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Giuseppe "Pippo" Rinaldi (born 7 July 1953), known by his
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Kaballà, is an Italian musician and singer-songwriter.


Biography

Kaballà has been living and working in
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for many years. His distance from
Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...
brings him to find “A lava stone bridge” which brings him back to memorable places.


LPs as singer-songwriter

* Petra Lavica (CGD 1991), is a fusion of work between popular music, rock and world music * Le Vie Dei Canti (
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1993) * Lettere Dal Fondo Del Mare (
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1996), is in the style of singer/songwriter mixed with electric sound American rock. * Astratti Furori - live (Musica & Suoni 1998) is an anthology of his best songs, reproduced in an unplugged version and recorded during a live tour.


Career as a songwriter

In 1990 he wrote Sicilian words to
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's music, "Famous serenade", sung in the film ''
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'' by
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. In 1991 he was a finalist at "Premio Tenco". In 1992 he was a guest at Recanati's "Musicultura". In 1996 he wrote the soundtrack to the Italo-Russian film ''La Delegazione'' by Alexander Galin. In 1997 he composed the soundtrack to the short film ''Amati Matti'', directed by Daniele Pignatelli, which participated in the 54th
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. In 1999 he wrote the song "Non Ti Dimentico (Se non ci fossero le nuvole)", sung by
Antonella Ruggiero Antonella Ruggiero (born 15 November 1952) is an Italian singer and song-writer, mostly known as a founding member and lead singer of the pop-rock band Matia Bazar. Ruggiero is a light soprano. Her vocal range exceeds 4 octaves thanks to the u ...
at the
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. In 2000 he was the songwriter of all the unreleased songs in the musical "Eppy, the Man Who Created the Myth of the Beatles". In 2003 he adapted all the songs from the musical '' Fame'' to Italian. In 2004 he wrote the song "Crudele", sung by Mario Venuti, winning the critique prize at the Sanremo Music Festival. In 2005: * He collaborated with
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, on the LP '' Calma apparente'' and on the unreleased songs on the double LP '' '', featuring the duets with
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and
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. * He collaborated with Mario Venuti, and they wrote four LPs. * He wrote "Echi d'infinito", sung by
Antonella Ruggiero Antonella Ruggiero (born 15 November 1952) is an Italian singer and song-writer, mostly known as a founding member and lead singer of the pop-rock band Matia Bazar. Ruggiero is a light soprano. Her vocal range exceeds 4 octaves thanks to the u ...
, winning the first position in the female singer category at the Sanremo Music Festival. In 2006 he wrote "Un altro posto nel mondo", sung by Mario Venuti at the Sanremo Music Festival. In 2008 he helped write some songs on
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's album ''Amore Infinito'', an ambitious project launched from the idea to convert
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's poems and writings into songs. "La Tua Semplicità", a duet with the American tenor
Josh Groban Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, ...
, is one of the songs on this album, together with "Canto del Sole Inesauribile", a song
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sings in a duet with
Andrea Bocelli Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor. He rose to fame in 1994 after winning the newcomers' section of the 44th Sanremo Music Festival performing " Il mare calmo della sera". Since 1994, Bocelli has recorded 15 solo st ...
. In 2008 he wrote "A Ferro e Fuoco", sung by Mario Venuti at the Sanremo Music Festival. In 2010 he wrote "L'uomo che Amava le Donne" for Nina Zilli, winning the critique prize at the Sanremo Music Festival. In 2013 he collaborated with Mario Incudine, a singer and musician at world music, in the production of the LP ''Italia, Talia''. In 2015 he and Mario Incudine sang the Sicilian translation of "Supplici di Eschilo" in the
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, directed by Moni Ovadia and Mario Incudine with original music by Mario Incudine. In 2017 he wrote * "Le canzoni fanno male", sung by Marianne Mirage at the
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. * "Caduto dalle stelle", sung by Mario Venuti. In 2018 he wrote * "Il futuro si è perso", sung by
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.


Tenor pop music

He worked on the international "tenor pop" record industry and Italian productions simultaneously, writing: * an unreleased Italian song composed and produced by
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and interpreted by young American tenor
Josh Groban Joshua Winslow Groban (born February 27, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. His first four solo albums have been certified multi-platinum, and he was charted in 2007 as the number-one best selling artist in the United States, ...
; * an Italian version of "Angels" by
Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was re ...
, sung by young Austrian baritone singer Patrizio Buanne, and an Italian version of "
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" by
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interpreted by Welsh soprano singer
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and the young tenor Vincent Niclo.


Artists for which he has written songs

Anna Oxa Iliriana Hoxha (; born 28 April 1961), known professionally as Anna Oxa (), is an Italian singer of Albanian origins (from father side), actress and television presenter. She has received mainstream popularity and recognition within Italy due to ...
, Mietta,
Antonella Ruggiero Antonella Ruggiero (born 15 November 1952) is an Italian singer and song-writer, mostly known as a founding member and lead singer of the pop-rock band Matia Bazar. Ruggiero is a light soprano. Her vocal range exceeds 4 octaves thanks to the u ...
, Musica Nuda, Nick Nicolai, Susanna Parigi, Patrizia Laquidara,
Carmen Consoli Carmen Carla Consoli (; born 4 September 1974) is an Italian singer-songwriter. Described as 'a remarkable combination of rocker and intellectual', she has released 11 studio albums, one greatest hits, one soundtrack album, two live albums, fo ...
,
Paola Turci Paola Turci (born 12 September 1964 in Rome) is an Italian singer, songwriter, performer and author. Career 1980s Turci's musical debut was in 1986 when she participated in Sanremo Music Festival 1986, Sanremo Music Festival with the song ...
, Raf, Ron, Alex Britti, Tazenda, Noemi,
Alessandra Amoroso Alessandra Amoroso (; born 12 August 1986) is an Italian singer. She was the winner of the 2009 edition of the Italian talent show ''Amici di Maria De Filippi''. Since then, she has published nine studio albums and two live albums, topping the I ...
, Valerio Scanu and the winners of the first three editions of
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Aram Quartet, Matteo Becucci e Marco Mengoni are amongst the many artists that Kaballà has worked with throughout the years.


Discography as singer

* ''Petra lavica'' (1991) - CGD Warner * ''Le vie dei canti'' (1993) -
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* ''Lettere dal fondo del mare'' (1996) -
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* ''Astratti furori'' ive(1998) - Musica & Suoni


References

{{Authority control Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Italian male songwriters 21st-century Italian songwriters People from Caltagirone Musicians from Milan Musicians from the Metropolitan City of Catania