Marco Calliari is a singer-songwriter born in
Quebec
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from Italian parents. He began his career in 1989 in forming the
thrash metal
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group
Anonymus alongside
Carlos Araya and brothers
Daniel and
Oscar Souto. Since 2003, he pursued a solo career that has so far released three albums: ''Che la vita'', ''Mia dolce vita'', and ''Al faro est''.
With his first album, ''Che la vita'', Calliari found a way to reconnect with his parents' country of origin. The album, based on
Italian folklore
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and
jazz
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influences, won Calliari the
Galaxy award in the summer of 2004, given by the
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at a music festival in
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
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and was nominated at the Gala
MIMI in 2005. An active member of the Italian community in Montreal, he has also participated in first two editions of
Ritalfest, a festival honoring Italian music in Quebec.
Discography
Albums
* ''Che la vita'', 2003
#Bella luna
#Angelo
#Che la vita... (camminar)
#Il scelto
#Lacrime
#Queste parole
#Amore
#Tierra
#Solo
#Matta ma sana
#Paura
#Ô
#
Torna a Surriento
#Lontana
* ''Mia dolce vita'', 2006
#L'americano
#L'italiano
#Leggenda di natale
#Chi è, e non è
#
'O sole mio
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#Recitar! (Vesti la giubba)
#Caruso
#I due fannulloni
#
Chitarra romana
#Bella ciao
#La montanara
#Cosa nostra (The Godfather Medley)
#Mattinata
* ''Al dente'', DVD double, 2006
* ''Al faro est'', 2010
#Sierras, cielo y almas
#Per fortuna
#Bino di Bedonia
#Andare, camminare, lavorare
#Ho un amico
#Flamenka
#Ladro di pensieri
#Freddo
#Il valzer dell'amore infinito
#Come se fosse
#La Rabbia
#Tango Porco
#Al faro est
Singles
Other interests
* ''Le Monde de
Belle et Bum'', 2004 : "Che la vita"
* ''Les Rythmes de
Belle et Bum'', 2005 : "Quand le soleil dit bonjour aux montagnes" (avec
Lynda Thalie
Lynda Thalie (born on 25 June 1978) is a Canadian singer-songwriter of Algerian origin. Her family immigrated to Canada and resided in Quebec province since 1994. She has released three albums and has also written her autobiography entitled ''Su ...
)
* ''
Serge Fiori : Un musicien parmi tant d'autres'', 2006 : "Che la vita" (
Dixie
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)
* ''Cooking 3'', 2006 : "Bella luna"
* ''Le Noël Angélique de
Sœur Angèle
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'', 2006 : "Tu scendi dalle stelle"
References
External links
Site officielVidéos
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Italian emigrants to Canada
Singers from Montreal
Canadian male singers
Canadian heavy metal singers
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