From "talents" to normal people...

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February 26, 2015, 15:42

Does anyone remember Cristian Imparato?

I deliberately put quotation marks around the word 'Talents'... All too often, blank slates are chosen and, let's face it, even exploited for momentary phenomena. The child could count very well, with all the usual limitations (often not perfectly in tune), but he had nonetheless made enough of a name for himself to be invited abroad, as shown by the previous video in a Spanish broadcast.

Speaking about it with my mother, who said: "did you hear how well that boy sings?", I replied to her: "Yes, let's see what happens to him in a few years after he develops!".

This is a video from today...

The boy still sings quite well, but honestly, I no longer believe it can be called talent. Wandering around YouTube, you find unknown people who sing far better than him.

I realize that this is a topic (child prodigies and premature talents) that we have treated several times, but having two points of comparison available, it seemed easier to bring out the essence of the discussion. With instruments, this talented form often even strengthens over the years, thanks to the maturity that plays a fundamental role in interpretation. But when we are the instrument ourselves and we know that this instrument will change its characteristics in a few years, it is hard to make positive predictions; in fact, often, exactly the opposite happens...

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Lowseling

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City: Ispica (RG)

February 27, 2015, 09:06

I fully agree, in my opinion to judge a talented singer one should wait until they at least move past the boy soprano stage, then perhaps their voice will change again, but at that point the change will be less radical!

Piccinesco

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February 27, 2015, 13:23

In Italy, in particular, there is (in my opinion) this fashion of singing as a turning point for one's life; an example of this is the fact that since school, the majority of kids pay much more attention to the lyrics than to the music, which to me is a "flaw," an undervaluation of the potential that the instrumental part possesses. While in certain ways singing allows one to express oneself in a totally unique way—in the sense that even I, if I think about playing a wind instrument (this is a specific example), have the feeling of putting something "extra" into it, precisely because (at least for me it is so) the "performance" depends on something that is inside me beyond the use of my hands.

I won't dwell on this because it isn't such an obvious point of discussion.