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Biography

In 1969, he cofounded the folk band ''Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare'', discovered by the author

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, who admitted them in his theater. After four studio records, he left and cofounded ''Musicanova'' in 1976. The band wrote the film soundtrack of ''L'eredità della priora'',

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directed by

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. In the early 80's he started a solo career. In 1989, he won a

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, with the movie ''Cavalli si nasce'', directed by Sergio Staino. In 1990, he participated at the

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with

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, playing a song called ''Novecento aufwiedersehen''. In 1998, he founded a musical movement called ''Taranta Power'', with the aim of promoting south-Italian folk culture through music, cinema and theater. In 2003, he wrote, along with his brother Edoardo, the soundtrack of the

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''Totò Sapore e la magica storia della pizza''. In 2006, he taught laboratory of ethnomusicology at the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of

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. In 2008, he returned at the Sanremo Festival with the song ''Grande Sud''. He is a supporter of

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language.

Discography

Nuovo Canto Popolare

* ''Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare'' (1971) * ''NCCP'' (1973) * ''Li Sarracini adorano lu sole'' (1974) * ''Tarantella ca nun va 'bbona'' (1975)

Musicanova

* ''Garofano d'ammore'' (1977) * ''Musicanova'' (1978) * ''Quando turnammo a nascere'' (1979) * ''Brigante se more'' (1980) * ''Festa festa'' (1981)

Solo

* ''Eugenio Bennato'' (1983) * ''Dulcinea'' (1984) * ''Eughenes'' (1986) * ''La stanza dello scirocco'' (1988) * ''Le città di mare'' (1989) * ''Novecento auf Wiedersehen'' (1991) * ''Mille e una notte fa'' (1997) * ''Taranta power'' (1999) * ''Lezioni di tarantella'' (2000) * ''Che il Mediterraneo sia'' (2001) * ''Sponda Sud'' (2007) * ''Grande Sud'' (2008) * ''Questione meridionale'' (2011)

References

External links

Eugenio Bennato official siteTaranta Power official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennato, Eugenio 1948 births Living people Musicians from Naples Italian male singers Italian singer-songwriters Italian folk singers Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners