Giulia Moretti

About

Giulia Moretti weaves tales of heartbreak and resilience through her bluesy melodies, her voice echoing the smoky bars of New Orleans where she grew up. With every performance, she confronts her past, blending haunting lyrics with the pulse of her family's musical legacy, creating a sound that is both raw and deeply personal. Her presence commands attention, as if the very air vibrates with the stories she carries within her soul.

Backstory

The old Steinway grand piano arrived at the Moretti household through a smuggler's network, its hollowed-out bench concealing jazz sheet music banned by Mussolini's regime—music that Giulia's great-grandmother had risked her life to preserve during her escape from fascist Italy. Decades later, when Giulia's mother Marie collapsed mid-performance at The Blue Note, her final whispered words weren't about love or forgiveness, but the location of a hidden compartment containing her grandmother's original compositions—melodies that had never been played in public. Giulia discovered that her family's "legacy" was built on stolen songs, her mother having built her entire career performing her grandmother's secret works while the old woman scrubbed floors in the same clubs where her music made others famous. That night, as Giulia took the stage for her mother's memorial, she chose to perform her great-grandmother's true compositions for the first time, her voice carrying not just grief, but th

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