Gianna Nannini

Gianna Nannini born 14 June 1954 is an Italian singer and songwriter Her most notable songs include America 1979 Fotoromanza 1984 I maschi 1987 Meravigliosa creatura 1995 Sei nellanima 2006 and Bello e impossibile 1986 The latter became a hit across Europe especially in Austria Germany Italy and Switzerland Nannini was born in Siena on 14 June 1954 She has a younger brother Alessandro Nannini a former Formula One racing driver She studied piano and composition in Milan in the late 1970s Nannini scored her first domestic hit in 1979 with the single America and the album California which became a success in several European countries Her international breakthrough happened in 1984 with the release of her sixth album the Conny Plankproduced Puzzle which peaked in the top 10 in the Italian German Austrian and Swiss charts The first single from the album Fotoromanza was supported by a music video directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and went on to win many musical awards Nannini embarked on a long European tour to support the album culminating in a headlining gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival In 1986 her song Bello e impossibile was a European hit in Italy Germany Austria and Switzerland Her 1987 compilation album Maschi e altri sold over a million copies In 2004 she released the greatest hits album Perle where a number of her most renowned songs were rearranged with the support of musicians such as Christian Lohr on piano who also had a coproducer credit and a string quartet composed of Vincenzo di Donna first violin Luigi de Maio second violin Gerardo Morrone viola and Antonio di Franca violoncello With this orchestra Nannini went on a European tour from 2004 to 2005 The album Grazie was released in February 2006 and peaked at number one of the Italian hitparade with the single Sei nellanima In April 2007 Nannini released Pia come la canto io a collection of songs produced by Wil Malone and originally intended for a rock opera based on the medieval Tuscan character Pia de Tolomei briefly mentioned in Dantes Purgatorio that would eventually be performed in 2008 after eleven months of gestation An acoustic version of her song Meravigliosa Creatura from Perle has been used in a 2008 advertisement commercial for the Fiat Bravo directed by Matthias Zentner Fiat would later include another Gianna Nannini song Aria in a subsequent Fiat Bravo ad In 1987 she performed with Sting Jack Bruce and Eberhard Schoener the Three Penny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill at the Schauspielhaus in Hamburg In 1990 she and Edoardo Bennato sang Unestate italiana the official song of the Football World Cup 1990 composed by Giorgio Moroder In September 2006 she recorded the single Ama Credi E Vai with Andrea Bocelli Nannini was also featured on Einstürzende Neubauten member Alexander Hackes solo album Sanctuary on the track Per Sempre Butterfly In 2008 she duetted with the Italian rapper Fabri Fibra in his song In Italia She also sang the song Aria with the Macedonian vocalist Toše Proeski Source Article Gianna Nannini from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA