Welcome to Google. And I'd say probably everyone here in the audience has friends who are saying they are so jealous that we get to see-- experience-- Maestro Bocelli here live, including my mother, my sister, my brother, and my father. You just flew in from Seattle.
I'll give it a shot. Maestro Bocelli has recorded 15 solo studio albums, three greatest hits albums, and nine complete operas, selling over 80 million records worldwide. In 1998, he was named one of People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people.
And now, with over 20 million copies sold worldwide, his 1997 album, Romanza, became the bestselling album by any Italian artist in his genre in history. Maestro Bocelli was made grand officer of the Order of the Merit of the Italian Republic in 2006. And he was also honored with the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to live theater.
And he was also honored with the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to live theater. Maestro Bocelli recently released Cinema, his 15th studio album, featuring renditions of classical film soundtracks and scores. And in 2011, something that is very important to him and very personal, Maestro Bocelli founded the Andrea Bocelli Foundation, whose goal is to enable the less fortunate or weak
and philanthropist with a true purpose to change the world. Maestro Bocelli will be accompanied today by pianist Eugene Kohn, who will be joining us up here. And if we give them a very, very, very warm welcome, maybe we'll also be able to convince them to sing a song or two for us.
like to share with us. Maestro Bocelli.
So we're going to discuss how philosophy comes into voice building. So from Whitney Houston to Andrea Bocelli to Tony Bennett to Steven Tyler to even Muhammad Ali, this is just a partial list.
And she responded very, very, very quickly to my vocal exercises. Now when great singers like Andrea Bocelli, Tony Bennett, Steven Tyler-- one of my all-time favorites-- they're putting their trust in you with their voices, their livelihood.
Yeah. I feel like I have spent a lot of my last couple of years really focused on living in wonder and awe. And I remember there was a moment that we did Andrea Bocelli, and it was Easter Sunday and we did it at the Duomo. And all the cities around the world were empty, and it was quiet.
You studied law very early in your life. And you could have been a partner at Bocelli & Bocelli Law Firm. What happened?
Just kidding. Just kidding. She even goes to sleep while hearing Andrea Bocelli and you playing there, which is very nice.
Obviously, you're not here to see me. That's too bad. Andrea Bocelli. What can be said about this inspirational artist and human being?
I guess the question is, how do you stay grounded? You know, what is normal for Andrea Bocelli? I think that whatever you do every day becomes normality.
You compete with yourself before you compete with anybody else. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in giving Andrea Bocelli a warm welcome to Google. And one of my daughters asked me, hey, when was it built and all this.
The Prayer, his duet with Celine Dion, won the Golden Globe for best original song and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. With the release of his classical album, Sacred Arias, Bocelli captured a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records as he simultaneously had the top three positions on the US Classical Album Charts.
And if we give them a very, very, very warm welcome, maybe we'll also be able to convince them to sing a song or two for us. Ladies and gentlemen, please join me in giving Andrea Bocelli a warm welcome to Google. Thank you.
So if I want to optimize my work, there's no time to think about business. And I will say, I did witness backstage Eugene doing exactly what Maestro Bocelli mentioned. And I know that in your home, you possess a very sophisticated recording studio where I believe you recorded your last album, "Cinema."
Yeah. In 2011, I know that giving back to the community and the importance of giving people who don't necessarily have a chance and opportunity in life, you founded the Andrea Bocelli Foundation with the aim of supporting those living in poverty in overcoming barriers caused by illness and disability.
in overcoming barriers caused by illness and disability. If you don't mind, I would like to just show a quick video of the Bocelli Foundation. Maybe we can talk about it in just a second.
Please roll the first video. I have to tell you how unique it is to hear a video here and then hear the harmonizing of Maestro Bocelli at the same time out of my two ears.
I think we'll have a chance for two questions. And hopefully, we'll be able to convince Maestro Bocelli to grace us with one or two songs. Please. I really liked the "Cinema" album and how it's just a great tribute to film and composers, you know, Ennio Morricone and Hans Zimmer and such.
like to share with us. Ladies and gentlemen, what a unique experience to have Maestro Bocelli here to answer our questions and obviously perform.
We're gonna give everybody watching this program a chance to experience what it means to have your voice built. The same exercise that Whitney Houston has used, Andrea Bocelli, and countless other people. So what I'm going to do is give Aubrey a voice lesson, a small version of the voice lesson.
And it's all because of him. -His other students have ranged from Liza Minnelli and the lead singer of Limp Bizkit to Tony Bennett and operatic tenor Andrea Bocelli. -To have somebody like that put his voice in your hands and say, make it better, was quite a delight for me.
Maestro Bocelli recently released Cinema, his 15th studio album, featuring renditions of classical film soundtracks and scores. And in 2011, something that is very important to him and very personal, Maestro Bocelli founded the Andrea Bocelli Foundation, whose goal is to enable the less fortunate or weak to have the possibly to have a better future of beauty and opportunities.
And usually when we have people come here to Google, and particularly considering the impact that you can have globally to people around the world-- --we ask, what can Google do for you, for your foundation, or for you personally, Andrea Bocelli? So certainly, one thing that comes to my mind is collaboration with Google to win this bet that I just talked about.
We like rebels here, so you will be at home. He has taught some of Hollywood's most successful singers and entertainers, names that you know well, Whitney Houston, Andrea Bocelli, Seal, Steven Tyler, Usher, Shakira, Robin Thicke, Lorde.