Ezio Bosso reveals: I can't play anymore. And he invites us to take care of Article 9 of the Constitution

Musician Ezio Bosso (Turin, Italy, 1971), celebrated pianist, composer and conductor, has announced that he can no longer play the piano. The artist declared this yesterday at a meeting at the Fiera del Levante in Bari. “Stop writing me that you would like to see me at the piano,” Bosso said. “If you love me, stop it. Because you don’t know the suffering this causes me. Because I can’t. But it’s not that I can’t: of course I can, and you all then like it, and you get tears. But you get tears because there’s me hurting, that’s the reality: it’s terrible. The reason I don’t play anymore, beyond the physical pain, is that I have two fingers that don’t respond well anymore, and so I can’t give the music enough. When I say this, I already see someone saying ’but you give so much more.’ No! I have to do them all, the notes. If I involute, the moment I know I can no longer conduct an orchestra, I will also stop conducting. Esteem and affection-they are what leads to respect. This is the reality.”

Ezio Bosso, who turned 48 on Sept. 13, has been suffering from a worsening neurodegenerative disease since 2011, so much so that it has led to his decision to stop playing the piano. Bosso returned to the subject again today from his Facebook page, saying that he is happy to be doing his job as a conductor and regretting the “sensationalistic pietism” that allegedly spread after his announcement in Bari. “I continue to make music and better than before,” the artist said, declaring that he had not retired. “I am happy with what I do,” he added, “but it pains me when people insist on the piano because I can’t say no, I struggle a lot, and I don’t have enough quality. But mostly because you don’t see the beauty of anything else, what I strive for.”

And speaking of beauty, in Bari there was also a chance to make a passage onArticle 9 of the Constitution (“The Republic promotes the development of culture and scientific and technical research. It protects the landscape and the historical and artistic heritage of the Nation.”): Bosso said that Article 9 is “crazy cool because it brings together music, art and landscape.” But, he also added, “if we don’t take care of those things, they disappear and we realize it when we lose them. Music also reminds us of this: taking care, having respect, making people feel good, not confusing the everyday with eternity, our small powers with the absolute.”

Pictured: Ezio Bosso. Ph. Credit Francesco Modeo

Ezio Bosso reveals: I can't play anymore. And he invites us to take care of Article 9 of the Constitution

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