"We sing for hope, art and... a smile"

These days, museums organize free online exhibitions, those who taught now do remote video lessons and - thanks to technology - musicians who can no longer meet or perform live, play each from their own home. The song "Sorri" was recorded this way, by five musicians in five different apartments in the Brazilian city of São Paulo.

Il Grupo Madalena è composto da Livia Calcopietro, Eduardo "Dudu" Lellis, André Cantamessa, Fernando Macedo e Raphael Bekele. Source: Grupo Madalena

And it's not only a pleasant melody, but the lyrics - in four languages, Portuguese, Italian, English and Spanish - try to raise our hopes and make us smile too. We talked about it with two members of the group - who are of Italian descent and speak perfect Italian: Livia Calcopietro and Eduardo "Dudu" Lellis. The other members are André Cantamessa, Fernando Macedo and Raphael Bekele.

To hear more from Grupo Madalena, please check their Spotify channel: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1yf9mdhOymVvGgE4Wc5Yjo

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