Lorenzo Baglioni
Bella, Prof!

LA RECENSIONE

Lorenzo Baglioni, a young professor of mathematics and physics with a passion for music, one day asked himself: "Is there a method to teach things in a more fun way?"

From that moment, Baglioni began writing songs with a peculiarity: they are indeed "educational" songs, dedicated to explaining topics more easily, mostly for high school but also university, spanning various musical genres such as Trap (Logaritmi), Reggaeton (El Corazon), and House (La perifrastica passiva), genres very popular among young people, although quite distant from my musical tastes. Nonetheless, Baglioni has also written Punk songs (La classificazione dei silicati), Heavy Metal (La derivata), or even inspired by "opera buffa" (Le leggi di Mendel).

In 2018 comes the turning point, first with participation at Sanremo in the "Nuove Proposte" section, then the release of the first studio album titled "Bella, Prof!", with all tracks being "educational songs," covering various topics from different school subjects: Mathematics (Logaritmi, Il teorema di Ruffini), Physics (Il modello atomico, I principi della termodinamica, Il piano inclinato), Chemistry (Le Ossidoriduzioni), Astronomy (Le leggi di Keplero), Geology (La classificazione dei silicati), but also Italian (Il congiuntivo, L'apostrofo) and Latin (La perifrastica passiva).

Personally, I found the idea of "educational songs" to be ingenious. Since the album came out, every time I have a Physics or Earth Science test, the day before I listen to one of his songs, partly as a good luck charm, partly to remind myself of the concepts.

The good Baglioni then released an extended play called "Collage" two years later, which includes a song called "Se non ci fosse la morte," aimed at a younger audience, teaching that death, despite being seen as a dreadful figure, is nonetheless part of the life cycle for everyone.