"At Brindavan aka Vrindavan, in the old town, I was roaming around, looking for a room in vain. On an impulse, I seized the opportunity and jumped on that bus."
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So I seated myself outside of the station at the bus stand, when I saw a small bus was leaving and the driver was shouting the name of Brindavan (the destination of the bus). The officer just smiled at me and said: ‘Sorry sir, I don’t know when the power will be restored, so please wait outside’. I stood in a long line trying to get a ticket for another train and when I finally got to the ticket counter suddenly there was a complete blackout which shut down the entire system. More specifically, how did he come into contact with Indian classical music and fall in love with it? The story is one that makes you believe in things like destiny and fate and divine intervention.Īs Nicolo explains: “On my first trip to India in 2007 I was on the way to Agra from Delhi when the train stopped due to technical problems at Mathura. You can say that I have a gypsy style of life,” he says with a laugh. So as you can see I like visiting and living in various parts of the world. So when and how did the Indian connection happen? He reveals: “I kept coming to India on and off from 2007 onwards. Finally at the end of his studies he returned to his home town Bergamo. He has both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in Fine Arts. “It was my love of music which helped me through the painful process.” During his academic studies for Fine Arts, he lived in Rome for five years and in Granada town in south of Spain for nearly seven years. For three years, I could not move my fingers properly.” After that accident, he had to endure a long rehabilitation period. “I had an accident on my left hand and I had to interrupt my music studies at the age of 14. He reveals that it was not smooth sailing. He began taking lessons in western classical music on the piano and the traverse flute through private lessons from a teacher called, Lorenzo Brena in his home town. This musician was born in Bergamo, a quiet and picturesque city in the north of Italy, close to Milan. Nicolo’s journey of music makes for a fascinating story. He performs across Europe and India and other countries too.
Nicolo frequently accompanies his music-guru, the flute maestro Hariprasad Chaurasia in various concerts in India and abroad including at prestigious platforms and also renders music for dance performances.