Grazia Di Michele

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Grazia Di Michele
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Born
Maria Grazia Di Michele

(1955-10-09) 9 October 1955 (age 70)
Rome, Italy
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • vocal coach

Maria Grazia Di Michele (born 9 October 1955) is an Italian singer-songwriter.

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Life and career

Born in Rome to parents from Abruzzo, at very young age, Di Michele founded with Chiara Scotti and Clelia Lamorgese "L'Ape di Vetro" ("The Glass Bee"), a politically inspired musical group which disbanded after a few years. [1] [2]

She debuted as a solo singer at Folkstudio, a music venue in Rome, in 1977. [1] [2] In those years she also worked in a cultural club in Rome, the "Johann Sebastian Bar", and worked as a disc jockey in radio. [1] [2]

Her first album Cliché, characterized by provocative lyrics about feminist and social themes, was released in 1978. [1] [2] In 1983 she released the album Ragiona col cuore, of which the title track tells the story of a lesbian love, then in 1986 she got her first and major commercial success with the single "Le ragazze di Gauguin" and with the album with the same name. [1] [2] Between 1990 and 2015 she entered the Sanremo Music Festival four times, ranking third in 1993 with "Gli amori diversi", a duet with Rossana Casale. [3]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN   978-8863462296.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Barbara Mengozzi, Valeria Festa (2003). Grazia Di Michele. Le corde dell'anima. Bastogi Editrice Italiana, 2003. ISBN   8881855623.
  3. ↑ "Grazia Di Michele e le canzoni d'autore al femminile". Libero Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2024.
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