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Sanremo 1997
The Sanremo Music Festival 1997 (), officially the 47th Italian Song Festival (), was the 47th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo in late February 1997 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno (at his eleventh and final hosting of the festival), supported by Piero Chiambretti and Valeria Marini. Composers Pino Donaggio and Giorgio Moroder and lyricist Carla Vistarini served as the artistic directors. In this edition, a "Quality Jury", responsible for rewarding the best music, best lyrics and best arrangement, was introduced. The 1997 jury was headed by Luciano Pavarotti and consisted of Bill Conti, Gino Paoli, Nicola Piovani and Mario Missiroli (who replaced Gabriele Salvatores, who suffered a flu). The winner of the Big Artists section was the pop duo Jalisse with the song "Fiumi di parole", while Patty Pravo won the Critics Award with the song " ...E dimmi che non vuoi morire". Paola e Chiara won the Newcomers section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Bongiorno
Michael Nicholas Salvatore Bongiorno (; May 26, 1924 – September 8, 2009) was an American Italian television presenter. After a few experiences in the U.S., he started working on RAI in the 1950s and was considered to be the most popular host in Italy. He was also known by the nickname ''il Re del Quiz'' ('The Quiz King'), and the peculiarity of starting all his shows with his trademark greeting: ''Allegria!'' ('Cheers!', 'Joy!'). Early years Bongiorno was born in New York City to parents of Italian descent. He moved to Turin (his mother's native city), when he was young. His father was a Sicilian-American lawyer. During World War II, he abandoned his studies and joined a group of Italian partisans. He was captured and spent seven months in the San Vittore Prison in Milan and was then deported to a German concentration camp. He was liberated before the end of the war due to an exchange of war prisoners between the United States and Germany. He returned to New York and in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Missiroli
Mario Missiroli (13 March 1934 – 19 May 2014) was an Italian stage, television and film director. Born in Bergamo, at a young age Missiroli moved to Milan with his family. Later. he graduated in direction from the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome. In the 1950s Missiroli worked at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan as assistant director of Giorgio Strehler and in cinema he debuted as assistant director of Valerio Zurlini. In 1963 he directed his first and only film, '' La bella di Lodi'', based on a novel by Alberto Arbasino and starring Stefania Sandrelli Stefania Sandrelli (born 5 June 1946) is an Italian actress, famous for her many roles in the "Italian-style comedy" (''commedia all'italiana''), starting from the 1960s. She was 14 years old when she starred in ''Divorce Italian Style'' as Ang .... In later years Missiroli focused his activities on theatre, in which he was regarded as having been one of the most innovative and nonconformist directors as well as being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Salerno
Alberto Salerno (born 30 December 1949) is an Italian lyricist and producer. Life and career Born in Milan, Salerno is the son of the popular lyricist Nisa. He started composing lyrics in the late 1960s, becoming a usual collaborator of Mino Reitano, and writing hits such as Dik Dik's " L'isola di Wight" and Nomadi's " Io vagabondo". In 1977 his song " Bella da morire", performed by Homo Sapiens, won the Sanremo Music Festival. He started his activity as a producer 1979 with the debut album of Alberto Fortis. In the 1980s Salerno started a long collaboration with Mango, contributing to the lyrics of successful songs such as " Lei verrà" and "La rosa dell'inverno", and co-wrote Eros Ramazzotti's first hit, " Terra promessa". In the 2000s he contributed to launch the career of Tiziano Ferro. His songs " Senza pietà", performed by Anna Oxa, and " Per dire di no", performed by Alexia, won the 49th and 53rd editions of the Sanremo Music Festival. His collaborations also include Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Mattone
