Giovanni may refer to:

• Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data
• Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname
• Don Manley, a compiler of crosswords known as Giovanni
• Don Giovanni, a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of Don Juan
• Giovanni (Pokémon), boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of Pokémon
• The Giovanni, a group of vampires in Vampire: The Masquerade/World of Darkness roleplay and video game
• Giovanni's Room, a 1956 novel by James Baldwin

See also[link]

• Geovani
• Giovanni Battista

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Giovanni Marradi (1852–1922) was an Italian poet born at Livorno and educated at Pisa and Florence. At the latter place he started with others a short-lived review, the Nuovi Goliardi, which made some literary sensation. He became a teacher at various colleges, and eventually an educational inspector in Massa Carrara. He was much influenced by Carducci, and became known not only as a critic but as a charming descriptive poet, his principal volumes of verse being Canzone moderne (1870), Fantasie marnie (1881), Canzoni e fantasie (1853), Ricordi lirici (1884), Poesie (1887), Nuovi canti (1891) and Ballati moderne (1895).

He is the great-grandfather of the New Age musician Giovanni Marradi.

References[link]

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

Giovanni Hidalgo

Giovanni Hidalgo a.k.a. "Mañenguito" (born November 22, 1963) is an educator, percussionist and recording artist in the genre' of Latin jazz.

Early years[link]

Hidalgo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico where he received his primary education. His grandfather had also been a musician, as well as his father José Manuel Hidalgo "Mañengue", who was a renowned conga player. Therefore, Hidalgo was raised in a household surrounded by drums, bongos, congas and timbales.^[1] He received a conga for his eighth birthday which had been handmade by his father. As a young child he practiced and developed his speed and playing skills on the conga and on the other instruments in his house. Hidalgo would drum a tune with sticks and then play the same tune with his hands.^[2]

Musical career[link]

External audio
	You may listen to Giovanni Hidalgo in Conga Virtuoso here.

Hidalgo auditioned and was hired by the Batacumbele Band in 1980. In 1981, he traveled with the band to Cuba where he met a musician by the name of José Luis Quintana "Changuito". Together they were able to create a unique style of rhythm and ushered in a new musical era in Latin music.^[1][2]

In 1985, Hidalgo was performing with Eddie Palmieri at The Village Gate in New York City, when the legendary jazz musician Dizzy Gillespie walked in and listened to Hidalgo play. He was so impressed with Hidalgo that he told him that someday in the future they must get together and play. In 1988 Hidalgo joined Gillespie's United Nation Orchestra.^[1]

In 1992, he was hired as an adjunct professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. There he taught many types of rhythms; Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, reggae, African and jazz. He held this academic position until 1996.

Awards[link]

In 1991 Hidalgo received a Grammy Award in the category of world music (the first year the category existed) as part of Mickey Hart's percussion ensemble Planet Drum for the album of the same name. He also performed on the 1993 Arturo Sandoval album Danzon (Dance On) which won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance, and received Grammy nominations in the same category for the albums Hands of Rhythm in 1997 and The Body Acoustic in 2005. In 2009 he collaborated with Hart again as part of the Global Drum Project, whose title album won the world music Grammy that year.

Recordings with other musicians[link]

Among the musicians with which Hidalgo has either performed or recorded with are:

• Bola Abimbola
• Sikiru Adepoju
• Art Blakey
• Muruga Booker
• Jack Bruce
• Don Byron
• Michel Camilo
• Dizzy Gillespie
• Sammy Hagar
• Kip Hanrahan
• Mickey Hart
• Zakir Hussain
• Cassius Khan
• Charlie Palmieri
• Phish
• Tito Puente
• Hilton Ruiz
• Paul Simon
• D'angelo

On October 31, 2010, Giovanni performed with the legendary jam rock band Phish during their special Halloween 'musical costume' concert. The band learned Little Feat's "Waiting for Columbus" and performed it in its entirety along with Giovanni Hidalgo on percussion and Aaron Johnson, Stuart Bogie, Ian Hendrickson, Michael Leonhart, and Eric Biondo on brass during set two of three for the evening. He also returned along with the horn section to perform "Julius" the encore for the evening.^[3]

