Francesco Guardi
Francesco Guardi portrayed by Roberto Longhi (1764)
Born	(1712-10-05)October 5, 1712 Venice
Died	January 1, 1793(1793-01-01) (aged 80)
Nationality	Italian
Field	Painting
Movement	Venetian School

Francesco Lazzaro Guardi (October 5, 1712 – January 1, 1793) was a Venetian painter of veduta, a member of the Venetian School. He is considered to be among the last practitioners, along with his brothers, of the classic Venetian school of painting.

Biography[link]

Francesco Guardi was born in Venice into a family of lesser nobility from Trentino. His father Domenico (born in 1678) and his brothers Niccolò and Gian Antonio were also painters, the latter inheriting the family workshop after the father's death in 1716. They probably all contributed as a team to some of the larger commissions later attributed to Francesco. His sister Maria Cecilia married the pre-eminent Veneto-European painter of his epoch, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo.

In 1735, Guardi moved to the workshop of Michele Marieschi, where he remained until 1743. His first certain works is from 1738, for a parish at Vigo d'Anuania, in Trentino. In this period he worked alongside his better-known brother, Gian Antonio. The first work signed by Francesco is a Saint Adoring the Eucarist (circa 1739).

Miracle of a Dominicane Saint (1763), Lugano

His works in this period included landscapes as well as figure representations. His early vedutas show influence both from Canaletto and Luca Carlevarijs. On February 15, 1757 he married Maria Mattea Pagani, the daughter of painter Matteo Pagani. In the same year his brother Gian Antonio died and his first son, Vincenzo, was born. His second son, Giacomo, was born in 1764.

In 1763 he worked in Murano, in the church of San Pietro Martire, finishing a Miracle of a Dominican Saint clearly influenced by Alessandro Magnasco in its quasi-expressionistic style.

Francesco Guardi's most important later works include the Doge's Feasts, a series of twelve canvases celebrating the ceremonies held in 1763 for the election of Doge Alvise IV Mocenigo. In his later years, Canaletto's influence on his art diminished, as showed by the Piazzetta in the Ca' d'Oro of Venice. In circa 1778, he painted the severe Holy Trinity Appearing to Sts. Peter and Paul in the parish church of Roncegno.

In 1782 Guardi was commissioned by the Venetian government six canvases to celebrate the visit of the Russian Archdukes in the city, of which only two remain, and two others for that of Pope Pius VI. On September 12 of that year he was admitted to the Fine Art Academy of Venice.

A stronger attention to colours is present in late works such as the Concerto of 80 Orphans of 1782, now in Munich, in the Façade of Palace with Staircase in the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo.

Guardi died at Venice in 1793.

Mature style[link]

Departure of Tobias and Angel, Chiesa dell'Angelo San Raffaele (Venice)

Among all the paintings attributed to either Francesco and his brother Gian Antonio Guardi, the most praised work is not a landscape, but instead the airy sfumato Story of Tobit painted for the organ loft in the small Chiesa dell'Angelo San Raffaele. To quote from the Web Gallery of Art:

Perspective, organized aerial space, the Palladian solidity of Tiepolo... are exchanged for a personal style of coloured handwriting - now brilliantly calligraphic, and now brilliantly cloudy.^[1]

Lagoon Looking Towards Murano from the Fondamenta Nuova (1765-70)^[2]

Guardi's painterly style is known as pittura di tocco (of touch) for its small dotting and spirited brush-strokes. This looser style of painting had been used by Giovanni Piazzetta and Sebastiano Ricci, and recalls, in some religious themes, the sweetened sfumato of Barocci's Bolognese style. In this he differs from the more linear and architecturally accurate style of Canaletto's painting.This style, a century later, would make Guardi's works highly prized by the French Impressionists.

Canaletto, as a vedutista, concentrated on glamorous urban architecture erected by the imperial republic; on the other hand, in Guardi, the buildings often appearto be melting and sinking into a murky lagoon.^[3][4] Canaletto's canvases often have intricate linear and brilliant details, and depict Venice in sunny daylight. Guardi paints clouded skies above a city at dusk. These contrasts, however, simplify the facts, since Canaletto often painted the drab communal life and neighborhoods (creating in them some epic artistic qualities), while Guardi did not avoid sometimes painting the ceremonies of Ducal Venice.^[5] Ultimately, Guardi's paintings evoke the onset of the dissipation. The citizenry has shrunken to an impotent lilliputian crowd of "rubber-neckers", unable to rescue the crumbling Republic, as for example in the Fire in the Oil Depot in San Marcuola.^[6] It was fitting depiction of the rapidly declining empire, which had declined, in Napoleon's assessment, into a "drawing room of Europe" peopled with casinos, carnivals, and courtesans for hire.

Fire in the Oil Depot in San Marcuola (1789)

Footnotes[link]

References[link]

• Short biography in the Web Gallery of Art [1]
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
• Aldo Rizzi, I maestri della pittura veneta del '700, Electa - Milano 1973
• The Doge on the Bucintoro near the Riva di Sant'Elena (painting), also known as The Departure Of the Bucentaur For The Ascension Day Ceremony, held at the Louvre in Paris

External links[link]

Media related to Francesco Guardi at Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Francesco Guardi

Ivano Alberto Fossati (born September 21, 1951) is an Italian pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and percussionist born in Genoa. Fossati has several albums to date and has worked with such musicians as Fabrizio De André, Riccardo Tesi,Anna Oxa, Mia Martini, Ornella Vanoni, Francesco De Gregori and others.^[1]

Discography[link]

• Il Grande Mare che Avremmo Traversato (1973)
• Poco Prima dell'Aurora (with Oscar Prudente) (1974)
• Good-bye Indiana (1975)
• La Casa del Serpente (1977)
• La Mia Banda Suona il Rock (1979)
• Panama e Dintorni (1981)
• Le Citta' di Frontiera (1983)
• Ventilazione (1984)
• 700 Giorni (1986)
• La Pianta del Te (1988)
• Discanto (1990)
• Lindbergh (1992)
• Buontempo Dal Vivo Vol. 1 (1993)
• Carte da Decifrare Dal Vivo Vol. 2 (1993)
• Macramé (1996)
• Canzoni a Raccolta – Time and Silence (1998)
• La disciplina della Terra (2000)
• Not One Word (2001)
• Lampo viaggiatore (2003)
• Dal vivo, Vol. 3: Tour Acustico (2004)
• L'arcangelo (2006)
• Ho sognato una strada (2006)
• Musica Moderna (2008)
• Decadancing (2011)

As contributor[link]

• Scacchi e tarocchi (by Francesco De Gregori, 1985)
• Euphonia (by Vincenzo Zitello, 1986)
• Anime salve (by Fabrizio De André, 1996)
• Les Annees Orlando l'Integrale 1970–1997 (by Dalida, 1997)
• Veleno (by Mina, 2003)
• Acqua foco e vento (by Riccardo Tesi, 2003)
• Miei compagni di viaggio (by Mia Martini, 2003)
• Troppo tempo/Hace tiempo (by Laura Pausini, 2011)

External links[link]

• Ivano Fossati on Europopmusic.eu (English)

References[link]

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Fiorella Mannoia
Fiorella Mannoia
Background information
Born	(1954-04-04) April 4, 1954 (age 58)
Origin	Rome, Italy
Genres	pop
Occupations	singer
Years active	1968 - present
Labels	Carisch, It, RCA Italiana, Dischi Ricordi, CGD, Ariston, DDD, Sony
Website	fiorellamannoia.it

Fiorella Mannoia (born April 4, 1954) is an Italian singer.

Biography[link]

The Beginning[link]

Fiorella Mannoia's father Luigi was an Italian film stuntman, and Fiorella, her brother Maurizio and sister Patrizia began work in this area as children. Fiorella Mannoia's first film role as stuntwoman was at the age of 13 in the film Non cantare, spara! ("Don't Sing, Shoot!") (1968). She often acted as a stand-in for Monica Vitti, e.g., in Amore mio aiutami ("Help Me, My Love"), and was also a stand-in for Candice Bergen in The Hunting Party. She debuted in the world of music at the Festival of Castrocaro in 1968, singing Un bambino sul leone (“A Child on the Lion”) by Adriano Celentano. Although she didn't win, she obtained a record contract with Carisch, with whom she recorded her first 45, Ho saputo che partivi ("I Knew You Were Leaving"), which had on the B-side Le ciliegie ("The Cherries"), written by the young guitarist Riccardo Zappa.

