Mario Lavezzi
Mario Lavezzi | |
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 Lavezzi at the Sanremo Music Festival 2018 | |
| Born | Bruno Mario Lavezzi 8 May 1948 Milan, Italy |
| Occupation | singer-songwriter |
Bruno Mario Lavezzi (born 8 May 1948) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and guitarist.
Life and career
[edit]Born in Milan, he studied piano and guitar at the Scuola Civica di Milano.[1] He started his career in 1963, as the singer and guitarist for the band The Trappers.[2][3] In 1966, following the dissolution of the band, he replaced Riki Maiocchi in the I Camaleonti until 1968, when he had to leave the band after being drafted into the Italian army.[2][3] In 1969 he debuted as a composer with the Dik Dik hit "Il primo giorno di primavera".[2] In 1970 he co-founded the pop-rock group Flora Fauna e Cemento, then in 1974 he was part of the progressive rock musical project Il Volo.[2][3] In the second half of the 1970s Lavezzi started a solo career as singer-songwriter;[4] he also started collaborating as a composer and a record producer for several albums of Loredana Bertè.[2][3] He later wrote songs for many notable artists, including Lucio Dalla, Gianni Morandi, Anna Oxa, Spagna, Marcella Bella, Ornella Vanoni, Fiorella Mannoia,[2][3][5] and scored the 1984 Carlo Vanzina comedy film Amarsi un po', which starred Tahnee Welch.
Lavezzi is the uncle of Italo-disco one hit wonder Diana Est.
Discography
[edit]- Albums
- 1974 - Il Volo
- 1976 - Iaia
- 1978 - Filobus
- 1979 - Cartolina
- 1983 - Agrodolce
- 1984 - Guardandoti, sfiorandoti
- 1991 - Voci
- 1993 - Voci 2
- 1997 - Voci e chitarre
- 1999 - Senza catene
- 2004 - Passionalità
- 2009 - A più voci
- 2011 - L'amore è quando c'è
References
[edit]- ^ Franco Mondini (5 November 1991). "Mario Lavezzi quel cantante che sente le Voci". La Stampa. No. 247. p. 23.
- ^ a b c d e f Franco Mondini (5 November 1991). ""Passionalità", Lavezzi con i versi di Costanzo". La Stampa. No. 247. p. 23.
- ^ a b c d e Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
- ^ Coppola, Alessio (2022-05-12). "Mario Lavezzi, la biografia del celebre compositore e cantautore". True News. (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ m.v. (2004-04-23). ""Passionalità", Lavezzi con i versi di Costanzo". La Stampa. No. 112. p. 34.
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