Discography[link]

• 1992 - Villa Hidalgo (CD) Pimienta
• 1993 - Worldwide (CD) RMM
• 1995 - Time Shifter (CD) RMM
• 1997 - Hands Of Rhythm (CD) RMM
• 1998 - The Best of Giovanni Hidalgo (CD) RMM

With other artists[link]

• 1981 - Con Un Poco De Songo - Batacumbele (CD) Disco Hit
• 1985 - Few Short Notes From the End Run - Kip Hanrahan (EP - CD) Justin Time
• 1986 - Aqui Se Puede - Airto Moreira (CD) Montuno
• 1986 - Word Up! - Cameo (CD) Mercury Records
• 1987 - Mind Time - Dave Valentin (CD) GRP Records
• 1987 - Afro Caribbean Jazz - Batacumbele (CD) Montuno
• 1987 - Celebration - Paquito D'Rivera (CD) Columbia Records
• 1988 - In Concert: Live At The University Of Puerto Rico - Batacumbele (CD) Montuno
• 1988 - Live At The Blue Note - Dave Valentin (CD) GRP Records
• 1989 - Live at the Royal Festival Hall (Enja) - Dizzy Gillespie & The United Nations Orchestra
• 1989 - Samba De Flora - Airto Moreira (CD) Montuno
• 1990 - Tenderness - Kip Hanrahan (CD) Yellowbird
• 1990 - Reunion - Paquito D'Rivera (CD) Termidor Universal Special Imports
• 1990 - Abriendo Puertas - Jerry Rivera (CD) Discos CBS
• 1991 - Planet Drum - Mickey Hart (CD) Rykodisc
• 1991 - Bolivia - Freddie Hubbard (CD) Musicmasters
• 1992 - Pintando Lunas - Domingo Quinones (CD) RMM Records
• 1992 - Jazz Project - Humberto Ramirez (CD) Tropi Jazz Records
• 1992 - Queen Of The Night - Flora Purim (CD) Sound Wave
• 1992 - Manhattan Mambo Soundtrack – Hilton Ruiz (CD) Telarc Distribution
• 1992 - Live At Birdland - Hilton Ruiz (CD) Candid
• 1992 - Live At The Village Gate - Tito Puente (CD) Tropi Jazz
• 1993 - Golden Latin Jazz All Stars In Session - Tito Puente's Golden Jazz All Stars (CD) RMM
• 1993 - Heroes - Hilton Ruiz (CD) Telarc Distribution
• 1993 - Paul Simon 1964-1993 - Paul Simon (CD) Warner Bros.
• 1993 - Danzon (Dance On) - Arturo Sandoval (CD) GRP (USA)
• 1993 - Aspects - Humberto Ramirez (CD) RMM
• 1994 - Speed Of Light - Flora Purim (CD) Meltdown/B&W Music
• 1994 - One More Once - Michel Camilo (CD) Columbia Records
• 1995 - All Roads Are Made Of The Flesh - Kip Hanrahan (CD) American Clave
• 1995 - Hands On Percussion - Hilton Ruiz (CD) RMM
• 1995 - Encounters Of The Fourth World - Fourth World (CD) Black & White Records
• 1996 - Evolucionando - Johnny Almendra (CD) RMM
• 1996 - Mickey Hart's Mystery Box - Mickey Hart (CD) Rykodisc
• 1997 - Marching To Mars - Sammy Hagar (CD) Universal Special Products
• 1997 - Tropijazz All-Stars Volume 2 - TropiJazz All-Stars (CD) Tropi Jazz
• 1997 - 50 Years Of Swing - Tito Puente (CD box set) RMM
• 1998 - Larry Harlow's Latin Legend Band - Larry Harlow (CD) Sony Discos
• 1998 - Antiguo - Gonzalo Rubalcaba (CD) Blue Note Records
• 1998 - Havana Blues - Armando Rodriguez (CD) Palmetto
• 1998 - Supralingua - Mickey Hart (CD) Ryko
• 1998 - Mi Forma De Sentir - Yanko (CD) RMM
• 1998 - God Bless The Child - Freddie Hubbard (CD) Musicmasters
• 1999 - Last Journey - Fourth World (CD) M.E.L.T. 2000 (Zeit)
• 1999 - McCoy Tyner & The Latin All-Stars - McCoy Tyner (CD) Telarc Distribution
• 1999 - Best Friends - Humberto Ramirez (CD) Sony Discos
• 2000 - Rhythms For A New Millennium - Alex Acuna (CD) Tonga Productions Inc.
• 2000 - Best Kept Secret - Ralph Irizarry (CD) Shanachie
• 2000 - Conga Kings - Candido Camero (CD) Chesky
• 2000 - Galeria Caribe - Ricardo Arjona (CD) Sony Music
• 2000 - Imprint - John Patitucci (CD) Concord Jazz
• 2000 - Homeless - Airto Moreira (CD) Melt 2000 (Zeit)
• 2001 - Drawn From Memory: Best Of Kip Hanrahan - Kip Hanrahan (CD) IN AK
• 2001 - Yo Por Ti - Olga Tanon (CD) Warner Bros.
• 2001 - TNT (Trombone-N-Tenor) - Steve Turre (CD) Telarc Distribution
• 2001 - Jazz Descargas - Conga Kings (CD) Chesky
• 2002 - Flora Purim Sings Milton Nascimento - Flora Purim (CD) Narada
• 2002 - Mondo Head - Kodo (CD) Red Ink
• 2002 - Together Again - Juan Pablo Torres (CD) MusicHaus
• 2002 - Over The Edge And Back: The Best Of Mickey Hart - Mickey Hart (CD) Rykodisc
• 2002 - Live At The Playboy Jazz Festival - Tito Puente (CD) Playboy Jazz
• 2002 - Lo Bueno De La Vida - Orlando Poleo (CD) Sony International
• 2003 - Life After That - Airto Moreira (CD) Narada
• 2004 - Studio Recordings 1972-2000 - Paul Simon (CD) Rhino Records
• 2004 - Body Acoustic - Body Acoustic (CD) Chesky
• 2004 - Desahogo - Vico-C (CD) EMI Music Distribution
• 2004 - My Music, My Friends, My Time - Oskar Cartaya (CD) O.Y.E.
• 2004 - Como Nunca...Como Siempre - Limi-T 21 (CD) EMI Latin
• 2005 - Sabor Cubano - Alina Izquierdo (CD) Pimienta
• 2005 - Flora's Song - Flora Purim (CD) Narada
• 2005 - Con Mucho Ritmo!: The Very Best Of Tropijazz (CD) Verve Records
• 2005 - Listen Here! - Eddie Palmieri (CD) Concord
• 2006 - Descarga En California - Rebeca Mauleon (CD) Pimienta
• 2006 - Masa Con Masa - Millo Torres (CD) Machete Music
• 2006 - Codes - Ignacio Berroa (CD) Blue Note
• 2006 - Telegrafia Sin Hilo - Changuito (CD) Cacao Musica
• 2007 - De Corazon A Corazon - Team Vip (CD) Union Music Group
• 2007 - Live At The Jazz Plaza Festival 1985 - Dizzy Gillespie (CD) MVD
• 2007 - Jazz, Baby! - Doug Beavers (CD) Origin Records
• 2007 - En Primera Plana - Isaac Delgado (CD) La Calle
• 2007 - 90 Millas - Gloria Estefan (CD) Solar Music Group
• 2007 - Afro Blue - McCoy Tyner (CD) Telarc Distribution
• 2008 - Canto A America Latina - Andres Jimenez (CD) Cuatro Menguante
• 2008 - RMM 20th Anniversary Collection Vol. 9 (CD) Universal Music Latino
• 2009 - Global Drum Project – Mickey Hart (CD) Shout! Factory
• 2009 - DOS Clasicos - Jerry Rivera (CD) Sony Music
• 2009 - Moving Forward - Bernie Williams (CD) Reform
• 2009 - Omar Garcia - Omar Garcia (CD) Warner Bros.
• 2012 - Mysterium Tremendum - Mickey Hart Band (CD) 360° Productions

Filmography[link]

• 1995 - Conga Virtuoso (DVD) Warner Bros.
• 1996 - In The Tradition (DVD) Warner Bros.
• 2004 - Traveling Through Time (with Horacio Hernandez) (DVD) Music Video Distributors

See also[link]

	Puerto Rico portal
	Percussion portal

• List of famous Puerto Ricans

References[link]

Angela Finocchiaro (b. Milan, November 20, 1955) is an Italian actress.

