A little personal time: 4 days to recharge

TRAVELLING, STUDIOS AND STAGES

My life of continuous touring is exciting and beautiful: days of recording studios, travelling, stages and communication that are a continuous and inclusive loop; it becomes really difficult to find a few personal days to recharge one’s batteries and to spend in some special place with the person you love.

I have to thank my partner, as she is the one who “warns me” every so often that time off to rest and relax is a necessity: something that from inside the tunnel of creative work, music and live performances sometimes becomes rather difficult to recognize… so I apologize to those wanted my Violin during this last long weekend of the 1^st of May, but I had to say no.

And where do you go when you want to unplug? If you read this post to all the way to the end you’ll find a video link with a nice “gem” from the past.

I have a special place in the Italian Alps called Ponte di Legno. It’s not a place of gossip and luxury like Cortina, Courmayeur, St. Moritz, Courchevel, Lech or Lenzerheide, and it’s probably for this reason that I’ve have remained faithful to it, though I have been to all those other wonderful places, as a skier first and as a musician later.

The mountain has been a point of reference for me since I was a child when, along with school and music, I dedicated my dreams and my commitment to alpine skiing: the slopes of Ponte di Legno – Tonale was where I trained, won and lost, suffered and rejoiced, reached the threshold of the World Cup, became a ski instructor and, subsequently, accepted my destiny made of music and entertainment.

Ponte di Legno is located right in the middle of the Alps, on the slopes of a 3500-meter-high mountain called Adamello, backdrop to the White War between Italy and Austria from 1915 to 1918.

It’s a welcoming town of 1700 inhabitants and every time I return, I find that the most traditional and unchangeable spots have been somewhat modernized by some more contemporary Alpine architectural ideas. Even the lifts, which were slow and scattered when I was a child, can now take you quickly from the village to the glacier all year round. Seeing this type of evolution in a place you love makes you feel proud, like when you bump into a friend after many years and find out they have a successful and fulfilling life.

I’m fortunate to have a woman by my side who loves sports and skiing, nature and mountains, so I can share these feelings and pleasures with her.

Over the next 4 days, my Instagram and Facebook, usually filled of photos and videos of dance music, lights and illustrated science fiction, will be graced with snow-covered peaks and spring-time woods for all of you to enjoy.

Ah, and here is the video I promised you earlier: https://youtu.be/U0h2jxNXZcg