Raphael Gualazzi

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Raphael Gualazzi
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Background information
Birth nameRaffaele Gualazzi
Born (1981-11-11) 11 November 1981 (age 43)
Urbino, Italy
Genres
OccupationSinger
Instruments
  • Voice
  • piano
Years active2005–present
Labels Sugar Music
Website http://www.raphaelgualazzi.com/

Raffaele Gualazzi (born 11 November 1981), better known as Raphael Gualazzi, [1] is an Italian singer and pianist. He was born in Urbino.

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Biography

Love Outside the Window

On 16 September 2005, Gualazzi released his first studio album, titled Love Outside the Window and distributed by Edel Music. [2] [3]

In 2008, Gualazzi recorded a cover of "Georgia on My Mind" for the compilation Piano Jazz, released in France by Wagram Music. [4] [5]

Sanremo Festival 2011

In September 2010 he released a self-titled digital EP in Italy and Europe. [6] The EP features a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" and three new songs written by Gualazzi, [7] including his first single, "Reality and Fantasy". [8] [9] The song was later released in a remix version by British/French DJ Gilles Peterson. [10]

On 18 February 2011, he won the Sanremo Festival in the Newcomers section, the Critics' "Mia Martini" Award for Newcomers and the "Sala Radio-Tv" Award with the self-penned song "Follia d'amore". [11] The song is included in Gualazzi's second studio album, Reality and Fantasy , released on 16 February 2011 by Sugar Music. [12] [13] [14]

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

On 19 February 2011, Gualazzi was chosen among the participants at the Sanremo Festival 2011 to represent Italy at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, held in Düsseldorf, Germany. [15] Gualazzi was the first Italian singer to represent the country since the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. "Madness of Love" finished second out of 43 participating countries with 189 points, 32 points behind the winning song "Running Scared".

Sanremo Festival 2013

On 13 December 2013, his participation in the "Big Artists" section in the Sanremo Music Festival 2013 is confirmed with the songs "Senza ritegno" and "Sai (ci basta un sogno)". His third studio album, Happy Mistake, is released on 14 February 2013. On 12 February 2013, during the first night of the Sanremo Festival, "Sai (ci basta un sogno)" is chosen as Gualazzi's song for the rest of the competition; the song finished in fifth position in the final. [16]

Sanremo Festival 2014

In 2014, he took part in the "Big Artists" section in Sanremo 2014 for the second year in a row, this time together with The Bloody Beetroots, with the songs "Liberi o no" and "Tanto ci sei". They took second place in the final with the song "Liberi o no".

Sanremo Festival 2020

He participated at the Sanremo Music Festival 2020 with the song "Carioca". [17]

Discography

Filmography

Awards and nominations

YearAwardNominationWorkResult
2011 Nastro d'Argento Best Original Song [18] "Follia d'amore"Nominated
2011 IMPALA European Independent Album of the Year Award European Independent Album of the Year [19] Reality and Fantasy Nominated

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raphael Gualazzi discography</span>

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"Liberi o no" is a song performed by Italian singer and pianist Raphael Gualazzi and The Bloody Beetroots. The song was released in Italy as a digital download on 20 February 2014 as the lead single from his second extended play Accidentally on Purpose - Sanremo's Festival 2014. The song peaked at number 20 on the Italian Singles Chart. The song was written and produced by Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo and Raphael Gualazzi.

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<i>Ho un piano</i> 2020 studio album by Raphael Gualazzi

Ho un piano is the fifth studio album by Italian singer and pianist Raphael Gualazzi. It was released in Italy on 7 February 2020 through Sugar Music. The album peaked at number 34 on the Italian Albums Chart. The album includes the single "Carioca", which was Gualazzi's entry into the 70th edition of Italy's national Eurovision song selection competition, the Sanremo Music Festival 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carioca (Raphael Gualazzi song)</span> 2020 single by Raphael Gualazzi

"Carioca" is a song by Italian singer and pianist Raphael Gualazzi. The song was released as a digital download and for streaming on 5 February 2020 by Sugar Music as the lead single from his fifth studio album Ho un piano. The song peaked at number thirty-three on the Italian Singles Chart. The song was Gualazzi's entry for the Sanremo Music Festival 2020, the 70th edition of Italy's musical festival which doubles also as a selection of the act for Eurovision Song Contest, where it placed 11th in the grand final. The song was written by Raphael Gualazzi, Davide Pavanello and Davide Petrella.

Italy was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song "Brividi", written by Alessandro Mahmoud, Michele Zocca, and Blanco, and performed by Mahmood and Blanco themselves. The Italian participating broadcaster Radiotelevisione italiana (RAI) selected its entry through the Sanremo Music Festival 2022. In addition, RAI was also the host broadcaster and staged the event at the PalaOlimpico in Turin, after winning the previous edition with "Zitti e buoni" by Måneskin.

Italy participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Italian broadcaster RAI announced in June 2022 that the winning performer(s) of the Sanremo Music Festival 2023, later revealed to be Marco Mengoni with "Due vite", would earn the right to represent the nation at the contest.

References

  1. ↑ "Elenco Giovani 2011" (in Italian). RAI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Love Outside the Window - Raphael Gualazzi - Jazz" (in Italian). Wuz.it. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Raphael Gualazzi - Love Outside the Windows" (in Italian). Jazzitalia.net. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "Raphael Gualazzi for Italy at Eurovision 2011". Esceurovision.com. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Raphael Gualazzi - Bio". Raphaelgualazzi.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "RAPHAEL GUALAZZI: due date ad ottobre per il giovane ed eccellente pianista, cantante e compositore" (in Italian). www.newspettacolo.com. 9 October 2010. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  7. ↑ Andrea Conti (1 October 2010). "Amo la musica e le cose belle" (in Italian). TGCOM. Archived from the original on 19 June 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Raphael Gualazzi" (in Italian). www.radiowebitalia.it. 30 November 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  9. ↑ ""Reality & Fantasy" di Raphael Gualazzi in radio da oggi" (in Italian). www.radiolifestyle.it. 17 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  10. ↑ "Raphael Gualazzi scaa le classifiche digitali" (in Italian). www.raphaelgualazzi.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  11. ↑ Mario Guglielmi (19 February 2011). "Festival Sanremo 2011, Raphael Gualazzi, triplo trionfo nei Giovani: "Mi sento un artigiano"". Riviera24.it. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  12. ↑ "Raphael Gualazzi "Reality And Fantasy"". Sugar Music. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  13. ↑ "Musica/ Esce oggi 'Reality and fantasy' di Raphael Gualazzi" (in Italian). l'Unità. 16 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  14. ↑ "Raphael Gualazzi. Vincitore della categoria giovani del festival di Sanremo con 'Follia d'amore' e del premio della critica Mia Martini" (in Italian). ANSA. 19 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  15. ↑ "and finally... Italy is back with Raphael Gualazzi!!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  16. ↑ Stefano Michero (17 February 2013). "Sanremo 2013: la classifica finale, la giuria di qualità era per Elio, Malika e Gualazzi". sanremonews.it.
  17. ↑ "Sanremo 2020: Ecco chi sono i 22 Big in gara della 70esima edizione del Festival". Coming Soon. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  18. ↑ Pietra Caccavo (27 May 2011). "Nastri d'argento 2011: Moretti è il più votato". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  19. ↑ "21 by Adele wins the IMPALA European Independent Album of the Year Award". IMPALA Independent Music Companies Association. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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