Filmography[link]

• 1979 - Ratataplan, by Maurizio Nichetti
• 1980 - Ho fatto splash, by Maurizio Nichetti
• 1986 - Il burbero, by Franco Castellano and Giuseppe Moccia
• 1988 - Domani accadrà, by Daniele Luchetti
• 1989 - Luisa, Carla, Lorenza e... le affettuose lontananze, by Sergio Rossi
• 1989 - Io, Peter Pan, by Enzo De Caro
• 1989 - Gentili signore, by Adriana Monti
• 1991 - Il muro di gomma, by Marco Risi
• 1991 - Il portaborse, by Daniele Luchetti
• 1991 - To Want to Fly, by Maurizio Nichetti
• 1992 - Assolto per aver commesso il fatto, by Alberto Sordi
• 1993 - Arriva la bufera, by Daniele Luchetti
• 1995 - Bidoni, by Felice Farina
• 1995 - A che punto è la notte, by Nanni Loy - (tv film)
• 1998 - L'ultimo capodanno, by Marco Risi
• 1999 - Le madri, by Angelo Longoni - film TV
• 2004 - Non ti muovere, by Sergio Castellitto
• 2004 - Signora (2004 film), by Francesco Laudadio
• 2004 - 13dici a tavola, by Enrico Oldoini
• 2005 - La bestia nel cuore, by Cristina Comencini
• 2007 - Lezioni di volo, by Francesca Archibugi
• 2007 - Mio fratello è figlio unico, by Daniele Luchetti
• 2010 - Benvenuti al Sud
• 2010 - La banda dei Babbi Natale, by Paolo Genovese

External links[link]

• Angela Finocchiaro at the Internet Movie Database

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Beppe Grillo
Leader of the Five Star Movement
Incumbent
Assumed office October 4, 2009
Personal details
Born	(1948-07-21) 21 July 1948 (age 63) Genoa, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Five Star Movement
Relations	Married
Children	6
Occupation	Comedian, Activist, Politician
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Website	http://www.beppegrillo.it/

Giuseppe Piero Grillo, better known as Beppe Grillo (born 21 July 1948), is an Italian activist, blogger, comedian and actor. He has been involved in politics since 2009 as leader of the Five Star Movement.

Biography[link]

Grillo was born in Genoa, Liguria.

After receiving his degree as an accountant, Grillo became a comedian by chance, improvising a monologue in an audition. Two weeks later he was discovered and launched by Italian TV presenter Pippo Baudo. He subsequently participated in the variety show Secondo Voi for two years (1977–78). Later, in 1979, he participated in Luna Park by Enzo Trapani, and Fantastico.

In the 1980s his success rose further, thanks to shows like Te la do io l'America (1982, 4 episodes) and Te lo do io il Brasile (1984, six episodes). In these shows, he narrated his experiences of his visits to the United States and Brazil, with anecdotes and witticisms about the culture, lifestyle and beauty of these places.

As a result, his popularity grew more and more, and he became the protagonist of another show developed especially for him, called Grillometro (Grillometer). In 1986, he was the star of prize-winning advertisements for a brand of yogurt.

Soon after this, his performances began to be characterized by an increasing level of political satire, often expressed in such a direct way that he quickly offended a lot of Italian politicians. In 1987 during the Saturday night TV show Fantastico 7, he attacked the Italian Socialist Party and its leader Bettino Craxi, then Italy's Prime Minister, on the occasion of his visit in the People's Republic of China. Grillo said:

If the Chinese are all socialists, whom do they steal from?