Claudio Mattone (born 28 February 1943) is an Italian composer, lyricist and music producer. Born in Santa Maria a Vico, Caserta, Mattone approached music at young age, as a jazz pianist. After leaving the university he moved to Rome, where he debuted in 1968 as a singer-songwriter with the song "E' sera", that premiered without any success at Cantagiro '68. Focusing on composition, between late sixties and early eighties he successfully teamed with the lyricist Franco Migliacci and signed several hits, contributing to launch the careers of Nada and Eduardo De Crescenzo; also working as music producer and as lyricist of his songs, in nineties Mattone launched the careers of Neri per caso and Syria, that respectively won the 1994 and 1995 editions of the Sanremo Music Festival in the "giovani" category. In 1990 Mattone won a David di Donatello and a Nastro d'Argento for the soundtrack of the 1989 film '' Scugnizzi''. His earlier scores had included ' (1974), '' Così parlò ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syria (singer)
Cecilia Cipressi (born 26 February 1977), known professionally as Syria or Airys, is an Italian singer and entertainer. Life and career Born in Rome, Syria is the daughter of Elio Cipressi, a record producer and former singer. She was recognised by composer Claudio Mattone, winning the Newcomers competition at the 46th edition of the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Non ci sto." The following year, she achieved third place in the Big Artists competition of the Festival with the song "Sei tu". In 2002, she made her debut as a songwriter with the song "Lettera ad Alice". In 2009, she adopted the stage name Airys for the electro-dance EP ''Vivo, amo, esco''. In 2011 Syria was vocal coach in the Rai 2 talent show ''Star Academy'', and in 2016 she was a juror in the Italia 1 talent show ''TOP DJ''. Additionally, she has performed as a stage actress alongside Paolo Rossi and Francesco Paolantoni. Discography ;Albums * 1996 - ''Non ci sto'' * 1997 - ''L'angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fio Zanotti
Fiorenzo "Fio" Zanotti (born 20 November 1949) is an Italian record producer, arranger, conductor, composer and multiinstrumentalist. Born in Bologna, Zanotti graduated from Conservatorio Giovanni Battista Martini, the conservatory of his hometown as a conductor. His first musical experiences were as an accordionist in the Linetti Orchestra, and an organist in the musical group Judas. In 1980 he started a long collaboration with Loredana Bertè. He has also collaborated with a number of other notable Italian artists and groups, including Pooh (band), Pooh (for whom he produced and arranged many albums in the 1980s), Zucchero Fornaciari, Adriano Celentano, Vasco Rossi, Renato Zero, Francesco De Gregori, Spagna, Claudio Baglioni, Anna Oxa, Fiordaliso, and Gianluca Grignani. In the 1990s he was a member of the Supergroup (music), supergroup . From the late 1990s onward he conducted for numerous RAI television programs. Since 1990 he has participated in almost every edition of the San ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Oxa
Iliriana Hoxha (; born 28 April 1961), known professionally as Anna Oxa (), is an Italian singer of Albanian origins (from father side), actress and television presenter. She has received mainstream popularity and recognition within Italy due to her numerous participations in the Sanremo Music Festival. Beginning her career as a teenager, Oxa debuted in the Sanremo Music Festival 1978 with the song " Un'emozione da poco", placing second in the competition. Following her success in Sanremo, she released her debut studio album ''Oxanna'' (1978) that year, which became her first chart-topping album in Italy. After numerous participations in Sanremo during the 1980s, Oxa competed again in the Sanremo Music Festival 1989, performing " Ti lascerò" as a duet with Fausto Leali. The duo won the competition, and thus were chosen as the Italian representatives in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 in Lausanne, competing with the song " Avrei voluto"; they placed ninth in the finals. Oxa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Vespa
Bruno Paolo Vespa (born 27 May 1944) is an Italian television and newspaper journalist. A former director of the Italian state-owned TV channel Rai 1's news programme '' TG1'', Vespa is the founding host of the programme ''Porta a Porta'' (English: "Door to door"), which has been broadcast without interruption on RAI channels since 1996. Biography Early life Vespa was born in L'Aquila, Abruzzo. He is married to Augusta Iannini, who is a judge. Journalist career Vespa began working with the local press in his native Abruzzo at a relatively young age, authoring sports articles for the L'Aquila branch of the newspaper '' Il Tempo'' when he was sixteen years old. In 1962 he became a radio announcer on RAI broadcasts and, after obtaining his LL.B. in 1968, began hosting the daily newscast ''Telegiornale RAI'' (afterwards renamed '' TG1''). During the 1970s and 1980s, he undertook several controversial and ground-breaking projects, mainly as a foreign correspondent for RAI, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo Music Festival 1989
