GAETANO BORGO

My story
Born in Thiene in 1967, I lived my childhood in Zugliano, a small village in the province of Vicenza. My first approach with the music was in this time, thanks to the passion of a very young teacher and to the intuition of the priest that, opening the prayerhouse, they created a music school. So begins my travel in the music world. After attending in 1977 and 1978 the singing and solfeggio school I entered, playing the sax, in the orchestra of the school that was composed of more than 60 youngs from 10 to 16 years. A unique and original experience.
From now on, I understand the importance of the music in my world of a young person. It was an important moment that permitted to many contemporaries to be keen on music and to start related professions: some of them are now teachers, musicians at the Fenice, or in others orchestras. In the years of the seminary I don't interrupt this way but I continue it. There are many recitals and musical I realised with the youngs; this was an happy way of meeting and convers each other. In 1987 I participate, thanks to the invitation of Don Giosy Cento, to the compilation of young pop-singer composers with the song "I couldn't believe".

My experiences
In 1993, after becoming a priest, the first pastoral experiences started and time by time they revealed to be an important store, with many countenances stories and dreams to be told. In the wake of franciscan sensitivity, I discover life ways who touch realities that are frequently far away from the daily life. Together with the youngs we tested a life rich of very strong humanities. The summer time gives you the opportunity to call upon all of your resouces: there are the itinerary courses between Gubbio and Assisi, Pieve di Romena and Camaldoli, Rome, in the Holy Earth, and then the experience of Barbiana and of the family-houses of the Association Papa Giovanni XXIII. Each person that we met has stimulated our mind and heart. After coming back home, we looked around...: in this way it was born the welcome for Aziz, Tarek, Mohamed and Zaccaria who used to live in hovels very close to the bridge Brenta. And then the hospitality organized for deteined on leave....or the opening of a evening school in our zone according to the way of Don Milani. All of this it was a good way for our personal growth: questions, moments of uncertainty, of discomfort; but there is lots of life in the days of people who stay together with us.

My music
The words of the songs are born from lived situations with the groups and the most simple people. I think that every young must be "interpreted" and the music he is listening is like a track that drives you to his heart. So it is not me speaking, composing, writing, but it is a US coming from this musical intuitions. In these years there were also many opportunities for singing: in 1997 I published "It's us" that was a part of the musical survey "Let's sing Life"; in 1999 "We come back to You" wins the national competition in San Severino Marche. In the meantime I partecipated to some activities of the Young Pastoral diocese.
In 2001 at the competition "Let's sing Life" of Pavia, I presented the song "Being like you". After three working years on books and of musical searching, the time is ready: together with Multimedia San Paolo I publish my first cd "Everywhere, you are there". It was really an equipè-job. Arrangements and artistical direction have been given to Umberto Sansovini and to Adelmo Musso. We have then chosen each instrumentalist with the best care, to be able to realize something perfect for the evangelical words that were written and song. With M Salvatore corazza, M Maurizio Galli and M. Massimo Fumanti we realised a very intense sound, opened to every kind of music, that converse with the young-world.
In summer 2001 the surprise of being in the newspapers, tvs...has given us an incredible push in the confirmation that our testimony could arrive to the earth of people. There are now many concerts all over Italy and I love to go there with all of my rock-band: 12 wonderful youngs! A musical collaboration that is life and projects-sharing.

Not just music
In my priest experience it was very important meeting don Marco and don Oscar of the Padua's diocese. They were from long time busy in the big young-planet, busy in the areas of first-welcome of the "Lasts"... We started with them a long way and this cd "Everywhere, you are there has become a project: apart from the musical part, during the concert they have the time for explaining their "life-experience" together with the hosts of the welcome-houses or of the people who are directly living the fraternity experience.
Concert after concert we have that feeling of being "full" that comes from the being close to the other. We are in fact conscious of the importance of helping the community with this proposal. Singing the Gospel to cultivate a Faith who must not loose any enthusiasm and sulky is the focus of our vocation....for not staying in the normality and in the banality...