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Patrizia Laquidara
Patrizia Laquidara ( Catania, October 29, 1972) is an Italian singer. Biography Patrizia Laquidara was born in Catania, on the island of Sicily. When she was very young her family moved to a small town in northern Italy, region Veneto, province of Vicenza, where she began studying music and playing in piano bars during weekends. In 1998 she attended a course at CET music school, as composer and singer of popular music of Lombardy and Veneto. This school is run by the well-known Mogol, who wrote the texts of Lucio Battisti songs. She is also interested in the music of many Mediterranean countries and in the music of central Europe and the Balkan region. She often tours Italy with her group, the Hotel Rif. In 1999 one of her songs, "Stella nascente", was included on an album titled ''Canzoni per Ornella Vanoni e Mario Lavezzi'', but her true love at the time was for Brazilian music. Her first solo album, in 2001, was titled '' Para você querido Caé'' (For you, dear Caetan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by the presence of important road and rail transport infrastructures as well as by the main airport in Sicily, fifth in Italy. It is located on Sicily's east coast, at the base of the active volcano, Mount Etna, and it faces the Ionian Sea. It is the capital of the 58-municipality region known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is the seventh-largest metropolitan city in Italy. The population of the city proper is 311,584, while the population of the Metropolitan City of Catania is 1,107,702. Catania was founded in the 8th century BC by Chalcidian Greeks. The city has weathered multiple geologic catastrophes: it was almost completely destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169. A major eruption and lava flow from nearby Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Vanoni
Ornella Vanoni (; born 22 September 1934) is an Italian singer-songwriter and actress. She is one of the longest-standing Italian artists, having started performing in 1956. She has released about 112 works between LP, EPs and greatest hits albums, and is considered one of most popular interpreters of Italian pop music. During her long career she has sold over 65 million records. Artistic career Vanoni started her artistic career in 1960 as a theatre actress. She mostly performed in Bertolt Brecht works, under the direction of Giorgio Strehler at his Piccolo Teatro in Milan. At the same time, she started a music career. The folklore and popular songs she explored in her early records, especially the ones about the criminal underworld in Milan, resulted in her receiving the nickname ("Underworld Singer"). Vanoni scored two major hits in 1963 with " Senza Fine" and "Che cosa c'è", both written for her by Gino Paoli. In 1964 she won the Festival of Neapolitan song with "Tu si n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Dillett
Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or Patricius, Bishop of Dublin *Patrick, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1122–1168), Anglo-Norman nobleman *Patrick (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian right-back *Patrick (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian striker *Patrick (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian midfielder *Patrick (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian right-back *Patrick (footballer, born May 1998), Brazilian forward *Patrick (footballer, born November 1998), Brazilian attacking midfielder *Patrick (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian defender *Patrick (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian defender *John Byrne (Scottish playwright) (born 1940), also a painter under the pseudonym Patrick *Don Harris (wrestler) (born 1960), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Patrick Film *P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arto Lindsay
