Mikelangelo Loconte (5 December 1973) is an Italian singer, author, composer, musician, performer and artistic director. He was born in Cerignola, but began his acting and performing career in France, in the musical ''Les Nouveaux Nomades'' by Claude Barzotti and Anne-Marie Gaspard. Without speaking French, he recorded all his songs in a studio using phonetic writing in the early years of his career.

Career

Discovered in Belgium by Alec Mansion (member of Léopold Nord & Vous band), Loconte worked as an artistic director in the studio La Chapelle in

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. He reached star status portraying

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in the musical '' Mozart, l'opéra rock'', directed by

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and Albert Cohen. His first single, "

Tatoue-moi "Tatoue-moi" is a 2008 French pop song recorded by Italian singer Mikelangelo Loconte. It is the first single from the musical ''Mozart, l'opéra rock ''Mozart, l'opéra rock'' ("Mozart, the rock opera") is a French musical with music by Dove ...

", was a number-one hit in France in 2009."Tatoue-moi", French Singles Char
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(Retrieved March 25, 2009) Later, ''Mozart, l'opéra rock'' has witnessed a growing international fan base and went on a tour to Korea in 2016 and then other tours to Shanghai and Taiwan in 2018, in which Loconte portrays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mikelangelo Loconte is a new ambassador of the

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(OPC).

References

External links

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Official site

Organisation for the Prevention of Blindness
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loconte, Mikelangelo 1973 births French-language singers of Italy People from Cerignola Italian pop singers Living people Italian expatriates in Belgium 21st-century Italian male singers