In the Spring of 1968, she participated in Un disco per l'estate ("A Record for Summer"), a Summer song festival broadcast on RAI, with the song Gente qua, gente là ("People Here, People There"), the music for which was written by Bruno De Filippi, while the lyrics were written by her producer, Alberto Testa. Her third 45 featured Mi piace quel ragazzo lì ("I Like That Boy Over There"), whose text is dedicated to Adriano Celentano, with Occhi negli occhi ("Eyes Into Eyes") on the B-side, reutilized from the previous record. These discs, while still being influenced by certain "beat" sounds, presented evidence of Mannoia's vocal qualities, although they did not sell well. The tracks are available on the collection I primi passi ("The First Steps")(1998), containing songs by Fiorella Mannoia and Carla Bissi, published by On Sale Music.

In 1970 she got to know the singer and guitarist Memmo Foresi, who had put out some 45s as a solo act and with whom she formed a relationship. After signing a contract with the label It founded by Vincenzo Micocci, in 1971 she cut a 45 of a song written by Enzo Perrotti and a Foresi track on the B-side; this too went unnoticed.

The next year, the collaboration with Memmo Foresi led to the release of the album Mannoia Foresi & co. for RCA Italy. The track Ma quale sentimento ("But What Feeling") was retitled Prologo ("Prologue") for release as a single. In 1974, her new single Ninna nanna (with Rose on the B-side) was censored (and so withdrawn from sale) because of the lyrics by Marco Luberti, which were considered too raw. Fiorella Mannoia then decided to leave RCA and go to the label Ricordi, with whom she released three 45s, Piccolo ("Little", lyrics by Sergio Bardotti and Ruggero Cini), Tu amore mio ("You Love of Mine") and Scaldami ("Warm Me Up").

In the early 70s, she had minor roles in the spaghetti Westerns Un colt in mano del diavolo (“A Colt in the Hand of the Devil”) (1972), E il terzo giorno arrivò il corvo (“And on the Third Day, the Crow Arrived”) (1973) and Sei bounty killers per una strage (“Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre”) (1973).

Sanremo Music Festival[link]

On leaving the label Ricordi, Mannoia signed with CGD. Her first recording for the new label was not for a record of her own but for an album by Pierangelo Bertoli, entitled Certi momenti ("Certain Moments"). She sang a duet with Bertoli on Pescatore (“Fisherman”) and the great success of this single, and of the album, also helped to make her name known.

In 1981, she performed at the Sanremo Music Festival with Caffè nero bollente (“Steaming Black Coffee”), (written by Mimmo Cavallo and arranged by Antonio Coggio) which made her widely known in Italy. That year she also had a moderate hit with E muoviti un po' ("And Move a Little"), written by the Torinese singer-songwriter Valerio Liboni, with whom she took part in Festivalbar. She continued recording albums and 45s produced by Mario Lavezzi. She again changed record companies, moving to Ariston.

She entered the Sanremo Music Festival once more in 1984 with Come si cambia (“As One Changes”), written by Renato Pareti, which had a certain amount of sales success. She won the final of the television miniseries La Premiatissima '84 with the song Margherita by Riccardo Cocciante. In 1985, L'aiuola (“The Flowerbed”) was a big hit for her and the album Premiatissima '84, which included Margherita, was released.

Success[link]

Great success came when she changed labels to DDD and subsequently won the Critic’s Prize at the Sanremo Music Festival for two years in a row. In 1987, she won with Quello che le donne non dicono (“What Women Don’t Say”), her first number one hit, written specifically for her by Enrico Ruggeri and Luigi Schiavone. She won again in 1988 with Le notti di maggio (“The Nights of May”), written by Ivano Fossati. In 1988, the album Canzoni per parlare was released, which included these and other songs by leading Italian songwriters, including Ron and Riccardo Cocciante. This was also her first record produced by the musical director and guitarist Piero Fabrizi, who has played an important role in all of her subsequent work.

The album Di terra e di vento, on which she collaborated for the first time with Francesco De Gregori, was released in 1989. This album also contains an Italian version of the song O Que Será (“Oh What Will Be”) by the great Brazilian singer-songwriter Chico Buarque de Hollanda, sung as a duet with Ivano Fossati, who also translated the lyrics from Portuguese.