The joke hinted at the totalitarianism of the PRC, but even more to the widespread corruption for which the Italian Socialist Party was known. As a consequence, Grillo was effectively and silently banished from publicly owned television; yet, he was vindicated a few years later when the Italian Socialist Party had to be disbanded in a welter of corruption scandals known as Tangentopoli, uncovered by the Mani pulite investigation. Craxi himself died in Tunisia, unable to return to Italy where he would have been jailed for several convictions.

Consequently, from the beginning of the 1990s his appearances on television became rare: according to many people, the reason for this is a silent ostracism by politicians offended by his revelations about their hidden financial activities, frauds and false claims. When one of his shows was finally allowed to be broadcast by RAI, in 1993, it obtained a record share of 16 million viewers. He was later banned definitively from Italian television.

He currently performs in theatres in Italy and abroad, often with outstanding success.^[1] Grillo's themes include energy usage, political and corporate corruption, finance, freedom of speech, child labour, globalization, and technology. Recently Grillo started to encourage the use of Wikipedia as the future of knowledge sharing, and generally he is a strong proponent of internet freedom.^[2]

Political activism[link]

Beppe Grillo in Bologna speaking at V-Day.

Grillo has spearheaded several national and international political campaigns. On Sept. 8, 2007, he organized a "V-Day Celebration" in Italy; the "V" stood for vendetta, vengeance, and vaffanculo ("fuck off"). During the rally, Grillo projected the names of two dozen Italian politicians who had been convicted of crimes ranging from corruption and tax evasion to abetting a murder. More than 2 million Italians participated in this rally.^[3] Grillo also used this rally to urge Italians to sign a petition calling for the introduction of a Bill of Popular Initiative to remove members of the Italian Parliament who have criminal convictions of any kind from their office.^[4] According to Internet scholars, V–day was the first case in Italian history of a political demonstration developed and promoted via word–of–mouth mobilization on the blogosphere and the social web.^[5]

This was followed by the second V-Day on 25 April 2008, in Turin, S.Carlo square. This V-Day was dedicated to the Italian press and its government financial support; Grillo heavily criticized the Italian press for the lack of freedom; Umberto Veronesi (about his support for incinerators); NATO bases in Italy, the politicians (Silvio Berlusconi had recently been re-elected) and Retequattro, still holding on to TV frequencies already assigned to Europa 7 [2].

Beppe Grillo in Turin during electoral campaign.

On 1 September 2005, thanks to contributions from readers of his blog, Grillo bought a full page advertisement in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica in which he called for the resignation of the Bank of Italy's (then) governor Antonio Fazio over the Antonveneta banking scandal. In October 2005, Time chose him as one of the "European Heroes 2005" for his constant battle against corruption and financial scandals.^[6]

On 22 November 2005 Grillo also bought a page in the International Herald Tribune, again claiming that members of the Italian Parliament ought not to represent citizens if they have ever been convicted in a court of law, even in the first degree of the three available in the Italian system.^[7] His blog now contains a regularly updated list of members of the Italian Parliament who have been convicted in all three degrees, in what he calls "operation Clean Parliament".^[8] Grillo claimed, in 2007, that data suggested that even Scampia, the most dangerous suburb of Naples and one of the areas with the highest crime rate in Europe, actually had a lower crime rate than the Italian parliament's membership.^[9]

On 26 July 2007 Grillo was permitted to speak to the members of the European Parliament in Brussels, where he drew attention to the dangerous, negative state of current Italian politics.^[10]

In August 2008, Grillo was the subject of a report on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC-TV) international affairs program "Foreign Correspondent". Titled "The Clown Prince" the report profiled Grillo's life, political activism, V Day campaign, and use of the internet as a political tool.^[11]

In 2010, he started a political movement called "Movimento 5 stelle" ("Movement five stars"), without the desire to be a leader and to be elected, but only to join, by the Internet, people who believe in ideals like honesty and direct democracy, and saying that politicians are only subordinates of the people and that they should work for the country only for a short time and only if they are not condemned for crimes, and thinking about the problems of their country without any other interest. The movement will be truly a party chance only from the next political round, when they will purpose their name not only in some regions but also in the political elections. The five stars represent the five basic points of the shared program: Water, Environment, Transport, Connectivity, Growth.

