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​I have been singing since I was a child.

More or less, this is the  story of a lot of singers, as there is always someone in each singer's family who says that we were singing even before talking.

It's a myth.

In my myth, all the family recognized that my granny had a wonderful voice and they said I inherited it.

When I was born, my grandpa announced that I was not normal, because when I was  shouting, it was really loud.

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​I had a wonderful childhood.

During my first years, I remember singing as young as five in the Church choir with my dad; he was singing in a male choir and he was sharing his passion teaching the family all the mountain songs he loved. That enhanced my passion for singing the notes that harmonically were fitting well. 

Go to holiday in Summer on the Valle d'Aosta mountains, meant singing all the time, in the car, walking, sometimes they were putting me on a table asking to sing something. Ah, those holidays!

Here there is one of my beloved songs, "La Montanara"

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"Mia damina (cavalier)

una danza per piacer

mi conceda cosicche'

si muova lesto, lesto'l pie"

 

This is what I sang during a Carnival when I was 9 years old, my first 'en travesti' role ever.

​I was singing at any opportunity. At school, I played the wooden recorder trying to reproduce the songs I liked.

Then, taking part in activities with the scouts, I was attracted by someone who was playing the guitar and singing, and I decided to learn it.

At 16 years old, as many things changed, my passion became stronger than ever.

I participated to a workshop for actors, I decided to take guitar lessons to learn finger picking and I joined the Poliphonic Choir "Viotti" in my town, directed by a mythical maestro, Vittorio Rosetta.

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My friend Cinzia and I formed a duo to sing

a special repertoire of historical and modern folk

songs,  including songs of protest and social justice,

inspired by Joan Baez and other musicians.

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Then, I joined the local Civic Music School "A Vallotti" to study music theory and to start giving exams at the Conservatory of Music. I had a strong passion for Baroque and Renaissance music, Lieder and chamber music in general. So later on I decided to participate to Courses and study with a teacher on weekly bases.

I adored (and still I do) Monteverdi music, particularly his Madrigals.

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