Giorgio Consolini (28 August 1920,
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
– 28 April 2012,
Bologna
Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...
) was an Italian singer. In 1954, he won 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 partnership with
Gino Latilla
Gennaro "Gino" Latilla (7 November 1924, Bari – 11 September 2011, Florence) was an Italian singer. In 1954 he won the Sanremo Music Festival in partnership with Giorgio Consolini
Giorgio Consolini (28 August 1920, Bologna – 28 April 2012, ...
, with the song "Tutte le mamme".
Biographical notes
On 5 October 2008, Consolini participated in ''Omaggio a
Pino Rucher
Pino Rucher (1 January 1924 – 16 August 1996) was an Italian guitarist active in orchestral settings and in film soundtracks.
Biographical notes and musical career
Early life
Rucher started playing the guitar when his father came back from t ...
, una vita per la chitarra'' ("Homage to
Pino Rucher
Pino Rucher (1 January 1924 – 16 August 1996) was an Italian guitarist active in orchestral settings and in film soundtracks.
Biographical notes and musical career
Early life
Rucher started playing the guitar when his father came back from t ...
, a life for the guitar"). The event, in honor of
Pino Rucher
Pino Rucher (1 January 1924 – 16 August 1996) was an Italian guitarist active in orchestral settings and in film soundtracks.
Biographical notes and musical career
Early life
Rucher started playing the guitar when his father came back from t ...
(
RAI
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guitarist) twelve years after his death, was sponsored by the municipal authorities of
Manfredonia
Manfredonia is a town and commune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, from which it is northeast by rail. Manfredonia is situated on the coast, facing east, to the south of Monte Gargano, and gives its name to the gulf to the east of i ...
and by the authorities of the
Province of Foggia
The Province of Foggia ( it, Provincia di Foggia ; Foggiano: ) is a province in the Apulia (Puglia) region of southern Italy.
This province is also known as Daunia, after the Daunians, an Iapygian pre-Roman tribe living in Tavoliere plain, and ...
.
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Italian pop singers
Italian folk singers
1920 births
2012 deaths
Musicians from Bologna
Sanremo Music Festival winners
20th-century Italian male singers