Gianni Mazza (born 5 October 1944) is an Italian composer, conductor, arranger, singer and television personality. Born Giovanni Mazza in

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, Mazza started his career as a musician in the late 1960s. In the 1970s he started composing film and television scores and participated as conductor at 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 ...

in 1974 and in 1979. In the 1980s he became a popular television personality thanks to the participation as a conductor and a showman to some variety shows written and hosted by

Renzo Arbore Lorenzo Giovanni "Renzo" Arbore (; born 24 June 1937) is an Italian television host, singer, actor and film director. Career Arbore became nationally recognized as radio anchor man, together with Gianni Boncompagni, in the late 1960s, with ...

. In 1991 he entered the competition at the

as a singer with the ironical song "Il lazzo".

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* * * * 1944 births Musicians from Rome Living people Italian music arrangers Italian male conductors (music) Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers Italian television personalities 21st-century Italian conductors (music) 21st-century Italian male musicians Mass media people from Rome {{Italy-composer-stub

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