Marcella Puppini is an

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singer, songwriter, and the founder of

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Biography

Marcella Puppini started playing the piano at age five and hoped to become an opera singer. At the age of 18, having completed her

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in Classics (Ancient Greek, Latin, Italian Literature and Art History), Puppini moved to London to study at

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. Having graduated in fashion, Puppini became Accessories Production Manager at

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Studios but kept her side career as a singer in clubs all around London. In 1999, she left the fashion world and embarked on a degree course at

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, where she graduated in Jazz Performance and Composition. Her first band was called Dead Sex Kitten. She appeared on Rich B's song "Revolution". She also performed in her own name in the jazz and cabaret scene in the UK and Italy. In 2004, Puppini created a new group called the Puppini Sisters, a

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trio inspired by the sister groups of the 1930s and '40s. The Puppini Sisters' debut album, ''Betcha Bottom Dollar'' (UCJ, 2006), was awarded a Gold disc in the UK. Puppini became involved in alternative

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. She worked with Marisa Carnesky on Ghost Train, with

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in 2005, with The Whoopee Club as musical director, and with Duckie. She founded Marcella and The Forget Me Nots. The band's first album came out in January 2010 as part of ''Twisted Cabaret'', a part-audio, part-video compilation curated by French label Volvox. Marcella and The Forget Me Nots changed formation in 2010 to become an indie-art-punk-Weimar inspired band and released ''Born Beautiful'' in 2011. Puppini has been working as a regular guest conductor for the Georgy Garanian Big Band, formerly known as the Russian State Big Band. She has performed in Moscow, Siberia, and in Izhevsk as part of a Tchaikovsky festival. In May 2013, she was nominated as the Mayoress of Camden. In 2015, Puppini released Everything Is Beautiful, her first solo album of original material, which she describes as "electro vintage, because it's not just electro swing, it's a mixture of different vintage styles interpreted with an electronic sound."

References

External links

Marcella Puppini official web site
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