Giuseppe Anastasi (born 23 August 1976) is an

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composer and musician from

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Life and career

Anastasi was born to a father from

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and a mother from Palermo. At the age of 21, he was admitted to a music school in

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, ''Cet di Mogol''. In 2001 he collaborated with

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, whom he wrote the song "Son resuscitato" and five years later, in 2006, he participated in the music festival Musicultura, where he reached to the final of the event with the song "Lo specchio". When he was working in the CET, as an assistant, he met with

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. He composed "

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" for her, along with composers Maurizio Filardo and Giuseppe Mangiaracina, which won the "Newcomers' section" and the "Critic's prize" of

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. In 2011, he composed the song "Sensi" for

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. He won the

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as a composer with the song "

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" by Arisa.

References

1976 births Living people Italian male composers Sanremo Music Festival Composers from Sicily Musicians from Palermo {{Italy-composer-stub