Lausanne (Switzerland): The Organizing Committee unveiled the official song of Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday.
The song titled “Start now” will be one of the emblems of the Games and the expression of the values of Lausanne 2020.
“The official song of the Games is a melody that will play in our minds for weeks, months and years, notes that remind us of the shared moments of friendship,” said Virginie Faivre, President of Lausanne 2020.
Four young singers from the country’s four linguistic regions lend their voices to the song around an English chorus.
The music of composer Gaspard Colin had been kept secret for many weeks when the official song was finally unveiled.
A contest had been launched in December, 2018, to create the official song.
Students and alumni from HEMU were invited to compose the song that would accompany the best young athletes in the world and their audiences during the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games.
It was Gaspard Colin, former student of the jazz department of the HEMU, who won over the jury made up of members of the Organizing Committee, representatives of IOC and HEMU, a representative of the Lausanne 2020 Youth Council and a young volunteer.
The lyrics are sung in the four Swiss national languages by four artists – two men and two women – who gave their voices to “Start Now”: Romaine Müller (Swiss German, niece of the famous swiss skier Pirmin Zurbriggen), Davide De Vita aka “Dave De Vita” (Italian), Joanne Gaillard (French) and the Romanche rapper Ivo Orlik aka “Giganto”.
“Start now” is also the slogan of Lausanne 2020, a message aimed at inspiring our new generation to pursue its dreams.
“It’s a real honour for me to have composed this song for the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games,” said Colin.
