Enzo Rao (born January 13, 1957, in

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) is an Italian musician who plays a number of instruments, including

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

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, saz, jaw harp and

violin The violin, sometimes known as a ''fiddle'', is a wooden chordophone (string instrument) in the violin family. Most violins have a hollow wooden body. It is the smallest and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in the family in regular ...

, in a variety of folk and popular styles. He has performed with artists like

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and Claudio Lo Cascio. In 1988 he founded the project ''Shamal'' which combines music from across the Mediterranean region. Rao has won the first prize in the National Composer Contest held by

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for his song "In viaggio!". Rao has also worked in composition for film scores.

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1957 births Living people Musicians from Palermo Composers from Sicily Jaw harp players 20th-century Italian composers 21st-century Italian composers {{Italy-composer-stub