Last night in Italy, 23-year-old Valentin Tkachenko – a blind musician from Saratov met the star of the world opera scene Andrea Bocelli.

The famous Italian tenor lost his sight in childhood, but was able to fully realize his talent. The young Valentin Tkachenko’s dream of meeting with the his idol was realized thanks to the honored artist of Russia Zara. Valentin loves everything Italian – the language, the culture, people and cuisine. But most of all he’s into the Italian music. Since childhood Valentin is Andrea Boccelli’s fan. Andrea went blind when he was 12, but it didn’t stop him to be successful singer. Valentin was born blind. Boccelli’s story inspired him to go forward, that’s why he always dreamt to meet that great singer. They met yesterday before Boccelli’s concert. The singer listened to Valentine attentively, admired the way he spoke Italian and gave him the short but meaningful guidance: to continue working no matter how much was done before. After the meeting Valentine told us that his life would never be the same since that night!

Valentine’s dream was realized thanks to Zara.