Violetta

Violetta may refer to:

Violetta (singer)

Violetta Zironi (born April 5, 1995) is an Italian country singer-songwriter. In 2013, she took part in season 7 of the Italian version of The X Factor with her ukulele which soon became her signature instrument. She reached the final and finished third.

To date, she has released two singles and an EP titled Dimmi Che Non Passa containing her debut single "Dimmi che non passa", which was praised as a fresh country-style song, being the first song of this genre entirely produced by Italians.

Biography

From early years to ukulele

She was first introduced to music at age 3, when she joined a local children's choir, soon she started taking piano lessons and she also learned how to play acoustic guitar during her youth.

Violetta started performing live in her early teens, singing and playing guitar, often accompanied by her father Giuseppe on harmonica and by Oscar Abelli on drums, basically playing on the road and in local popular festivals and small clubs. In 2012 she met one of the most important ukulele players in Italy, Luca "Jontom" Tomassini, who introduced Violetta to this instrument. They performed together at "YOUkulele Festival" in Rome in summer 2012 and Jontom wanted Violetta as a guest on his EP Likelike Highway, performing vocals on three tracks: the country classic "Jackson" and two more songs written by Jontom himself: "Ghost" and "Wherever I Go". The EP was released by the independent label "Insomnia Records" in 2012.

Violetta (given name)

Violetta sometimes Violeta may refer to:

Fictional characters

Violetta (instrument)

The violetta was a 16th-century musical instrument. It was similar to a violin, but had only three strings. The term was later used to refer to the viola, particularly the small violas da braccio with the "festoon-shaped body".

References

Violetta (soundtrack)

Violetta is the soundtrack album to the eponymous series.

Background

Production

The album was recorded during the filming of the first season of the television series. The lead single was "En mi mundo" released on April 5, 2012 with their official video, and subsequently published other singles from the album.

Released

Released in Latin America on June 5, 2012, in Italy on October 12, 2012 with 16 tracks, two more than the original with the re-release of the songs "En mi mundo" and "Te creo" in Italian, the second sung by actress Lodovica Comello. In Spain, was released on November 20, 2012.

To promote the album in Italy the actor Ruggero Pasquarelli met with fans at Mondadori in Milan on October 27, 2012.

Certifications

The album received quadruple platinum in Argentina for selling more than 180,000 copies and platinum in Spain. It's also become certified gold in Colombia and Chile, and platinum in Uruguay and Venezuela. In Mexico and Brazil, the album has sold more than 20,000 copies.

Violetta (performer)

Aloisia Wagner (born 1906/1907, date of death unknown), better known by her stage name Violetta, was born without legs or arms with a condition known as tetra-amelia syndrome. She had a lengthy career in sideshow performance. She was born in Hemelingen, Germany. Her mother was named Elise.

On March 23, 1924 she left Bremen-Hemelingen, Germany, with her step brother and manager, Karl Grobecker, aboard the SS George Washington. They arrived in New York on April 3, 1924. She performed in sideshows as a singer, including Coney Island's Dreamland and the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. She moved herself by hopping from place to place on the bottom of her torso, and was able to manipulate objects with her mouth enough to comb her own hair, dress herself, thread a needle, and sew. Violetta was married and wore her wedding band on a gold chain around her neck.

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