They have graduated 23 years since the death of Alex Baroni, but the memory and the music live on. This can be seen from what happened a few days ago, during a concert in Rome Marco Mengoni delighted some fans who asked him to sing the chorus “Change”one of Baroni’s most famous songs. And Mengoni, who never hid his admiration for the late artist, sang the song again with joy. Also Caterina Balivoin the episode “Good timing” broadcast on Friday November 14, wanted to remember the singer, and for this reason he invited him to the studio GuideAlex’s brother, and Giulio TodraniThat Giorgia’s father who was known to have been in a relationship with Baroni until several months before his death.
News of the accident
Alex Baroni’s family was notified of the motorcycle accident telephone call made by Giulio Todrani himself to the young man’s mother, “because my ex-wife didn’t dare call him,” he said in Balivo’s living room. Marina the mother answered me. ‘I want to give you news, Alex had an accident.’ I didn’t have time to say that before he shouted. When I think about it, I get goosebumps. He hung up and they came straight to Rome.” “We just got on the train and got off without knowing what we would find, then we found out,” added the singer’s brother, who remained in a coma for several days before he died.
Meeting with Giorgia
It was the singer’s Roman father who introduced Baroni and Giorgia: “The producer is part of my group” explains Giulio Todrani, “He comes to Rome from time to time to practice songs and in the evening he comes to sing with me on stage. One day he told me: ‘Will you take me to see Giorgia?‘In the evening we went to the Sistine, we attended a concert and then we went to greet him in the dressing room.” The evening continued with dinner in a restaurant, where Giorgia and Alex talk about music all the time. After a few days the singer “Thenshe confesses to her father: “I’m going out with your friend” he says to her, “Okay, but who is he?” the old man asked. “Alex,” he answered.
Baroni’s death was a very painful page also in the life of Giorgia herself, who some time ago in an interview for “Peoplehe explained: “I was a bit crazy in those years. My manager had convinced me not to stop working. Even on the day of the funeral they told me to take a plane to the Netherlands. But I shouldn’t have done it: I finished the concert and cried. At one point I even thought I wanted to dieI thought: so I can find it somewhere soon. I reached the bottom of my mind, desperate. Life hasn’t taught me that it can happen: you say goodbye without knowing that you will never see each other again. But then I got back on track: because sooner or later life also teaches you to utilize pain as a resource.”
