteo to be exposed to a particularly stimulating environment where his musical gifts could flourish. He enrolled for piano lessons quite early in his life and by the time he became a teenager, his passion for music was only matched by his love for sports. However, his father did not get involved in his music education until 2015. At present, he is attending the Lucca Conservatory as a student of vocal performance.

Matteo Bocelli Biography