Why do we close our eyes when we sing? Turning off one of the five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch and smell), helps us to immerse in the others and this is particularly the case with sight, as is often our primary sense. By closing down the eyes, it helps us to immerse, shut out the rest of the world and zone in.
Is Bocelli completely blind?
From a young age Bocelli was afflicted with congenital glaucoma. He began taking piano lessons at age six and later played flute and saxophone. At age 12 he became totally blind after suffering a brain hemorrhage as the result of a soccer accident.
Why does Bocelli keep his eyes closed?
Notice his eyes are shut. Because Andrea Bocelli is blind and cannot see anything. Bocelli was born with congenital glaucoma, the world's top-selling classical artist was struck on the head playing football (the ball was weighted for the partially sighted), causing a haemorrhage that blinded him.