In 1992, Fiorella Mannoia released the pivotal album I treni a vapore, which, as well as the title track by Ivano Fossati, also contains the popular tracks Il cielo d'Irlanda (“The Sky of Ireland”) by Massimo Bubola, Tutti cercano qualcosa (“Everybody Is Looking for Something”) by Francesco De Gregori and Inevitabilmente (Lettera dal carcere) ("Inevitably (Letter from Jail)") by Enrico Ruggeri and Luigi Schiavone, which was used on the soundtrack of the film Caro diario by Nanni Moretti.

Her next album Gente comune was released in 1994. Highlights include the songs Crazy Boy, written for her by Samuele Bersani and Piero Fabrizi, Il culo del mondo (“The Arse of the World”) written by the Brazilian singer-songwriter Caetano Veloso, who sang with her on this number, and Giovanna d'Arco (“Joan of Arc”), written for her by Francesco de Gregori.

On Belle speranze (1997) she collaborated with younger songwriters including Daniele Silvestri and Gianmaria Testa. This album also contained the ironic Non sono un cantautore (“I Am Not a Singer-Songwriter”) written by Piero Fabrizi. Certe piccole voci (1999), the first live album of her career, contained the Vasco Rossi song Sally, one of her most popular numbers. This double CD was a huge hit in Italy, reaching number one a couple of months after release, and, ultimately, double platinum status.

2000s[link]

In 2000, Fiorella Mannoia was invited to the 50th Festival of Sanremo as Italian Super Host.

During the early to mid 2000s, she did a lot of touring, initially with Pino Daniele, Francesco De Gregori and Ron, and more recently solo. After the studio album Fragile (2001), Fiorella Mannoia released the live album In tour (2002) with Daniele, De Gregori and Ron. Returning to her cinema roots, she played a cameo role in the film Prima dammi un bacio ("First Give Me a Kiss") (2003), a romantic comedy written and directed by Ambrogio Lo Giudice.

In 2004, the solo live album Concerti (2004) was released, together with Due anni di concerti, a DVD recorded at the visually stunning Teatro Valli di Reggio Emilia. In 2005, she sang three songs at the Live 8 concert, Rome: Sally, Clandestino (written by Manu Chao), and Mio fratello che guarda il mondo (“My Brother Who Looks at the World”), written by Ivano Fossati.

During her career, Fiorella Mannoia has won the prestigious Targa Tenco (Tenco Prize) for Italian singers five times. She is the only performer to have won the Targa Tenco in this category more than once.

On 2 June 2005 the President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, conferred on Fiorella Mannoia the rank of Ufficiale (Official) in the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana (Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy).^[1]

In 2006 she released the single Cravo e canela (“Clove and Cinnamon”), written by Milton Nascimento (with whom she sings on the recording) and Ronaldo Bastos. This was followed by the album Onda tropicale, from which the single was taken. The tracks on the album, six translated into Italian by Piero Fabrizi and five in the original Portuguese, are all from the rich carioca repertoire of Brazil. All of the tracks are duets with well-known Brazilian artists (Milton Nascimento, Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Chico César, Gilberto Gil, Djavan, Carlinhos Brown, Lenine, Jorge Benjor and Adriana Calcanhotto). This was the first time anyone had succeeded in bringing all these important Brazilian artists together in a single project. Her longtime collaborator Piero Fabrizi, guitarist, musical director, arranger and songwriter, again played an important role on this album.

Fiorella Mannoia has also devoted herself to social issues, lending her attention to subjects such as abortion and divorce, and has also expressed her solidarity with the aid association Emergency.

During her career, Fiorella Mannoia has sung in a number of languages including French, Spanish, Portuguese and English, as well as Neapolitan and her native Italian.

Discography[link]

45 rpm[link]

• Ho saputo che partivi/Le ciliegie (Carisch, VCA 26201) (1968)
• Gente qua gente là/Occhi negli occhi (Carisch, VCA 26205) (1969)
• Mi piace quel ragazzo lì/Occhi negli occhi (Carisch, VCA 26208) (1969)
• Ore sei/Mi gira la testa (It) (1971)
• Ma quale sentimento/Che cos'è (RCA Italy) (1972)
• Ninna nanna/Rose (RCA Italy) (1974)
• Piccolo/Che sete ho (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.818) (1976)
• Tu amore mio/Viva (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.842) (1977)
• Scaldami/Cover girl (Dischi Ricordi, SRL 10.881) (1978)
• Caffè nero bollente/Meno male che il temporale sta passando (CGD) (1981)
• E muoviti un pò/Vigliacca notte nera (CGD) (1981)
• Il posto delle viole /Torneranno gli angeli (CGD) (1983)
• Come si cambia/Fai piano (Ariston) (1984)
• Ogni volta che vedo il mare/Chiara (Ariston) (1984)
• L'aiuola/Canto e vivo (Ariston) (1985)
• Quello che le donne non dicono/Ti ruberò (DDD) (1987)
• Le notti di maggio/Fino a fermarmi (DDD) (1988)
• Il tempo non torna più/Le notti di maggio (DDD) (1988)
• La giostra della memoria/Lunaspina (Epic) (1990)
• Cuore di cane/Oh che sarà (Epic) (1990)

