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Andrea Bocelli (born , and was blinded at the age of 12 by a Cerebral Hemorrhage , which he suffered when hit on the head playing Soccer .
In 1992 the Italian rock star Zucchero Fornaciari first auditioned Andrea while scouting for tenors to duet with him in the song "Miserere"; upon hearing the recording, tenor Luciano Pavarotti urged Zucchero to use Andrea instead of himself. The song was finally recorded with Pavarotti but Andrea Bocelli accompanied Zucchero in his European tour. In 1994 Andrea performed the winning entry "Il mare calmo della sera" at the Sanremo Festival , which led to his first Gold Record . That year he debuted as Macduff in Giuseppe Verdi 's Macbeth , sang at Pavarotti's Benefit Concert in Modena , and performed for Pope John Paul II on Christmas . In 1995 Andrea's song "Con Te Partirò" came fourth at the Sanremo Music Festival. INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE In 1996 he sang with the English soprano Sarah Brightman a duet version of "Con Te Partirò", entitled "Time to Say Goodbye", which broke sales records and stayed in the German top ten for nearly six months. In subsequent years Andrea performed at Paris , Bologna , Torre Del Lago and Vatican City . He released further albums until entering the American market in 1998 with a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts in Washington D.C. and a White House reception. Both that year and in 1999 Andrea embarked on tours to North and South America and duets with Céline Dion , and performed the first Internet live opera broadcast in its entirety from the Detroit Opera House , with Denyce Graves . In 2002 Andrea repeated his America tour, winning two World Music Awards . Since then, Andrea has continued his career with concert appearances throughout the world, including singing during the NBA 's 2006 All-Star Weekend in Houston . He sang "Because We Believe" from his 2006 album '' Amore '', during the Closing Ceremony Of The 2006 Winter Olympics . In 2006 Bocelli worked with the six finalists of '' American Idol '' to help them sing the week's themed songs, "classic love songs". CHARITABLE AND OTHER WORKS He has sung for many charitable events and occasions worldwide, such as at Ground Zero in October 2001, "Pavarotti & Friends" events, concerts for the ARPA research foundation in Pisa, Italy (of which he is honorary president), participated in the Sharon Osbourne CD project for the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake relief and performed in a large, televised concert in Italy, in March 2005, entitled "Music for Asia". Not limited to singing, Andrea has contributed to several written works, including a short piece on friendship in a compilation by Doris S. Platt, and both the foreword and an interview-chapter to an Italian book about Joint Custody . He also wrote an autobiography, ''La musica del silenzio'' (Italian for ''The Music of Silence''), which was published in 1999. The English edition was out the following year as ''Andrea Bocelli: The Autobiography''. DISCOGRAPHY
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