Giampiero Artegiani (14 May 1955 – 4 February 2019)
was an Italian singer-songwriter, lyricist and producer.

Life and career

Born in

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, at ten years old Artegiani learned to play banjo and guitar. In 1972 he joined the progressive rock group

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, and after the band disbanded he worked several years as a

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. In the late 1970s he founded the pop band I Carillon, and in the early 1980s he started a solo career as a singer-songwriter. In 1983 he won

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with the song "Storia di un buffone".Enzo Giannelli. "Artegiani, Giampiero". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. In 1984 and 1986 Artegiani participated at the

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, with the critically well-received songs "Acqua alta in piazza San Marco" and "Le rondini sfioravano il grano". From the late 1980s on Artegiani focused his activities into producing and composing lyrics for other artists, notably

Michele Zarrillo Michele Zarrillo (born 13 June 1957) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is mainly known for hits such as "Una rosa blu" (A blue rose), "Cinque giorni" (Five days), L'elefante e la farfalla (The elephant and the butterfly) and "La notte dei pens ...

and Silvia Salemi. His song " Perdere l'amore", performed by

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, won the 38th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.

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