CD Singles[link]

• Le notti di maggio ("The Nights of May") (DDD) (1988)
• Cuore di cane ("Heart of a Dog") (Polydor) (1992)
• I venti del cuore ("The Winds of the Heart") (Epic) (1992)
• Il cielo d'Irlanda ("The Sky of Ireland") (Epic) (1992)
• L'altra madre ("The Other Mother") (Sony) (1992)
• Crazy boy (Sony) (1994)
• Belle speranze ("Beautiful Hopes") (Sony) (1997)
• Non sono un cantautore ("I Am Not a Singer-Songwriter") (Sony) (1997)
• Il fiume e la nebbia ("The River and the Fog") (Sony) (1997)
• Sally (Sony) (1998)
• L'amore si odia duet with Noemi (Sony) (2009)

LPs and CDs[link]

• Mannoia Foresi & co. (RCA Italy) (1972)
• Fiorella Mannoia (CGD)(1982, reissued in 1983 with the addition of Caffè nero bollente (“Steaming Black Coffee”) and E muoviti un po' (“And Get Moving a Little”))
• Momento delicato (“Delicate Moment”) (Ariston) (1985, reissued in 1990 under the title Canto e vivo ("I Sing and I Live") with the addition of the song Come si cambia ("As One Changes"))
• Premiatissima '84 (Ariston) (1985)
• Fiorella Mannoia (Ariston) (1986)
• Canzoni per parlare (“Songs for Talk”) (DDD) (1988)
• Di terra e di vento (“Of Earth and Wind”) (Epic) (1989)
• I treni a vapore (“The Steam Trains”) (Sony) (1992)
• Gente comune (“Common People”) (Sony) (1994)
• Belle speranze (“Beautiful Hopes”) (Sony) (1997)
• Certe piccole voci (“Certain Little Voices”) (Sony) (1999)
• Fragile (“Fragile”) (Sony) (2001)
• In tour (“On Tour”) (Sony) (2002)
• Concerti (“Concerts”) (Sony) (2004)
• Onda tropicale (“Tropical Wave”) (Sony) (2006)
• Canzoni nel tempo (Sony) (2007) - (2 x Platinum 170,000+ copies)
• Il movimento del dare(Sony) (2008) - (Platinum - 105,000+ copies)
• Ho imparato a sognare(Sony) (2009) - (Platinum - 100,000+ copies)

Compilation CDs[link]

• Tre anni di successi (“Three Years of Hits”) (Durium) (1987)
• Canto e vivo (“I Sing and I Live”) (Dischi Ricordi) (1989)
• Basta innamorarsi (“It’s Enough to Fall in Love”) (Dischi Ricordi) (1989)
• Così cantiamo l’amore (“We Sing of Love This Way”) (Dischi Ricordi) (1991)
• Come si cambia '77-'87 (“As One Changes '77-'87”) (Dischi Ricordi) (1992)
• Le canzoni (“The Songs”) (Sony) (1993)
• Le origini (“The Origins”) (Dischi Ricordi) (1996)
• Il meglio (“The Best”) (Dischi Ricordi) (1997)
• I primi passi (“The First Steps”) (On Sale Music) (1998)
• I grandi successi originali (“The Original Big Hits”) (Sony) (2001)

DVDs[link]

• Due anni di concerti ("Two Years of Concerts") (Sony) (2004)
• Live in Roma 2005 (2006) (BUR/Sony) (package includes the book Biografia di una voce ("Biography of a Voice") by Fiorella Mannoia)
• Ho imparato a sognare ("I learned to dream") (Sony BMG Europe) (2009)

Prizes[link]

