Eugenio Bennato (born 16 March 1948) is an Italian
folk
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musician and songwriter. He is the brother of the musician
Edoardo Bennato
Edoardo Bennato (born 23 July 1946, Naples, Campania, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is the brother of the singer-songwriter Eugenio Bennato.
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.
Biography
In 1969, he cofounded the folk band ''Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare'', discovered by the author
Eduardo De Filippo
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, who admitted them in his theater. After four studio records, he left and cofounded ''Musicanova'' in 1976.
The band wrote the film soundtrack of ''L'eredità della priora'',
television film
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directed by
Anton Giulio Majano
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Selected filmography Director and screenwriter
* '' The Eternal Chain'' (1952)
* '' Good Folk's Sund ...
. In the early 80's he started a solo career.
In 1989, he won a
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, with the movie ''Cavalli si nasce'', directed by Sergio Staino.
In 1990, he participated at the
Sanremo Music Festival
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with
Tony Esposito
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, playing a song called ''Novecento aufwiedersehen''.
In 1998, he founded a musical movement called ''Taranta Power'', with the aim of promoting south-Italian folk culture through music, cinema and theater.
In 2003, he wrote, along with his brother Edoardo, the soundtrack of the
animated cartoon
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''Totò Sapore e la magica storia della pizza''.
In 2006, he taught laboratory of ethnomusicology at the
Suor Orsola Benincasa University of
Naples
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.
In 2008, he returned at the Sanremo Festival with the song ''Grande Sud''.
He is a supporter of
esperanto
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language.
Discography
Nuovo Canto Popolare
* ''Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare'' (1971)
* ''NCCP'' (1973)
* ''Li Sarracini adorano lu sole'' (1974)
* ''Tarantella ca nun va 'bbona'' (1975)
Musicanova
* ''Garofano d'ammore'' (1977)
* ''Musicanova'' (1978)
* ''Quando turnammo a nascere'' (1979)
* ''Brigante se more'' (1980)
* ''Festa festa'' (1981)
Solo
* ''Eugenio Bennato'' (1983)
* ''Dulcinea'' (1984)
* ''Eughenes'' (1986)
* ''La stanza dello scirocco'' (1988)
* ''Le città di mare'' (1989)
* ''Novecento auf Wiedersehen'' (1991)
* ''Mille e una notte fa'' (1997)
* ''Taranta power'' (1999)
* ''Lezioni di tarantella'' (2000)
* ''Che il Mediterraneo sia'' (2001)
* ''Sponda Sud'' (2007)
* ''Grande Sud'' (2008)
* ''Questione meridionale'' (2011)
References
External links
Eugenio Bennato official siteTaranta Power official site
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1948 births
Living people
Musicians from Naples
Italian male singers
Italian singer-songwriters
Italian folk singers
Nastro d'Argento winners
Ciak d'oro winners