Mariano Deidda

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Mariano Deidda
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Mariano Deidda
Background information
Birth nameMariano Deidda
Born Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy
Genres Jazz, singer-songwriter
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Labels Valentim de Carvalho
Website www.marianodeidda.com

Mariano Deidda (born 1961) is an Italian singer, musician and songwriter.

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Musical style and work

He has usually been described by the Italian press as a "singer-poet", [1] [2] for having dedicated most of his records to setting to music the poems and texts of important writers, in particular Fernando Pessoa. Deidda has dedicated several records to this Portuguese poet and, because of this choice, he regularly publishes and performs live in Portugal, as well as in Italy and other countries.

His peculiar and systematic artistic proposal, which combines literature, jazz and his songwriting style, has been presented and/or awarded in the context of important international events, such as, among others, the 1998 Lisbon World Exposition [3] and Le Festival du Poeme Chanté organised by UNESCO in Beirut (Lebanon) in 2006. [4]

During his career, he has collaborated on his records with musicians such as Miroslav Vitous [5] (Weather Report), Camané, [6] Mafalda Arnauth [7] and Celina Pereira, [8] among other international artists.

In addition to records dedicated to Fernando Pessoa (through the Italian translations of Antonio Tabucchi), [9] he has made other records singing the verses and texts of the Italian writers Grazia Deledda, Luigi Pirandello (both winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature) and Cesare Pavese.

Discography

References

  1. Rinaldis, Pasquale. "Musica: Mariano Deidda, cantapoeta nel segno di Fernando Pessoa". Il Fatto Quotidiano. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  2. Lavalle, Andrea. "Mariano Deidda "Folgorato dai libri di Pessoa Così è diventato il mio Mogol"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. Pacheco, Nuno. "Mariano Deidda canta "Mensagem" de Pessoa, "44 poemas apontados ao futuro de Portugal"". Público. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. "Anniversaire – Le " poème chanté " pour fêter les 60 ans de l'Unesco Dialogue musical des rimes et des deux rives". L'Orient-Le Jour. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. Deidda, Mariano. "Clarino chiaro (feat. Miroslav Vitous)". Youtube. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  6. "Mariano Deidda dá voz ao "Fausto" de Pessoa para que a vida vença o inferno". Público. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  7. "MARIANO DEIDDA, MARE PORTOGHESE ft MAFALDA ARNAUTH". Youtube. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  8. Deidda, Mariano. "Misteriosa orchestra special guest Celina Pereira". Youtube. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  9. "Compositor italiano descobre em Pessoa chave para a crise". Jornal Expresso. Retrieved 29 March 2022.