Arthur Morgan "Arto" Lindsay (born May 28, 1953) is an American guitarist, singer, record producer and experimental composer. He was a member of the pioneering 1970s no wave group DNA, which featured on the 1978 compilation ''No New York''. In the 1980s, he formed the group Ambitious Lovers. He also performed with The Golden Palominos and The Lounge Lizards. He has a distinctive soft voice and an often noisy, self-taught guitar style consisting almost entirely of unconventional extended techniques, described by Brian Olewnick as "studiedly naïve ... sounding like the bastard child of Derek Bailey". Music Although Lindsay was born in the United States, he grew up in Brazil. In the late 1970s, he helped form the no wave band DNA with Ikue Mori and Robin Crutchfield, although Tim Wright of Pere Ubu soon replaced Crutchfield. In 1978, DNA was featured on the four-band sampler ''No New York'' (produced by Brian Eno) In the early 1980s, Lindsay performed on early albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funambola
''Funambola'' is an album of the Italian singer Patrizia Laquidara, released in 2007 by Ponderosa Music&Art. It includes 13 songs and it is inspired by the French tightrope walker Philippe Petit, who walked on a steel wire between the Twin Towers of New York City. Tightrope walking has this time both a physical and an intimate meaning, as a never ending research of a mental equilibrium, perhaps lasting, when found, only the space of a morning. Intimate thought and introspection are actually the main themes of Patrizia Laquidara's songs. Colombo, S (2007). "Laquidara "funambola" delle emozioni viaggia sul filo della canzone d'autore", ''Corriere della Sera'', ''August 31, 2007'' p. 9 Tracks # Pioggia senza zucchero – 3.36 – (P. Laquidara) # Se qualcuno – 3.45 – (P. Laquidara, A. Canto) # Senza pelle – 4.00 – ( G. Casale – R. Tarantino) # Nuove confusioni – 4.00 – (P. Laquidara) # L'equilibrio è un miracolo – 4.08 – (P. Laquidara, E. Cirillo – A. Canto) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Veronesi
Giovanni Veronesi (born 1962) is an Italian film screenwriter, actor and director. Born in Prato, he is the brother of the writer Sandro Veronesi. He started his career writing scripts for directors such as Francesco Nuti, Leonardo Pieraccioni, Massimo Ceccherini and Carlo Verdone. He debuted as film director with ''Maramao'' in 1987, before reaching commercial success with ''What Will Happen to Us'' (2004). He is known for his ''Manual of Love'' romantic comedy trilogy: '' Manual of Love'' (2005), ''Manual of Love 2'' (2007) and ''The Ages of Love'' (2011). His partner is actress Valeria Solarino, whom Veronesi directed in ''What Will Happen to Us''. Filmography Film director *''Maramao'' (1987) *'' For Love, Only for Love'' (1993) *'' Silenzio... si nasce'' (1996) *''The Barber of Rio'' (1996) *''Viola Kisses Everybody'' (1998) *''Gunslinger's Revenge'' (1998) *'' Witches to the North'' (2001) *''What Will Happen to Us'' (2004) *'' Manual of Love'' (2005) *''Manual of Love 2' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuale D'amore
''Manual of Love'' ( it, Manuale d'amore) is a 2005 Italian blockbuster romantic comedy film in four quartets. It was directed by Giovanni Veronesi, who made two sequels, '' Manuale d'amore 2 – Capitoli successivi'' in 2007, and ''Manuale d'amore 3'' in 2011. Plot Each of the four episodes follows a different couple, focusing on a particular stage of a typical love relationship: *Innamoramento (''falling in love''): Giulia and Tommaso (Jasmine Trinca and Silvio Muccino) meet by chance. He falls in love on the spot; although initially Giulia doesn't return his sentiments, a romantic dinner leads the relationship to bloom and develop into an actual marriage proposal. *Crisi (''crisis''): Barbara and Marco (Margherita Buy and Sergio Rubini) are a couple going through a crisis, close to divorce. She is the stereotypical wife, full of initiative which her husband does not share. He on the other hand gets more and more boring in his routine. *Tradimento (''cheating''): A traffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indirizzo Portoghese
''Indirizzo portoghese'' is the second album of the Italian singer Patrizia Laquidara, released in 2003 by Genius Records/Virgin Records. It includes 13 songs. Tracks # ''Mielato'' - 3.16 - (P. Laquidara - A. Canto, Bungaro) # ''Indirizzo portoghese'' - 3.31 - (P. Laquidara - P. Laquidara, A. Canto) # ''Caotico'' - 3.14 - (P. Laquidara - A. Canto) # ''Dentro qui'' - 3.55 - (P. Laquidara - A. Canto, P. Laquidara) # ''Sciroppo di mirtilli'' - 3.58 - (P. Laquidara - A. Canto) # ''Kanzi'' - 3.40 - (P. Laquidara - D. Sarno, Bungaro) # ''Agisce'' - 3.36 - (P. Laquidara - Bungaro) # ''Le rose'' - 3.14 - (G. Lapi - F. Mesolella, F. Spinetti) # ''Essenzialmente'' - 2.51 - (P. Laquidara - P. Baù) # ''Per causa d'amore'' - 3.35 - (Kaballà - M. Venuti) # ''Uirapuro'' - 2.56 - (H. Valdemar) # ''Lividi e fiori'' - 3.54 - (A. Romanelli, P. Laquidara - Bungaro, P. Laquidara) # ''Cu cu rru cu cù paloma'' - 3.45 - (T. Méndez) Singles * ''Indirizzo portoghese'' * ''Agisce'', also in the Port ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mia Martini
