Lucio Corsi: “Music must not be a competition”

Lucio Corsithe representative of Italy to others Eurovision Song Contest In Basel, in Switzerland, from 13 to 17 May, he was a guest at the radio program ‘is not a country for young people’ in Rai Radio2, just to talk about the event from European breath: “I do not live the Eurovision as a competition because music, in my opinion, must not be. It is an experience but contact with people and live music are another thing”.

And he still adds on the next experience: “In Basel I have already been there a month ago. Tomorrow I start and see, I am curious. I believe that the music should not be a competition and it is not in itself, it must not be it. And in fact I do not live it like this, but as an experience where I can bring a song and what interests me in music: I love competition in sports, I am very passionate about motorcycling and world championship, In my opinion”.

Back in Italy, after the Eurovision, the Tuscan musician will have to prepare for the concerts he will hold during the summer. A dimension, the live one, to which it holds in a particular way, and explains: “Live music is another thing, it is what I love because you are in contact with the eyes of people and not of the cameras that do not show the emotions of those who look at you. Instead I need it, I love direct contact with the public, it is what interests me most. That of the Eurovision, like Sanremo, is an experience that can be formative and that can help me this job.”

Last February Lucio Corsi He ranked the second position of the final ranking of the Sanremo Festival with the song “I wanted to be a tough”the same he will present in the race in Basel next week. “The song in Sanremo has been understood and it is something that fills me with joy, now sometimes when I go shopping they ask me a selfie but I am pleased. Let’s go there as in Sanremo. Those straps I have been using them for several years, even at the concerts and on this tour. It is the thing with which I go on stage, so even the Eurovision will be in line with what has been done so far. The change will come with more time.”