Alessandro Michele Cavazza (; born 11 September 1992), mostly known as Sandro Cavazza, is a Swedish songwriter and former singer of Italian origin. Besides his solo career he was also a member of the pop group
Estraden
Estraden, stylized as ''estraden'', is a Swedish pop group consisting of Carl Silvergran, Felix Flygare Floderer and Lou Elliotte. The group was formed in 2017 and releases its music through Sony Music. Until June 2019 the group's name was ''Est ...
.
He names his musical influences as
Eagle-Eye Cherry
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,
Nirvana
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,
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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,
Westlife
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,
ABBA
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,
,
Bon Iver
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and
Queen
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, in particular
Freddie Mercury.
Cavazza is well known as a good friend of the Swedish producer
Avicii
Tim Bergling (; 8 September 1989 – 20 April 2018), known professionally as Avicii (, ), was a Swedish DJ, remixer and music producer. At the age of 16, Bergling began posting his remixes on electronic music forums, which led to his first re ...
. Together they made two songs ("Gonna Love Ya" and "Sunset Jesus") for Avicii's album ''
Stories''. Cavazza also features on "
Without You" which was nominated for a
Grammis
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in 2017. During a road-trip through America, Avicii and Cavazza made multiple songs together. After Avicii's death in 2018, only "Forever Yours" was released in 2020, after it was finished by the Norwegian producer
Kygo
Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (born 11 September 1991), known professionally as Kygo (), is a Norwegian DJ and music producer. He garnered international attention with his December 2013 remix of the track " I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran and his December 20 ...
.
Personal life
In an interview in June 2018, Cavazza described his background as "very Swedish and part Italian", consisting of Sunday dinners with his
Italian
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** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
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family partnered with a very secure social system in Sweden. This allowed him the opportunity to attend music school.
On November 23, 2021, Cavazza announced
that he was going to "end his career" as an artist, claiming the reasons to be that "some things like social media, competition and being at the center of attention do not make me happy." He intends to focus on his career as a songwriter and has one final concert planned for
Stockholm in 2022.
Discography
Extended plays
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Non-single album appearances
Notes
References
Living people
1992 births
Musicians from Stockholm
Singers from Stockholm
Swedish male singer-songwriters
Swedish singer-songwriters
Swedish pop singers
Swedish songwriters
English-language singers from Sweden
21st-century Swedish singers
Swedish people of Italian descent
21st-century Swedish male singers
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