Gerardina Trovato | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 27 May 1967 |
| Origin | Catania, Italy |
| Genres | pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Gerardina Trovato (born 27 May 1967) is an Italian singer-songwriter.
Gerardina Trovato | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | 27 May 1967 |
| Origin | Catania, Italy |
| Genres | pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Gerardina Trovato (born 27 May 1967) is an Italian singer-songwriter.
Born in Catania, Trovato started her career as backing vocalist, then, put under contract by singer-discographer Caterina Caselli, she took part at the 1993 Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Non ho più la mia città", ranking second in the newcomers section. The song achieved critical and commercial success and launched her career. [1] In the Summer she was the opening act in Zucchero Fornaciari's concerts. [1]
The following year Trovato come back to the Festival, this time in the Big Artists section, and ranked fourth with the song "Non è un film". [1] In May, she toured with the tenor-singer Andrea Bocelli; the couple also made a duet, "Vivere", written by the same Trovato and included in the Bocelli's album Romanza .
In 1996, Trovato published her third album, Ho trovato Gerardina, that led by the singles "Amori amori" and "Piccoli già grandi" obtained a good commercial success. [1] In 2000, she made her third appearance at the Sanremo Festival with the autobiographical song "Gechi e vampiri". [1] In 2005, Trovato took part at the musical reality show Music Farm from which she was eliminated in the second episode. [1] In 2012, it was announced that the real life events of the singer would be the subject of a documentary film directed by Giacomo Franciosa. [2]
In February 2016, she revealed in an interview that she had abandoned the scene due to a serious obsessive depressive neurosis and the difficulty of working in the music industry, and some liver problems. In May 27, 2017, with a message on her personal Facebook profile, the singer announced her retirement from the scene again, although she later performed in public in some concerts.
On January 5, 2020, she gave an interview to newspaper Il Messaggero in which she described the very difficult financial and personal situation she found herself in. On August 16, 2024, Corriere della Sera relaunched a touching video published on TikTok in which the singer made a heartfelt appeal: «I have always thought that what matters is the people and we would be nothing if it weren't for you. Don't abandon me, become more and more because you are my strength», words that come as a thanksgiving to a video published the day before, which immediately went viral, where it portrays the artist back to performing around the squares of Italy. [3]
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