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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 ...
(
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guitarist) twelve years after his death, was sponsored by the municipal authorities of
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and by the authorities of the
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.


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Consolini, Giorgio Italian pop singers Italian folk singers 1920 births 2012 deaths Musicians from Bologna Sanremo Music Festival winners 20th-century Italian male singers