Andrea Bocelli made a career in music at a time when the terms of that career were still being set.
The record lists Andrea Bocelli as Italian tenor and singer-songwriter (born 1958).
Andrea Bocelli was born at Lajatico in 1958. His recorded nationality is Italy. He was educated at University of Pisa.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
Andrea Bocelli is described as songwriter, singer-songwriter and record producer.
His principal work is Andrea. Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella and Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2006).
Working from Italy shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Andrea Bocelli is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella
- Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic — 2006
- Notable work: Andrea
- Educated at University of Pisa
- Worked as songwriter, singer-songwriter and record producer
