Gianna Nannini

Gianna Nannini ( born June 14, 1954 in Siena) is an Italian songwriter and rock singer who became popular with songs like Latin Lover, Fotoromanza, Bello e impossibile or I by machine.

Youth and Family

Gianna Nannini was born in Siena in Tuscany, the daughter of a wealthy and traditional pastry family. After finishing high school in Bologna, she left at age 18 her parents' house. She studied piano in Lucca and subsequently composition in Milan. In 1994 she finished her studies in literature and philosophy with a thesis on the topic of " Il corpo nella voce " ( "The body in the voice ").

On November 26, 2010 Gianna Nannini mother of a daughter.

Her brother Alessandro ( b. 1959 ) became known in the late 1980s as a racing driver in Formula 1 and now heads the family business, the Gruppo Nannini.

Work

Janis Joplin was soon to Gianna Nannini model. Her autobiographical and introspective debut album Gianna Nannini from the year 1976, 1977, poetic album Una radura, but both albums were not great successes.

In 1979, California with out the first successful long-playing record, the feminist content and provocative art in Italy triggered a scandal. The title of America made ​​in Catholic Italy a lot of attention because Nannini exchanged on the record cover the torch of the Statue of Liberty against a vibrator.

Wrote in 1981 Nannini the soundtrack for the film Sconcerto rock and sang the theme song Ora. On their 1981 released album GN also experimenting with electronic music and ended up with the title tatting aperti a hit. Your new manager Peter Zumsteg helped her to the final break. With Latin Lover from 1982 also began a fruitful collaboration with the music producer Conny Plank, who produced already Ultravox, Eurythmics and Kraftwerk. The Latin Lover single was in Germany to one of their greatest hits. Their collaboration has produced two more albums before 1987 Plank died unexpectedly.

The Puzzle LP (1984 ) also meant a breakthrough in Italy, where shortly after the single release Fotoromanza was celebrated for three months as the number one and summer hit of the year, which earned her a gold record in Italy. Puzzle was in Italy for the hitherto best-selling disc of a singer. At the music festival " Festivalbar " she added with the final concert at the Arena of Verona the victory.

In 1987, Nannini with the German producer Armand Volker, the single I maschi with which they represented Italy at the 18th World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo. Along with Sting set to music Nannini in the same year, the Threepenny Opera.

In the years 1987 and 1988, the rock singer performed several months of touring throughout Europe in sold-out venues in Italy, France, Germany and Scandinavia. In 1988 the album Malafemmina.

In 1990, together with Edoardo Bennato the hit Un'estate italiana, the they performed at the opening ceremony for the World Cup in Italy, the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan. In 1992, the Spanish version of ma e altri and in August 1996 her best-of album Bomboloni with known hits and three new songs.

2000 Nannini wrote the soundtrack to the animated film adaptation of Michael Ende's novel Momo, where they experimented again with elements of electronic music.

With the album Aria the producers were 2002 new paths. It is influenced by electronic music and sound effects. Noise computer and vocoder are the basis of the 13 tunes. The album was a success in Italy. This concept was developed to Nannini's will and the album without their consent. The " beautiful songs " in rock style that had emerged in two years, were by Nannini believes " destroyed with a lot of electronics [ ... ] beyond recognition ."

After the disappointment of Aria Nannini took over sole responsibility and direction for the album Pearl ( 2004). Musically, she sat on her piano and the musicians of " Solis String Quartet" of Naples, which consists of four classical strings to interpret 14 of their favorite songs again. The album was a huge success in Italy.

2005 her autobiography Io was published both in Italian as well as in German.

With grace Nannini in 2006 celebrating its 30th anniversary on stage and returned to the rock music. The album was so successful that it has been awarded shortly after the release of platinum. Meanwhile, it reached over 400,000 units sold, the status of the Italian diamond plate; it was there the most successful album of the year in 2006 and was eleven weeks at the top of the charts.

Published in 2007 an international commercial for the new Fiat Bravo, in which an acoustic version of her title Meravigliosa Creatura from the album Pearl was used. The success of the song and the spot brought pearl three years after the first publication of a re-entry into the Italian top 50 sales charts.

In April 2007, the album Pia come la canto io where Nannini had worked eleven years appeared, and that - was produced by Wil Malone - like grace. Then there is a collection of songs she has written for a pop opera. The orchestra, with the Nannini toured Europe, included a rock band with two guitarists and the " Solis String Quartet" of Naples. In November 2007 a ​​double CD was released in Italy GiannaBest, with 26 of their hits and three previously unreleased tracks, for which she received a diamond ring in February 2008.

Tax evasion

By order of the Tribunale di Milano the Guardia di Finanza seized on April 5, 2014 because of the tax evasion of 3.7 million Euros, the villa including stables of Gianna Nannini in Siena. From 2007 to 2012, she is said to have no tax on two companies in Ireland and the Netherlands, revenue from concerts and media sales.

Discography

Filmography

Book

  • I. Autobiography. List, Berlin 2005; Ullsteinhaus Paperback, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-548-36950-1

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