Silvia Bocca’s origin is in Ostana - her grandmother was born in Ostana part Ciampetti. Silvia began her study of singing in 2000. In 2009, she enrolled in the Alto Perfezionamento Musicale (APM) in Saluzzo, Italy, where she was introduced to jazz language and vocals. In 2013 she was admitted to the Ghedini Conservatory of Cuneo, where she studied Jazz Singing and obtained her Level I diploma with the thesis “SAUDADE - Antonio Carlos Jobim.” A student of Tiziana Ghiglioni, in 2019 she obtained her Level II degree with the thesis “ECHOES - Carla Bley.”

Both as a soloist and as a member of jazz ensembles, she performs in numerous music festivals and reviews; among them “Jazz Visions,” during which she participates in the recording of the album MOOD'S. In the summers of 2015 and 2017 she is a resident singer at the Harlem Jazz Club in Barcelona and the Rivera Jazz Club in Bilbao. In 2015 she undertook studies at the three-year school of Music & Therapy (APIM) in Turin. From 2016 to present she has been teaching in private schools and in parallel to her role as a singing teacher she has been conducting music therapy workshops at state and private schools and health facilities in the province of Cuneo and Turin from 2017 to present.

Silvia is also the voice of the “Silvia Bocca Trio,” a jazz trio composed of herself on vocals, Alessandro Chiappetta on guitar and Francesco Bertone on double bass. The trio performs a repertoire ranging from the great American songbook to bossanova and bebop.

Silvia's roots are in the Upper Valley. Her grandmother, Catterina Emma Lombardo, was born and raised in Ostana, part of the municipality of Crissolo in 1936, in a family that was large for today but normal for the time, consisting of a brother, Chiaffredo, and four sisters: Adelina, Felicina, and Elvia. Out of love, Emma moved to Oncino, where Silvia's mother, Claudia, and her brother, Silvia's godfather Piero, grew up. Unfortunately, both Grandma Emma and Piero have been gone for two years.

In Oncino, the family has operated a trattoria, bar, edible and tobacco shop since Emma's mother-in-law. This place was an important center of gathering, where spontaneous folk songs, including in Occitan, were often born. Silvia has a special bond with Ostana and Oncino, places where she has many fond memories and that are always a great gathering place for her cousins.

She grew up listening to her grandmother Emma and her sisters sing at every opportunity. She never missed an opportunity to sing together. From them she learned the art of singing, but also fundamental values such as kindness and joie de vivre. Emma and her sisters taught her to sing not only with her voice, but also with her heart. For Silvia, Ostana is represented by the flowers that were sown and picked in the Ciampetti house, where her grandmother was born, and their laughter that filled the air.

These memories and deep ties make Ostana and Oncino not only family places, but also sources of inspiration and comfort for Silvia.