Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

I was lucky enough to spend a couple of days with Valentina Monetta before and after the concert in San Marino on August 5, 2014. A concert where she presented songs from her latest album Sensibilità . An album where Valentina was able to express herself in a more personal way including songs composed by herself in collaboration with other authors, including her brother Vincenzo ( Viaggio samba , this blogger's personal favorite). An intimate concert in the magical setting of Piazza della Libertà under (almost) full moon, with intense and original interpretations of rearranged Chrysalis and Maybe and a lot of what she does best: jazzy stuff. But it's not all spotlights and glitter in the tiny intense, somewhat closeted reality of the microstate of San Marino, a small jewel of the Italian peninsula, as we spoke over a pleasant lunch and the post-concert gathering in the historic center, or during an afternoon at the beach on the Adriatic Coast (where her video for May...

Valentina Monetta is giving a kind of home coming concert to present her latest album Sensibilità to the people of San Marino. The venue is none other than the country's main square, the famous Piazza della Libertá next to Palazzo Pubblico aka the building that houses the Sammarinese government and the city hall. Yes, the very one you see in most every image of San Marino. How cool is that?  Anyways, Valentina and her band (Simone Migani in piano, Claudio Malerba in drums and Alex Gori in bass) will perform songs from her album and surely some old favorites like Una giornata bellissima and of course, all her three Eurovision entries. Yours truly will be present and will bring you exclusive photos and stuff in due time. The concert starts at 21.30 on August 5, 2014. The concert is part of Estateincentro , a series of events taking place in the historic center of San Marino city in summer nights.