Andrea Bocelli OMRI OMDSM - born in Lajatico, Italy on September 22, 1958) – is
an acclaimed tenor and multi-instrumentalist. Growing up on a farm just south of
Pisa, Italy, he was born with congenital glaucoma, going completely blind after
a football accident when he was 12. He threw himself into music, mastering
numerous instruments including piano, flute, saxophone, harp, guitar, trumpet,
trombone, and drums. At the age of 14, he won his first singing competition
performing “O Sole Mio” at the Margherita d'Oro, Viareggio. Bocelli studied law
at the University of Pisa and, afte...