Lodo Guenzi

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Lodo Guenzi
Born
Lodovico Guenzi

1 July 1986 (1986-07) (age 38)
Bologna, Italy [1]
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter, actor
Years active2009–present

Lodovico Guenzi (born 1 July 1986), known as Lodo Guenzi, is an Italian singer, musician and actor, member of the indie rock band Lo Stato Sociale.

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Early life and education

Guenzi was born in Bologna in the Santo Stefano neighborhood on 1 July 1986. His father, Alberto, is a professor of Economic History at the University of Parma and director of the Department of Economics, while his mother is a judge. [1]

He graduated from the Liceo Classico Galvani in Bologna and briefly moved to Udine to study acting at the Nico Pepe Academy of Dramatic Art. [1]

Career

Music career

Upon returning to Bologna, he decided to focus on music and began working as a DJ at the local radio station Radio Città Fujiko. [2] At the radio station, he met Alberto Guidetti (Bebo) and Alberto Cazzola (Albi), and they formed the indie rock band Lo Stato Sociale in 2009. [1] Guenzi, in addition to singing, also plays guitar, piano, and synthesizer. [1] The trio, which later expanded to a quintet with Enrico Roberto and Francesco Draicchio, was noticed by the record label Garrincha Dischi, which produced their first album Turisti della democrazia in 2012. [1]

The band achieved considerable success in Italy and released five more albums and several EPs. They performed multiple times at the Concerto del Primo Maggio, a televised concert promoted by Italian trade unions to celebrate the International Workers' Day, [3] with Guenzi hosting it alongside Ambra Angiolini in 2018 and in 2019. [4] [5] In 2018, they placed second at the 68th Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Una vita in vacanza". [2] [6] That same year, Guenzi replaced Asia Argento as a judge in the twelfth edition of X Factor . [7]

In 2021, they returned to the Sanremo Music Festival with "Combat Pop". [8] In 2024, following the death of their manager and mentor Matteo Romagnoli, the band announced their withdraw from the scene. [9] [10]

Acting career

In 2020, Guenzi made his acting debut with a leading role in the film Adventures Italian Style (Est - Dittatura Last Minute) by Antonio Pisu. [11] [12] [13] In 2022, he starred in the comedy Il giorno più bello by Andrea Zalone, [14] in the drama film La California by Cinzia Bomoll, [15] and in the Amazon Christmas comedy Improvvisamente Natale by Francesco Patierno. [16]

In 2023, he starred in the film The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, directed by Pupi Avati. [17] [18]

Discography

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
2020Adventures Italian StyleRiceFilm debut
2021Criminali si diventaArduino
2022Il giorno più belloBilly
La CaliforniaYuri
Improvvisamente NataleGiacomo
2023Gaspare Spontini celeste amore Gaspare Spontini Documentary
The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary TimeYoung Marzio Barreca
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2023 I Hate Christmas BrunoEpisode "Anyone Will Do"

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