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A ndrea Bocelli is with no doubts the most famous classical Italian singer in the world today, one of the very few classical artists

to achieve worldwide recognition into the mainstream making him the biggest-selling artist in the history of classical music with over 80 million albums sold to date.

His haunting voice and the amazing vocal range he displays when performing transports the audience to places they never knew existed; Andrea Bocelli’s live concerts, which are mostly sold out, are attended by a passionate audience of music lovers and fans. The 60,000 tickets for the “One night in Central Park” concert in NYC sold out within few hours. He performed on the most famous international stages, from Madison Square Garden to Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, but whenever he needs inspiration and harmony he goes back to his own “secret garden” to reconnect with Nature in his native Tuscany, returning to his family and friends; there is a song that goes “it’s nice to go traveling but it’s so much nicer to come home”, and that is exactly how he feels when he says “I want to have time for myself, my family and my friends. It’s important because in order to sing well, you must have inspiration, and inspiration comes from life, from living…”

Tuscany is famous for excellence, its wine, its food, its art and its gentle rolling hills, but it is also a place of music, where famous composers such as Puccini and Mascagni and many other great singers and composers were born. Andrea Bocelli was born in the countryside around Pisa and his house is now in the seaside town of Forte dei Marmi, a charming resort on the Tuscan coast protected by the majestic and stunning Apuan Alps and by the breath-taking Monte Altissimo, the mountain range where Michelangelo went to get his marble.

Every corner of his stunning villa is permeated with music, you can breathe the art of his music in the air; this is his particular retreat where he goes back for inspiration. Andrea Bocelli has not given up having excellent quality of music even in his garden, the special place he relaxes in, breathing the salty air from the sea or caressed by the gentle winds from the mountains. For his special Sonic Gardens Andrea Bocelli chose to rely on the excellence of Architettura Sonora, a revolutionary brand of outdoor acoustic experiences, with an increasing imprint in the indoor world, famous for its award-winning collection of sound modules.

It has been quite a challenge for us

TUSCAN EXCELLENCE MEETS THE TUSCAN PRODIGY. A VIRTUOSO SONIC GARDEN FOR ANDREA BOCELLI BY LUXURY LIFESTYLE LONDON.

“MUSICA MAESTRO!”

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to design and install the sound system in Bocelli’s garden, to meet and satisfy the high expectations of such a competent and sophisticated audience, but we can certainly say they succeeded; the Maestro and Pierpaolo Guerrini, his sound-engineer and close collaborator, were considerably struck by the timbre and very uniform frequency response, as well as by the clear and natural sound reproduced by the system, with the best sound details. What really impressed them was the amazing quality of the sound stage reconstruction, especially in the rear garden, which is the most difficult thing to achieve when it comes to outdoor acoustic.

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uxury Lifestyle London designed a multi-channel system divided in two different areas, with different characteristics, both

extending the interior space into the garden, one in the front and one in the rear of the house. In the front of the house, toward the sea, a system of Sphere_360 in marble (from the local quarries and matching the stones of the house design) welcomes visitors and accompanies them to the entrance; the Spheres are omnidirectional sound modules and they perfectly integrate into the surroundings, providing a sonic image that keeps the attention over the surrounding and the experience of the space, not on the modules which are then perceived as part of the

architectural design. Three Sphere_470 in Tuscan terracotta are then hidden into the bushes around the swimming pool, reinforcing the whole immersive sound experience and providing a pleasing natural acoustic coverage around the pool, like if the hedges themselves were radiating music.

In the back of the house, toward an intimate pinewood, the sound design created a sort of private stage opening up and facing the majestic mountain range. Two suspended modules Small Helmets hanging from the corner of the central patio are supported by three Sphere_470 in Tuscan terracotta around the facing lawn. The omnidirectional sound of the floor-standing modules reinforced by the vertical component of the suspended modules creates an immersive natural sound pattern that really amazed Andrea Bocelli.

The entire system is powered by our LuxuryLlifestyle London AS -A Series amplifiers with built -in programmable DSP , which make it possible to perfectly optimize the acoustics to any given environment.

It was very rewarding and incredible seeing the Maestro starting to sing while listening to the music of this garden and saying that he felt very happy because now his garden is like his own private orchestra he can dialogue and rehearse with.

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“The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us.

It moves along passages that reach the most intimate areas of our psyche without being tried by prejudices or influences of any kind.”

Andrea Bocelli