On May 14, 2020, Ezio Bosso died in his home in Bologna at the age of 48.
He had never wanted to publish his autobiography during his lifetime. This collection of unpublished texts, much like Leopardi’s Zibaldone – i.e., a set of texts written at different times – contains his most intimate thoughts. It touches on his childhood in Turin and his artistic career in the many cities of Europe and the world; his unconditional dedication to music as one of the highest forms of cultural expression, but also among the most accessible and potentially democratic thanks to its strong emotional component; his respect for music and its protagonists – including the audience – as an indispensable element of civil society.
And it closes with the difficult times experienced owing to his disease and the pandemic – his “crazy and desperate” reflections. These pages allow us a glimpse into the mind of a great composer and conductor, of a great populariser and intellectual, a passionate polemicist of a society that struggles to recognise the importance of such an underestimated art.
‘Faccio Musica’ is the powerful legacy of one of the most important artists of recent decades.