Giorgia Fumanti - World Famous Classical Crossover Singer Talks About Her Multi-Genre Career, Singing With Luciano Pavorotti, Jose Carreras And Michael Bolton, Her New Album And More!
Episode Notes
Giorgia Fumanti is a world famous Classical Crossover artist. She has successfully straddled and conquered two different musical worlds: Classical and Non-Classical. From Luciano Pavarotti to Michael Bolton. From Puccini to Leonard Cohen. Her new album “Mystic” is her 12th release and runs the gamut of works by Ravel and Verdi to Cohen’s “Hallelujah”. She’s performed with major symphony orchestras around the world, the Beijing Olympics, the Shanghai Special Olympics, and even the NHL All-Star Game and the Macy’s Holiday Parade. And she’s a mother of four. We discuss her storied career and we do a Songfest.
My featured song in this episode is “Tessa” from the album East Side Sessions by my band Project Grand Slam. Spotify link HERE.
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Giorgia and I discuss the following:
Listening as a girl to her grandmother singing
Discovering her voice at 16
Her multi-genre career
Singing with Pavarotti, Carreras and Bolton
Being a mom of 4
Starting her international career at age 26
Singing in different languages
Performing at the Olympics to the NHL All-Star game
Symphony orchestras to Macy’s Holiday Parade
Songfest:
“Now We Are Free”
“Hallelujah”
“The Prayer”
“Spente Le Stelle”
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“The Fall Of Winter” is Robert’s new single, a collaboration with legendary rocker Jim Peterik of the Ides Of March (“Vehicle”) and formerly with Survivor (“Eye Of The Tiger”). And featuring renowned guitarist Elliott Randall (Steely Dan/Doobie Brothers) and famous keyboard player Tony Carey (Joe Cocker/Eric Burden). The reviewers have called “The Fall Of Winter” “A Triumph!” (The Indie Source) and “Flexes real rock muscle!” (Celebrity Zone). The track is available for streaming on Spotify, Apple, Amazon and all the other streaming platforms, and also for download from The PGS Store. And you must check out the lyric video on YouTube HERE. Rock on!
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