Giuseppe Vessicchio (born 17 March 1956) is an Italian conductor, composer, arranger, musician and television personality. He is often spelled as Beppe Vessicchio or Peppe Vessicchio.

Life and career

Born in

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, the son of an

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employee, Vessicchio frequented the Naples Conservatory without graduating. While still an university student of architecture, Vessicchio performed for a few years with the comedy ensamble

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and started collaborating with some high-profile Neapolitan singers such as Peppino di Capri, Peppino Gagliardi, Fred Bongusto,

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, Nino Buonocore. He had his professional breakout in the first half of the 1980s thanks to a long collaboration with Gino Paoli as an arranger, conductor (both in studio and in tours) and composer, penning among others Paoli's hits "Ti lascio una canzone", "Una lunga storia d'amore" and "Cosa farò da grande". Vessicchio is a popular figure of the

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, taking part at almost all the editions of the festival starting from 1990, when he served as a conductor for

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, and winning four times the critics' award for best arrangement. His collaborations include

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, Elio e le Storie Tese,

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. He is also a composer of classical music, and his camera composition "Tarantina" was performed at

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in Milan.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vessicchio, Giuseppe 1956 births Living people Musicians from Naples Italian composers Italian music arrangers Italian male songwriters Italian songwriters Italian conductors (music) Italian classical composers