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RESONANCE, Next Step Live. Artists from the Saint Louis label are performing live on the panoramic terrace of the W Rome.

“Resonance” continues—a series born out of a collaboration between W Rome and Saint Louis College of Music to bring live music to Rome’s most iconic venues. After the festival’s first events, which were dedicated to electronic music and clubbing, the next show is set to change the pace completely. On Thursday, July 23, from 9:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., the stage will feature artists who share the same journey: that of training and record production under the Saint Louis label. An opportunity to hear the new Saint Louis productions performed live.

The stars of the evening are Chiara Osso, Vivida, and Isabo, artists involved in the project Next Stepproject, along with special guest Bohris (Silvio Padovani), already known to the public for his appearance in the docu-series Playing Memories on RaiPlay in the episodes dedicated to the performance “Will Be.”

Line up

Resonance is the festival through which Saint Louis brings its artistic productions outside of academic settings, into an urban context other than a theater or a club. Born out of a collaboration with W Rome, the series has already featured several events in recent months and continues to offer young artists from the school an additional platform—one capable of reaching a diverse audience and putting their studio work to the test in a live setting.

Next Step: The Project That Supports Emerging Talent

Chiara Osso and Vivida are part of Next Step, the initiative through which Saint Louis won the “Per Chi Crea” competition, sponsored by the Ministry of Cultureand SIAE. The project is aimed at musicians under 35 and offers a program that combines record production with professional training: recording, mixing, and mastering of tracks; production of official music videos; national promotion; and a series of workshops with professionals from the music and recording industries, focusing on topics such as music branding, business models, and new technologies applied to music.

The tracks produced by Next Step are released under the Saint Louis Music Production label. The project, therefore, does not end with the writing and recording of a single, but continues to support the artist through its public release and live performance, as will be the case on the evening of July 23 at W Rome.

Chiara Osso and Vivida: Next Step’s vocalists on stage

The two artists represent two distinct paths within the same project, united by the work they did in the Saint Louis studios alongside producers, arrangers, and vocal coaches. For both of them, the transition from writing in the classroom to the stage at W Rome marks a milestone in the journey that began with Next Step, which also includes the digital distribution of the songs on streaming platforms and a promotional campaign coordinated by the school’s communications office.

Isabo and Bohris: Two More Members of Saint Louis

Alongside the Next Step artists, the evening features Isabo, who is participating in the Next Step program as an auditor, and special guest Bohris—the stage name of Silvio Padovani, an artist produced by Saint Louis Music Production and a former star of *Playing Memories*, the docuseries available on RaiPlay dedicated to the school’s artistic journeys and musical productions. As part of the project, Bohris conceived and directed *Will Be*, a multidisciplinary performance that combined music, visuals, and storytelling. Its presence at W Rome offers a vantage point on a more advanced stage of the same type of journey that today involves the school’s new productions: academic training, in-house record production, and participation in projects that extend beyond the school’s boundaries, culminating in a television program broadcast on a national platform.