Etta Scollo (born 27 May 1958) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Her music combines traditional Sicilian music, pop and jazz. In 1990, she received the Grand Prix of the

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International Vocal Competition. In 1991 she took 3rd place at the International Song Festival in Sopot.

Biography

Born in

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, Sicily, she moved to

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to study Architecture. She abandoned her studies to devote herself to music. Between 1983 and 1987 she worked with artists such as saxophonist Eddie Davis,

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and

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, both in the recording studio and in concerts. Chance encounters with producers from the Pop music scene led to the recording of the Paul McCartney song ''

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'', which Etta adapted with Italian lyrics in 1988. This song became No. 1 in the Austrian charts. In the 1990s she moved to Hamburg where she, along with the musical Ensemble L'art pour l'Art, undertook experiments with contemporary music. She composed film scores – for example ''I tuoi fiori'' for the film

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. The Project ''Canta Ro' – Homage for Rosa Balistreri'' she brought the music of famous Sicilian singer

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back to life. Among her most ambitious projects is ''Lunaria'', released in 2014: it is about transforming the homonymous fantastic short-story authored by the Sicilian writer

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into music by imagining it as score (academic counseling: Dagmar Reichardt).

Discography

* ''Etta Scollo (1989)'' * ''Io vivro (1991)'' * ''Blu (1999)'' * ''Il Bianco del Tempo (2002)'' * ''In Concerto (Live CD) (2002)'' * ''Casa (2003)'' * ''Canta Ro (2005)'' * ''Canta Ro in Trio (2006)'' * ''Les Siciliens (2007)'' * ''Il Fiore Splendente (2008)'' * ''Cuoresenza (2011)'' * ''Lunaria (2014)'' * ''Scollo con Cello: tempo al tempo (2015)'' with Susanne Paul * ''Il Passo Interiore (2018)''

References

External links

Official site
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