Marco Castoldi (born 23 December 1972), better known by his stage name Morgan, is an Italian singer and musician. His musical genres are mainly

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and

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, sometimes

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and

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. He has also been a judge for seven seasons in the Italian version of''

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,'' winning five of them through acts he mentored:

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(series 1 - 2008),

Matteo Becucci Matteo Becucci (born in Livorno on 4 August 1970) is an Italian pop singer and musician, best known for winning the second season of the X Factor reality singing contest in 2009. Biography In 1990, aged 20, he made his debut with performances i ...

(series 2 - 2008–9),

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(series 3 - 2009),

Chiara Galiazzo Chiara Galiazzo (; born 12 August 1986) is an Italian singer. She rose to fame in 2012, after winning the sixth season of the Italian talent show ''X Factor''. Her debut single, titled "Due respiri" and co-written by Eros Ramazzotti, was rel ...

(series 6 - 2012) and

Michele Bravi Michele Bravi (born 19 December 1994) is an Italian pop singer, songwriter and actor. He rose to fame after winning the seventh season of the Italian ''X Factor''. His coronation song, "La vita e la felicità", was penned by Tiziano Ferro and r ...

(series 7 - 2013). He is also a founding member of

Bluvertigo Bluvertigo were an Italian alternative rock band from the Milan metropolitan area. Originally formed in 1992 with the name "Golden Age", the band switched to the name Bluvertigo shortly before recording their first album. The founding members are ...

, an Italian band formed in 1992.

Discography

Solo

*2003: ''Canzoni dell'appartamento'' *2004: ''Il suono della vanità'' *2005: ''Non al denaro, non all'amore né al cielo'' *2007: ''Da A ad A'' *2008: ''È successo a Morgan'' *2009: ''Italian Songbook Volume 1'' *2010: ''Morganicomio'' *2012: ''Italian Songbook Volume 2'' Morgan Asti 2011

With Bluvertigo

*1995: ''Acidi e basi'' *1997: ''Metallo non metallo'' *1999: ''Zero - ovvero la famosa nevicata dell'85'' *2001: ''Pop Tools'' *2008: ''MTV Storytellers'' (live)

Collaborations

Franco Battiato Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym Süphan Barzani, also a painter. Battiato's songs contain esoteric, philosophical and religious themes, a ...

in album ''

Gommalacca ''Gommalacca'' (Italian for "Shellac") is a studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Franco Battiato Francesco "Franco" Battiato (; 23 March 1945 – 18 May 2021) was an Italian musician, singer, composer, filmmaker and, under the pseudonym S ...

'' *

Antonella Ruggiero Antonella Ruggiero (born 15 November 1952) is an Italian singer. Biography Antonella Ruggiero was born in Genoa, Liguria and made her first recording, ''Io Matia'' ("I Matia" in English), in 1974. Matia is the stage name under which Antonella Rug ...

in ''Registrazioni moderne'' * Alice in her albums ''Exit'', ''Personal Juke Box'' and ''Viaggio in Italia'' * Subsonica in ''Discoteca Labirinto'' *

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in album ''Nido'' *

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in ''Arsenico'' *

Mauro Pagani Mauro Pagani (born 5 February 1946) is an Italian musician and singer. Pagani was born in Chiari, Lombardy. A multi-instrumentalist, he made his debut in the music world in 1970 as violinist and founding member of the progressive rock band Pre ...

in ''Parole a caso'' *

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in ''No palco'' * Modena City Ramblers in ''Appunti partigiani'' *

Patty Pravo Patty Pravo (born Nicoletta Strambelli on 9 April 1948) is an Italian singer. She debuted in 1966 and remained most successful commercially for the rest of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Having suffered a decline in popularity in the followin ...

in ''Il vento e le rose'' * Artisti uniti per l'Abruzzo in ''Domani 21/04.09'' *

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in ''Sincero''

Producer

* Mao in ''Black Mokette'' * Soerba in ''Playback'' * La Sintesi in ''L'eroe romantico'' *

in the song ''Chi (Who)''

Filmography

*2002: ''Perduto amor'' by

*2003: ''Il siero della vanità'' by

Alex Infascelli Alex Infascelli (born 9 November 1967) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer. Life and career Born in Rome, the son of the producer Roberto and the nephew of the producer Carlo, Infascelli started his career as an assistant directo ...

- musician *2004: ''Ingannevole è il cuore più di ogni cosa'' by

Asia Argento Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with a ...

- musician *2006: ''

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'' of

Tony Gatlif Tony Gatlif (born as Michel Dahmani on 10 September 1948 in Algiers) is a French film director of Romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer. Personal Gatlif was born in Algeria of Pied noir ancestry. A ...

- interpreters Milan *2006: ''Il quarto sesso'' (2006) of

Marco Costa Marco Costa (born 7 April 1997) is an Italian footballer who plays as a centre back for Borgosesia Calcio. He began his senior career with Monza in the 2014–15 Lega Pro season, and also played at that level in 2015–16 on loan In fina ...

- musician, interprets Karl Marx

Bibliography

*1998: ''Dissoluzione'' (Bompiani - I buchi neri) *2008: ''In pArte Morgan'' (Eleuthera) *2014: "Il libro di Morgan - Io l'Amore la Musica gli Stronzi e Dio" (Einaudi stile libero)

External links

Morgan official website

Bluvertigo Myspace site

Morgan's discography on Rockit.it
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