Fio Zanotti (born Fiorenzo Zanotti on 20 November 1949) is an Italian record producer, arranger, conductor, composer and multiinstrumentalist. Born in

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, Zanotti graduated from the conservatory of his hometown as a conductor. His first musical experiences were as an accordionist in the Linetti Orchestra, and an organist in the musical group Judas. In 1980 he started a long collaboration with

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. He has also collaborated with a number of other notable Italian artists and groups, including

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(for whom he produced and arranged many albums in the 1980s),

Zucchero Fornaciari Adelmo Fornaciari (; born 25 September 1955), more commonly known by his stage name Zucchero Fornaciari or simply Zucchero (), is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter. His stage name is the Italian word for "sugar", as his elementary teach ...

Adriano Celentano Adriano Celentano (; born 6 January 1938) is an Italian musician, singer, composer, actor, and filmmaker. He is dubbed "''il Molleggiato''" (the springy one) because of his dancing. Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both commercial and ...

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, and

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. In the 1990s he was a member of the

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. From the late 1990s onward he conducted for numerous

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television programs. Since 1990 he has participated in almost every edition of the

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- as composer, arranger, producer, conductor - winning several editions including the 1999 edition (conducting the song ''Senza pietà'' by

) and the "Nuove Proposte" section in 2010 (conducting the winning song ''Il linguaggio della resa'' by Tony Maiello).

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zanotti, Fio 1949 births Musicians from Bologna Living people Eurovision Song Contest conductors Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini alumni Italian composers Italian male composers Italian record producers