Lena Biolcati (born 26 January 1960) is an Italian singer, mainly successful in the second half of the 1980s.

Life and career

Born in

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, after some experiences as a chorist in 1984 Biolcati won the

Castrocaro Music Festival The Castrocaro Music Festival, also known as Concorso per Voci Nuove, is an Italian musical contest which takes place every year in the town of Castrocaro Terme e Terra del Sole, near Forlì, from 1957. The competition is exclusively reserved for ne ...

, which got her the chance to compete at the 35th edition of 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 annua ...

, where she placed third in the "Newcomers" section with the song "Innamoratevi come me".Stefano Mannucci. "Biolcati, Lena". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. The same year, she also competed at the

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in Tokyo, with the song "C’è ancora cielo". Produced by

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, in 1986 she won the Newcomers section of the Sanremo Festival with the song "Grande grande amore", and she came back to the Festival two more times, competing in the "Big Artists" section in 1987 and 1990. After a period of silence, in 2000 Biolcati opened a singing school in Rome, and starting from 2002 she relaunched her career on stage, appearing in several musicals, notably in

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's ''Pinocchio''.

Discography

;Album * 1986 - ''Lena Biolcati'' (CGD, 20505) * 1987 - ''Ballerina'' (CGD, 20625) * 1989 - ''La luna nel cortile'' (Ricordi, SMRL 6404) * 1990 - ''1990 Giorni dopo'' (Ricordi, SMRL 6413)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Biolcati, Lena 1960 births People from the Province of Novara Italian pop singers Italian women singers Living people Sanremo Music Festival winners of the newcomers section