Mia Martini (; born Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè ; 20 September 1947 – 12 May 1995) was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician.James Christopher MongerMia Martini allmusic.com raiuno.rai.it. April 2000 She is considered, by many experts, one of the most important and expressive female voices of , characterised by her interpretative intensity and her soulful performance. Her debut album, ''Oltre la collina'' with the song "Padre davvero" is regarded as one of the best Italian albums made by a female artist."I miti musica" n. 18, "Mia Martini", Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 1999 Hit songs like " |
Sanremo Music Festival
The Sanremo Music Festival, officially the Italian Song Festival () and commonly known as just (), is the most popular Italian song contest and awards ceremony, held annually in the city of Sanremo, Liguria. It is the longest-running annual TV music competition in the world on a national level (making it one of the world's longest-running television programmes) and it is also the basis and inspiration for the annual Eurovision Song Contest. Unlike other awards in Italy, the Sanremo Music Festival is a competition for new songs, not an award to previous successes (like the for television, the for stage performances, and the Premio David di Donatello for motion pictures). The first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival, held between 29 and 31 January 1951, was broadcast by RAI's radio station Rete Rossa, and its only three participants were Nilla Pizzi, Achille Togliani, and Duo Fasano. Starting from 1955, all editions of the festival have been broadcast live by the Itali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bungaro
Antonio Calò (born 23 May 1964), known professionally as Bungaro, is an Italian singer-songwriter. Biography He participated twice at the "Newcomers" section of the Sanremo Music Festival in 1988 and 1991, and debuted in the main section at Sanremo 2004 with the song "Guardastelle". In 2010, his album ''Arte'' was awarded with the Premio Lunezia. Together with Ornella Vanoni and Pacifico, he returned at the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 with the song "Imparare ad amarsi". In the 2019 edition, he participated as a guest in a duet with Francesco Renga Pierfrancesco Renga (born 12 June 1968 in Udine, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the Sanremo Music Festival in 2005 with the song ''Angelo''. In 2001 he won the Mia Martini critics award at Sanremo Festival. He also took part in t ... performing "Aspetto che torni". Discography Studio albums * ''Sulla punta della lingua'' (1988) * ''Cantare fa più bene'' (1990) * ''Ci perdiamo in tanti'' (1992) * ''Tutto d' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caetano Veloso
Caetano Emanuel Viana Teles Veloso (; born 7 August 1942) is a Brazilian composer, singer, guitarist, writer, and political activist. Veloso first became known for his participation in the Brazilian musical movement Tropicalismo, which encompassed theatre, poetry and music in the 1960s, at the beginning of the Brazilian military dictatorship that took power in 1964. He has remained a constant creative influence and best-selling performing artist and composer ever since. Veloso has won nine Latin Grammy Awards and two Grammy Awards. On November 14, 2012, Veloso was honored as the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. Veloso was one of seven children born into the family of José Telles Velloso (commonly known as ''Seu Zeca''), a government official, and Claudionor Viana Telles Veloso (known as ''Dona Canô''). He was born in the city of Santo Amaro da Purificação, in Bahia, a state in the eastern area of Brazil, but moved to Salvador, the state capital, as a college ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
