Luigi (Gino) De Crescenzo (born 5 March 1964), best known as Pacifico, is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer and musician.

Background

Born in

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, the son of a Neapolitan father and mother from Salerno, at 16 years old De Crescenzo formed his first band, "La Goccia". After graduating in political science and various experiences through rock, jazz, and fusion, in 1989 he formed together with Luca Gemma "Rossomaltese", a group in whom De Crescenzo was composer and guitarist. After the group disbanded he collaborated with the director

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, composing the score of the film ''South Side Story'' and the incidental music for the play ''Invece che all’una alle due''. In 2000 De Crescenzo adopted the stage name Pacifico, making his solo record debut in 2001 with a critically acclaimed album with the same name. In 2004 he entered the main competition at the

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Discography

*2001 - ''Pacifico'' *2004 - ''Musica leggera'' *2006 - ''Dolci frutti tropicali'' *2009 - ''Dentro ogni casa'' *2012 - ''Una voce non basta'' *2013 - ''In cosa credi'' (EP)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacifico 1964 births Singers from Milan Italian pop singers Italian jazz singers Italian male singers Living people Italian male singer-songwriters Italian singer-songwriters Italian male composers Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers Male jazz musicians