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 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 ...

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and

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, 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 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 alb ...

and Pacifico, he returned at the

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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'un fiato'' (1994) * ''L'attesa'' (2004) * ''Arte'' (2009) * ''Il valore del momento'' (2012)

Live albums

* ''Maredentro Live'' (2017)

References

External links

* Italian male singer-songwriters Italian singer-songwriters Italian lyricists 20th-century Italian male singers 21st-century Italian male singers People from Brindisi Living people 1964 births {{Italy-singer-stub