“You don’t have to be invulnerable to be strong. Quite the opposite.”

The album “Alles Bleibt” is a close-up of a crisis caused by the feeling of not functioning. And about overcoming it. Sober and clear in all her vulnerability, Violetta Parisini sings of a life that is unsettling and painful and yet entirely worth living. She has given birth to two kids, reorganised herself during a self-imposed break from the stage and written quite a few songs: Violetta Parisini is back, perhaps changed, but in familiar intimacy with her audience.

This time Parisini writes in her mother tongue German, which has given her lyrics more density. The music takes us beyond the singer-songwriter clichés into a world of complex rhythms and animated melodies. Bass and drums, guitar, strings and trombones, a saxophone blaring out what cannot be said, they all orbit around the straightforward yet present voice that is telling us what’s on its mind. Without drama, but with urgency.

“You don’t have to be invulnerable to be strong. Quite the opposite.”

The album “Alles Bleibt” is a close-up of a crisis caused by the feeling of not functioning. And about overcoming it. Sober and clear in all her vulnerability, Violetta Parisini sings of a life that is unsettling and painful and yet entirely worth living. She has given birth to two kids, reorganised herself during a self-imposed break from the stage and written quite a few songs: Violetta Parisini is back, perhaps changed, but in familiar intimacy with her audience.

This time Parisini writes in her mother tongue German, which has given her lyrics more density. The music takes us beyond the singer-songwriter clichés into a world of complex rhythms and animated melodies. Bass and drums, guitar, strings and trombones, a saxophone blaring out what cannot be said, they all orbit around the straightforward yet present voice that is telling us what’s on its mind. Without drama, but with urgency.