Beppegrillo.it[link]

Grillo maintains a blog (available in Italian, English and Japanese) at beppegrillo.it which is updated daily. Comments to posts regularly top the thousands (in the Italian version). According to Technorati, the blog is ranked among the 10 most visited blogs in the world. In 2008, The Guardian ranked Grillo's blog among the world's most powerful blogs.^[12]

Grillo often receives letters of appreciation and support from prominent figures, such as Antonio Di Pietro (former Italian Minister of Infrastructures), Fausto Bertinotti (former President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies), Renzo Piano, and even Nobel Prize Winners (like Dario Fo, Joseph E. Stiglitz, Dalai Lama, Muhammad Yunus).^[13]

Legal issues[link]

In 1980 he was found guilty of manslaughter for a car accident in which he was the driver; three passengers lost their lives.^[14]

During his shows Grillo never hesitates to name firms and personalities he considers corrupt, always supporting his views with data and documents^{[citation needed]}. For this reason he has been sued several times for libel by many people and organizations which he had exposed, such as Telecom Italia.

When Italian judges were investigating the Parmalat scandal, which was then the world's largest corporate bankruptcy scandal ever, Grillo was called to testify as he anticipated the imminent collapse of the dairy conglomerate in one of his shows. When he was asked by judges how he has been able to discover that, he simply said that Parmalat's financial holes were so evident that anybody who had enough ability to see them would see them, since the corporate accounting was easily accessible.^[15]

Criticism[link]

Grillo is often criticized for his lifestyle. In particular, critics blame him for owning a motor yacht and a Ferrari sports car, both being in contradiction with his well known ecologist stance. In his blog he admits that he did, in fact, acquire both but has since sold them.^[14]

Grillo is also criticized for taking advantage of the Condono Tombale, a fiscal amnesty granted by the first Berlusconi government in 2001, which Grillo publicly opposed.^[16] Grillo commented on this issue during the V-Day demonstration. He said that he had personally benefitted by only €500^{[citation needed]}.

Grillo has proposed that members of the Italian Parliament who have a criminal record should be barred from public office. As Grillo himself has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter caused by a car accident^[14] his critics^[who?] say he has no right to represent Italians either. Grillo has always stated that he is not interested in becoming a member of the Italian Parliament anyway.^[14] Despite this, in July 2009 he publicly expressed his intention to present himself as a candidate for the PD's primary elections^[17] which, however, does not imply automatic presence in the Italian parliament.

Another proposal of his is that members of Parliament be limited to two government terms of office after which they might not stand again. Detractors^[who?] argue that this would shorten the political life of competent and expert politicians, usually drawing Alcide De Gasperi, Aldo Moro and Enrico Berlinguer as examples of brilliant politicians who served more than two terms. Marco Travaglio replied that, for that sake, also the political life of much less popular Clemente Mastella would have suffered.^[18]

Grillo is criticized as being a mere demagogue who attacks politicians on superficial issues and their private lives while unable to provide a valid alternative. For instance, Daniele Luttazzi, famous Italian satirist, criticized Grillo in 2007 in an open letter published on the website of the news magazine Micromega. Luttazzi accused Grillo of being a "demagogue" and a "populist", suggesting Grillo to choose between satire and politics, asserting the two are incompatible.^[19]

In 2007 Grillo criticized the "Memorial Day of Foibe Massacres and Istrian-Dalmatian exodus" and the President of the Italian Repubblic Giorgio Napolitano^[20]

Filmography[link]

Grillo has appeared in three movies:

• Cercasi Gesù (1982)
• Scemo di Guerra (1985)
• Topo Galileo (1987)

In 2008, Grillo featured in the documentary, The Beppe Grillo Story, produced by Banyak Films for Al Jazeera English.

References[link]

External links[link]

Official websites[link]

• The English version of Beppe Grillo's personal blog
• Beppe Grillo's fans meeting map around the world

Other resources[link]

• 'Time' article about Grillo
• 'New York Times' video about Grillo
• 'New Yorker' Beppe’s Inferno