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Gianna Nannini

Gianna Nannini

Gianna Nannini (born 14 June 1954) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Her most notable songs include "America" (1979), "Fotoromanza" (1984), "I Maschi" (1987) and "Bello e impossibile" (1986), the latter a European hit, with success in Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Nannini was born in Siena on 14 June 1954. She is the elder sister of former Formula One racing driver Alessandro Nannini. She studied piano and composition in Milan in the late 1970s and obtained a degree in philosophy from the University of Siena in 1994. The following year she took part in a protest organized by Greenpeace at the French embassy in Rome against the decision of the French government to pursue nuclear experiments at Mururoa. Nannini scored her first domestic hit in 1979 with the single "America" and the album California, which became a success in several European countries. Her international breakthrough happened in 1984 with the release of her sixth album, the Conny Plank-produced Puzzle, which peaked in the top 10 in the Italian, German, Austrian and Swiss charts. The first single from the album, "Fotoromanza", was supported by a music video directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, and went on to win many musical awards. Nannini embarked on a long European tour to support the album, culminating in a headlining gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival. In 1986, her song "Bello e impossibile" was a European hit in Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Her 1987 compilation album Maschi e Altri sold over a million copies. In 2004, she released the greatest hits album Perle, where a number of her most renowned songs were rearrangemed with the support of musicians such as Christian Lohr on piano (who also had a co-producer credit), and a string quartet composed of Vincenzo di Donna (first violin), Luigi de Maio (second violin), Gerardo Morrone (viola) and Antonio di Franca (violoncello). With this orchestra Nannini went on a European tour from 2004 to 2005. The album Grazie was released in February 2006, and peaked at number one of the Italian hit-parade with the single "Sei nell'anima". In April 2007, Nannini released Pia come la canto io, a collection of songs produced by Wil Malone and originally intended for a rock opera based on the medieval Tuscan character Pia de' Tolomei (briefly mentioned in Dante's Purgatorio) that would eventually be performed in 2008 after eleven months of gestation. An acoustic version of her song Meravigliosa Creatura (from Perle) has been used in a 2008 advertisement commercial for the Fiat Bravo directed by Matthias Zentner. Fiat would later include another Gianna Nannini song, "Aria", in a subsequent Fiat Bravo ad. ... Source: Article "Gianna Nannini" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Personal information

Birthday

1954-06-14

Birth Place

Siena, Tuscany, Italy

Movies and TV shows :

poster

3 nach 9

1974

6.5

TV
Amiche in Arena

Amiche in Arena

2016

6.0

Movie
Amiche Per L'Abruzzo

Amiche Per L'Abruzzo

2010

8.7

Movie
Beautiful Rebel

Beautiful Rebel

2024

6.8

Movie
Caro Battiato

Caro Battiato

2022

9.0

Movie
poster

Champs-Elysées

1982

6.2

TV
Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise

Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise

2017

7.0

Movie
Cover Story - 20 anni di Vanity Fair

Cover Story - 20 anni di Vanity Fair

2024

8.0

Movie
poster

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

7.0

TV
Die Helene Fischer Show 2017

Die Helene Fischer Show 2017

2017

0.0

Movie
poster

Die ultimative Chartshow

2003

8.0

TV
poster

Disco

1971

0.0

TV
poster

Disney Club Deutschland

1991

0.0

TV
Dream of a Summer Night

Dream of a Summer Night

1983

7.2

Movie
Fotoromanza

Fotoromanza

1984

0.0

Movie
Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso

Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso

2010

5.5

Movie
Gianna Nannini: Giannissima

Gianna Nannini: Giannissima

1991

0.0

Movie
Il Volo: All for one - Second Episode

Il Volo: All for one - Second Episode

2024

0.0

Movie
Io tu noi, Lucio

Io tu noi, Lucio

2020

7.3

Movie
poster

Leute

1983

0.0

TV
poster

Meraviglie. La penisola dei tesori

2018

9.5

TV
Momo

Momo

2001

7.1

Movie
poster

Musik Convoy

1984

0.0

TV
poster

Na siehste!

1987

0.0

TV
poster

Na sowas!

1982

1.0

TV
Note di viaggio: Il film

Note di viaggio: Il film

2021

9.5

Movie
poster

Plattenküche

1976

3.5

TV
poster

Rockpolitik

2005

0.0

TV
poster

Sanremo Music Festival

1951

7.6

TV
poster

TV Story Superstar

2020

0.0

TV
poster

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

1980

3.8

TV
poster

Vorsicht, Musik

1982

0.0

TV
poster

ZDF-Fernsehgarten

1986

1.7

TV