Piergiorgio Farina (25 April 1933 – 28 July 2008) was an Italian jazz violinist, composer and singer.
Career
Born Piergiorgio Farinelli in
Goro,
Ferrara
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, Farina was the cousin of the singer
Milva
Maria Ilva Biolcati, (; 17 July 1939 – 23 April 2021), known as Milva (), was an Italian singer, stage and film actress, and television personality. She was also known as ''La Rossa'' (Italian for "The Redhead"), due to the characteristic co ...
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He started his career performing in
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's ballrooms, and had his breakout in the second half of the 1960s thanks to his participation to the
RAI
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musical variety ''
Settevoci''.
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In 1968 he entered the competition 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 couple with Orietta Berti
Orietta Berti (born Orietta Galimberti on 1 June 1943) is an Italian pop-folk singer and television personality.
Biography
Born in Cavriago, Berti began her career in 1962 and had her first success in 1965 with the song "Tu sei quello" (You ...
with the song ″Tu che non sorridi mai″, while in the 1975 edition of the Festival he was cast to perform on violin all the competing songs.[ He was also a sax, double bass and piano musician.
His son Bruno is also a musician.]
Discography
;Albums
References
External links
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Piergiorgio Farina
at Discogs
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1933 births
2008 deaths
Italian composers
People from the Province of Ferrara
20th-century Italian male singers
Italian jazz singers
Italian pop singers
Italian violinists
Male violinists
Jazz violinists
20th-century violinists
Male jazz musicians