The Sanremo Music Festival 1989 (), officially the 39th Italian Song Festival (), was the 39th annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo between 21 and 25 February 1989 and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Rosita Celentano, Paola Dominguin, Danny Quinn e Gianmarco Tognazzi. Kay Sandvick and Clare Ann Matz hosted the segments from the Sanremo Casino where a number of foreign guests performed. The winners of the Big Artists section were Fausto Leali and Anna Oxa with the song " Ti lascerò", and Mietta won the Newcomers section with the song "Canzoni". Leali and Oxa were then selected to represent in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989, with "Avrei voluto". Only in this edition it was introduced the "Emerging artists" category, whose members were selected through the television contest "Aspettando Sanremo" broadcast on Radio 1 and hosted by Claudio Lippi. The winner was Paola Turci with the song "Come bambini". Participants and results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanremo Music Festival 1972
The Sanremo Music Festival 1972 (), officially the 22nd Italian Song Festival (), was the 22nd annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 24 and 26 February 1972, and broadcast by (RAI). The show was presented by Mike Bongiorno, assisted by actors Sylva Koscina and Paolo Villaggio. Vittorio Salvetti served as artistic director. It was broadcast by Rai 1, Programma Nazionale and was the last edition to be broadcast in black and white. From this edition it was abolished the competition rule, established in 1959, which prescribed a double performance by two different artists or groups for every song. The winner of the festival was Nicola Di Bari with the song "I giorni dell'arcobaleno", with which he went on to represent at the Eurovision Song Contest 1972. Participants and results Broadcasts Local broadcast All shows were broadcast on Rai Radio 2, Secondo Programma (radio). The semi-finals was broadcast on Secondo Programma (radio) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 1997
The Eurovision Song Contest 1997 was the 42nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 3 May 1997 at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster (RTÉ) and presented by Carrie Crowley and Ronan Keating, the contest was held in Ireland following the country's victory at the with the song " The Voice" by Eimear Quinn. The 1997 contest was the seventh – and to date last – edition to be staged in Ireland, as well as the fourth to be produced by RTÉ in five years. The Point Theatre served as the host venue for the third time, following the and contests, becoming the only venue to have been the site of three Eurovision Song Contests. Twenty-five countries participated in the contest, with a new relegation system introduced to determine which nations could participate, based on each country's average points total in previous contests. made its first appearance since , and , , and returned after last c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy In The Eurovision Song Contest 1997
"Fiumi di parole" (literally "Rivers of words") is a song recorded by Italian duo Jalisse –Alessandra Drusian and Fabio Ricci–, with music composed by Ricci and Italian lyrics written by Drusian and Carmen Di Domenico. The song won the Sanremo Music Festival 1997 and in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 held in Dublin. Background Conception "Fiumi di parole" was composed by Fabio Ricci with Italian lyrics by Carmen Di Domenico and Alessandra Drusian. It is a dramatic ballad, in which the lead singer tells her lover that "rivers of words" have come between them. She claims not to understand what he is saying anymore, and believes that she is losing his respect. Despite this, she tells him "I'll give you my heart, if you want / if you can, speak to it now", implying that there is still some hope for the relationship. In addition to the Italian original version, Jalisse recorded a Spanish-language version entitled "Ríos de palabras". Sanremo On 18–22 February 1997, "Fium ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
