About Velcanto – professional Luxury Close-up Magician based in Rome, Italy
I’ve wanted to be an actor since middle school.
Right after high school I moved to Milan to study acting, mime and theatre and I’ve been working as an actor for twenty years now.
Magic came later, when I was about twenty-five. I started with children’s shows, then kept studying and practising until I had the technique to perform for adults.
Kids are still part of my work, but close-up magic for adults has taken over.
A few years ago I realised the two jobs are really the same.
A magician, like an actor, plays a character: he gives the audience the illusion that he can do those things, that he has lived that story.
I don’t think you can be a good magician without studying acting and magic, in return, teaches an actor what to hide and what to show.
I love improvising. Not all guests are the same and not everyone enjoys magic in the same way, so I stay very focused to read the room, understand where to go and what to do and leave each table with good energy and the wish to see more.
I’ve performed at the St. Regis Rome, at A.S. Roma’s Christmas party, where I got to do magic for the players and at the Vatican for Pope Francis’s birthday: a morning I’ll never forget.
I’m also a director and screenwriter, with more than thirteen short films behind me.
After all these years of work, I still get nervous before the first table.
"Elegant and smiling, he gave us a fun, light and carefree evening. His tricks are surprising, and you can choose them from the table!"
"Velcanto was the best choice I could make to make the evening special and unforgettable for me and my guests. You can choose from a long list of tricks, and he was phenomenal at entertaining everyone."
"The guests and we were very satisfied: you were very good, original and never intrusive. Table magic was a fantastic idea. You made a long lunch of many courses joyful and magical, and something new for all of us. You left everyone open-mouthed, adults and children."
"Velcanto was fantastic: he made my sister’s 60th birthday sophisticated and modern. His charisma and his hands enchanted our guests."
