Lucio Corsi: “I try to play live even at the Eurovision”
“I am focusing on the description of a guitarbut I am interested, I like it, “says Lucio Corsi at some point in the press conference on his participation in Eurovision 2025, after having spoken for almost three minutes of his rock ovala guitar conceived by Antonio Pioli, the real name of the Emilian luthier Wandré. In an event where the musical base of the various performances is pre -aggravated, it is clear from the chatter that For the Tuscan singer -songwriter live music must still be in the center of his participation.
Courses, ranked according to the Sanremo 2025 festival with “I wanted to be a tough”, participates in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 for represent Italy after Olly’s renunciationwinner of the Sanremese event last February. As has been seen already from the performance out of the race to the first semifinal, on the stage of the St. Jakobshalle of Basel – which this year hosts the continental singing contest following Nemo’s victory with the song “The Code” in the previous edition – Lucio Corsi is accompanied on the scene by Tommaso Ottomano. For the scenographythe artist of “I wanted to be a tough” instead chose to bring i to Switzerland Two retro -style giant amplifiers of his tour. At the performance of the song, Corsi also chose to add some English subtitles To make the story understand e A live harmonic solo.
“It’s a good experience for me. The semifinal was exciting, it was beautiful“, Says Lucio Corsi to journalists present in Basel and connected via Zoom:“ In addition, it was nice to see so much audience in the Arena. This thing takes me back to the size of a concert. Sanremo had been a good training for this experience “. Then moving on to the performance of” I wanted to be a tough “, the singer -songwriter adds:
“I brought the harmonica. And also the piano and guitars that do not play, however, are there to keep us company. But this thing is beyond, I don’t want it to be a controversy. My intent is not to bring the harmonica because in Eurovision you cannot play live. I am aware of the fact that Eurovision works like this, I was already aware when I accepted to participate. So I thought: ‘The sound of the harmonica ends up in the microphone of the voice, I can integrate it. ” Trying the piece at home I had already tried to insert the harmonica at that point, so I said I also proposed it to the Eurovision. So it can be an element of diversity compared to what we have done in Sanremo. Where it could be played there. “
Describing the scenography, courses confirms: “La scenography It is practically the one I carry on the tours, which has already been seen in the series of dates in the clubs that I have done until just before the Eurovision, and which will be seen in the summer tour. The amplifiers giants behind us are Inspired by a tour by Neil Young. For Eurovision the piano is also very long. To demonstrate a bit the importance of these elements, both for me and for Tommaso “.
After letting it know that the rock oval brought to Eurovision is the same as Sanremo, stating that “perhaps the color is less standing out because of the recovery color correction” and hoping to “be able to better correct the image for Saturday”, Lucio Corsi narrates: “Of the Eurovision is also interesting the preparation of the performance: You have the opportunity to invent what you think about this stage. Both in terms of lights and shots. Luckily I have next to me Thomaswho is a great director and has an eye that I admire a lot. He worked on the shots Based on the moments of the song “.
On the sidelines of the press conference, after collecting positive words for his performance on Tuesday also from the “Guardian”, Corsi reiterates: “I repeat: to me, of the ranking and the result does not affect at all. I love sport, I love competition, but I’m sure that Music is not competitionit’s not a race. It makes no sense: how do you compete in music?! “.
About the other competitors in the race, the singer -songwriter then says: “I really like the song ‘Deslocado’ of the Portuguese group Napa. I spoke to it the other day: I also hope to be able to play one day. The beauty of this stage is that everyone brings his idea of music, his idea of performance. There is freedom. And therefore It is right that everyone brings his way of understanding the songs. The different they are different, the better it is. There are many ways of making music. And it is nice that they can all be together in the same event ”.
To the question if he would help him listen to his song when he was a teenager, Lucio Corsi then replies: “It is an interesting momentum of imagination, but difficult. Who knows that he passed me by the head at 17! I certainly played already, in a prog group. So I would have thought that ‘I wanted to be a tough’ is not quite prog”. Continues: “When they ask me what advice I would like to give the guys I always overturn the thing because, in my opinion, they should give them the advice. I have a lot of confidence in young people, who are really in the present. The more you give him confidence, the more they listen, the better it is! “.
In addition to letting you know that he would “like a lot” to work on music for cinema, telling What kind of experience is Eurovision for himthe artist says: “It can be an opportunity to make me know abroadand spread my music beyond Italian borders. If I managed to make concerts even outside of Italy it would be beautifulfor me and for the whole group “.
