The first evening of the Sanremo Festival 2024 pauses to remember Giògiò Cutolo, the young Neapolitan musician killed on the streets of Naples - near Piazza Municipio - after an argument last August. His dream would have been to play for the Arison orchestra: «And I'm sure he would have made it one day» said Amadeus when announcing Daniela Cutolo, Giògiò's mother.
A long letter from Daniela Cutolo, to bring to the Ariston the memory of Giògiò: «My son, you were supposed to play at Sanremo and I asked you to come with you. I was curious to see Sanremo, you told me it was beautiful: a Naples with a French spark» she reads in the letter.
A hug with Amadeus and with the flowers of Sanremo before remembering Naples: «If you ever had to leave Naples one day, this Sanremo would have been the only city where you would have moved. You watched your horn teacher play at the Ariston with admiration and pride. I told you that you would play here one day too and that day has come. Love is the opposite of death, tonight you live through the music you loved».