During the Sanremo 2026 Cover eveninga lightning-fast back and forth between Laura Pausini And Carolina Bubbico it shook the Ariston liturgy. While Pausini was preparing to present Ditonellapiaga, she introduced the conductor with the classic title of “maestro”. The correction arrived live nationally, dry and decisive: «Call me teacher»exclaimed Bubbico from the podium, reopening one of the most debated linguistic issues in contemporary Italian music.
The curtain: «Call me teacher»
A moment of rupture that found Pausini immediately ready to join the team. Instead of a cold embarrassment, an instant of authentic complicity was born between the two. «Ah, do you prefer teacher? Okay, so I want you baby!”, replied the world pop star, then repeating with emphasis: «Then Master Carolina Bubbico directs». The audience welcomed the gesture with long applause, transforming what might have seemed like an angry reproach into a manifesto of awareness in front of millions of spectators.
Who is Carolina Bubbico, from the Blue Notes to the history of the Sanremo Festival
Born in Lecce in 1990, Carolina Bubbico she is a multifaceted musician: pianist, singer and teacher of Pop Singing at the Conservatory of his city. She is by no means a debutant at Ariston. In 2015 it was the youngest arranger ever to tread that stage, guiding Il Volo towards victory. After conducting Elodie in 2023, she returned this year to elevate Ditonellapiaga’s electronic piece into a symphonic guise. Her versatility has taken her all the way to the clubs Blue Notes of Tokyo and Beijing, confirming it as an absolute technical excellence.
«We must persevere more than men»
For the director from Salento, the wand is an instrument of creation, not of pure power. In an interview given to Courier TV after the Cover evening at Sanremo 2026, she explained how complex it is for a woman to impose herself in this role: «I try to bring forward quality, putting it before my aesthetics. Must persevere incredibly, probably more than mento find a recognized space.” For her, every gesture on the podium only makes sense if linked to her music: «I like directing because I direct something I wrote»he concluded, claiming the effort of those who put talent before image.
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