The pianist and composer Giovanni Allevi revealed that he has myeloma and needs to be treated “away from the stage”. “I will not turn around: I discovered that I have a sweet-sounding neoplasm: myelomabut no less insidious “, wrote the 53-year-old artist on her social media profiles, next to a photo of her hands as she writes on the staff, translating the word of her illness into notes.
“My greatest anguish – he added – is the thought of causing pain to my family and all the people who follow me with affection. I have always fought my inner dragons in concert with you, thanks to Music. This time forgive me. , I will have to do it away from the stage “, he concluded referring to the treatment he will have to face. “I’ll be back soon” is the hashtag that closes the public post.
Giovanni Allevi: “I was struck by the Stendhal syndrome and on a sidewalk in Rome I realized that I had to tell the ecstasy”
by Carlo Moretti
January 12, 2022
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Ecstasy tour canceled: no Japan and China
Already in the last concerts of the tour of Ecstasy, the body seemed contracted by a very strong pain, but the musician never stopped playing with a smile until the discovery of the disease. After the last acclaimed live at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the awareness of not being able to continue the concert activity, which at the end of the summer would have marked the expected return of the Maestro also in Japan and China. Giovanni Allevi was therefore forced to cancel the summer tour of Ecstasy 2022 to face a hard and important therapeutic path. Many fans gathered around him in pain, with messages of encouragement.