-What’s your daily routine like (if you have one) and what is the music that you like to listen to during the day?
- I tried to have regular daily workflow since I became a father! So my life is a regular one where music fills each space. My favorite way to listen to music is with all the people I love while traveling and I can’t wait to go back to work on international showcases, festivals to discover new music… To be honest I’m quite obsessed with the idea of giving the chance to new talents to perform their music... much more than having big names on the stage. Last confession: I don’t like at all to go to big concerts or festivals!
-You moved to Milan since many years and, in twenty years time, the city has massively evolved and expanded, becoming (in our opinion) a truly European capital with a great prospect. Can you tell us what does Milan represent to you and what’s its prospect for the future (in your field and beyond)?
- Milan changed a lot since I came here in 2000. From a very grey city without a music scene - where politicians where literally fighting every day against the so called Movida and the industry workers were fighting against each other - to a real explosion. The reasons are many: Expo2015, cultural policies, the opening of new live and dance music spaces. Us too played our part with Elita, as our festival was built with the purpose of creating a network of spaces and fellow music industry workers. In our world the larger is the offer the more you have an engaged and motivated audience. We discovered how to grow: talking to each other, learning from each other, competing to get the audience and the sponsors. I also think that in a couple of decades the city became more friendly and open in different ways but - to be honest - it also started to be a bit ‘selfish’ becoming the only platform to host all the important events, while the rest of Italy was in an utter need of cultural projects. I hope that, in the next few years Milan can ‘relax’ a bit, being the leader of a national and international cultural movement, without being the center of everything but just being a link in the chain. That’s more sustainable.