Mario Lavezzi

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Mario Lavezzi
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Lavezzi at the Sanremo Music Festival 2018
Born
Bruno Mario Lavezzi

(1948-05-08) 8 May 1948 (age 76)
Milan, Italy
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • composer
  • record producer

Bruno Mario Lavezzi (born 8 May 1948) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and guitarist.

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Life and career

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

Albums

References

  1. ↑ Franco Mondini (5 November 1991). "Mario Lavezzi quel cantante che sente le Voci". La Stampa . No. 247. p. 23.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Franco Mondini (5 November 1991). ""Passionalità", Lavezzi con i versi di Costanzo". La Stampa . No. 247. p. 23.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN   978-8863462296.
  4. ↑ Coppola, Alessio (2022-05-12). "Mario Lavezzi, la biografia del celebre compositore e cantautore". True News. (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  5. ↑ m.v. (2004-04-23). ""Passionalità", Lavezzi con i versi di Costanzo". La Stampa . No. 112. p. 34.
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