• 1987 - Sanremo Music Festival: Critic’s Prize for Quello che le donne non dicono
• 1988 - Sanremo Music Festival: Critic’s Prize for Le notti di maggio
• 1988 - Targa Tenco: best singer for Canzoni per parlare
• 1990 - Targa Tenco: best singer for Di terra e di vento
• 1995 - Targa Tenco: best singer for Gente comune
• 1999 - Targa Tenco: best singer for Certe piccole voci
• 2004 - Targa Tenco: best singer for Concerti

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/DettaglioDecorato.asp?idprogressivo=161339&iddecorato=160832 Website of the President of the Republic of Italy

• Internet Movie Database Entry
• Fiorella Mannoia entry in it.wikipedia.org (Italian)
• Biography at RAI International online
• Biography at www.lacanzoneitaliana.it (Italian)
• Targa Tenco entry in it.wikipedia.org (Italian)
• Biography at www.musicalstage.it (Italian)
• Biography at www. hitparadeitalia.it (Italian)

External links[link]

• Fiorella Mannoia's Official Website (Italian)
• Fiorella Mannoia on line (fan site) (Italian)

Claudio Baglioni
Claudio Baglioni
Background information
Born	(1951-05-16) 16 May 1951 (age 61)
Origin	Rome, Italy
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, conductor
Years active	1965–present
Website	Claudio Baglioni official website

Claudio Baglioni (born 16 May 1951) is an Italian musician. His various works include the official Anthem for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin. He has also written for previous sporting events.

His musical career began in 1965 when he entered a competition for new talents in the Rome district of Centocelle. Between 1965 and 1968 he composed a musical suite to a poem by Edgar Allan Poe entitled Annabel Lee, made a test recording for RCA, released his first album Claudio Baglioni. In 1969, he entered the Disco per l'estate competition with the song Una favola blu and the Festivalbar competition with Signora Lia. The following year, Baglioni released his first album Claudio Baglioni, which didn't sell well and was retired from the market a few weeks after initial release.

Following the release of his second album Un cantastorie dei giorni nostri in 1972, he made the big-time with Questo piccolo grande amore. He set off for his first tour in 1973, the year of Gira che ti rigira amore bello. On 4 August 1973, he married Paola Massari. In 1974 he produced E tu in Paris in collaboration with Vangelis and in 1975 Sabato pomeriggio with arrangements by Luis Enriquez Bacalov. In 1977 he released Solo and began a tour of the United States and Canada. 1978 was the year of E tu come stai?, released by his new record company CBS.

In 1981 he produced the hugely successful album Strada facendo and gave a series of concerts in the palasport buildings. For the birth of his son Giovanni, in 1982, he composed Avrai, a song dedicated to his newborn son Giovanni, and set off for the highly acclaimed Alé-oó tour, which spawned an album of the same name. In 1985 he produced La vita è adesso and the following year set off for the Assolo tour, a three-hour tour-de-force of vocals, guitar and piano. After two years of work, he released Oltre, an album which included the participation of numerous illustrious names from the international music world, such as Paco De Lucia, Pino Daniele, Mia Martini, Youssou N'Dour, Phil Palmer, Tony Levin and others.

From then until 1994 he went on a series of tours around Italy. In 1995 he produced Io sono qui, followed by the Tour Rosso in palasport buildings. In the summer of 1998 his dream of holding concerts in the main Italian stadiums came true. In 1999 he released the album Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo.

In 2003, Baglioni released a new album, Sono io, l'uomo della storia accanto, and won the Lunezia Prize. Crescendo e cercando and Tutti qui - Collezione dal 1967 al 2005 followed two years later.

In 2006 he released for Columbia Records the album Quelli degli altri: Tutti qui.

In 2009, worked on a movie based on themes from his songs movie. The double-disc soundtrack album Q.P.G.A features full-length versions performed together with other famous musicians like Andrea Bocelli, Laura Pausini and Irene Grandi. Baglioni also wrote a novella. In Italy the album was 3X platinum with more than 180,000 copies sold.

In 2010 Baglioni went on a series of tours around the world. After that, he released a new album, Per il mondo. World Tour 2010.

External links[link]

• Claudio Baglioni official website
• Claudio Baglioni official international fanclub - english
• (Spanish) Claudio Baglioni official fan club in Spain
• The Anthem of the Olympic Winter Games From Torino 2006's official website.