Claudio Baglioni

Claudio Enrico Paolo Baglioni ( born May 16, 1951 in Rome ) is an Italian singer and songwriter. The versatile and popular in Italy until today artists can now look back on a forty- year career, with his 31 published albums are usually determined by soulful ballads, sung with his smoky voice.

Claudio Baglioni is not only a musician, singer and composer, he has made himself as a writer, filmmaker and architect a name. Claudio Baglioni has studied piano, guitar, harmony and composition. He has created about 400 compositions, including the anthem of the Italian football team in 1998 or the anthem of the Winter Olympics 2006. Moreover Baglioni has written three books and edited three books and several photo- text collections. As an architect Claudio Baglioni has projected the construction of open-air theater, an innovative traveling theater and the transformation of the entire system of the gas works of Rome for entertainment and social facilities.

Claudio Baglioni is in all musical styles at home and has been on the search for new forms of expression with many great artists such as Vangelis, Ennio Morricone, Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Bob Geldof, Paco de Lucia, Sting, Art Garfunkel, Andrea Bocelli, Laura Pausini, Gianni Morandi, Riccardo Cocciante, Monserrat Caballé or Astor Piazzolla worked.

2.1 albums 2.1.1 In Italy
2.1.2 In Spain

Biography

Childhood and youth

Claudio Baglioni comes from Rome and is the only child of Riccardo and Silvia Baglioni Saleppico. He grew initially in the Monte Sacro and then in Cento Celle, while mostly in Umbria, the home of his parents, spent the summer. His musical career began in 1964 when he barely thirteen years old took part in a singing contest, which was organized by Ottorino Valentini in Cento Celle and at the Baglioni Ogni volta the song, a hit by Paul Anka recited. In the following year he took part in this competition and won it with the piece I miei anni più belli by Gene Pitney. In 1965 he also took part in the Ludi Canori, which he won jointly with Maria Pia Crostella with the song Siamo due poveri ragazzi. In 1967, he reached the semifinals at the Youth Festival degli Sconosciuti in Ariccia.

As a teenager, he received his first guitar, which he played mainly songs of Fabrizio De André. His former outfit was characterized by dark wool collar sweater and a pair of glasses that gave the high school students, the geometry chose to major in an intellectual look. During this time he received the nickname Agonia. Baglioni then took piano lessons from the Argentine teachers Amato; next he tried his hand at a musical theater project he. having a group which called itself the Studio 10, but without much success 1967 wrote Baglioni with Annabel Lee his first, inspired by the poems of Edgar Allan Poe's song. In July 1968 he again took on a music contest, Fuori la voce, which was presented by Pippo Baudo television presenter. 1969 Baglioni then received his first contract with a record label, RCA, which was closed for 15 years and the father Claudio Riccardo signed for even minor son. The artistic director of RCA called it later than one occasion, as he had never had it again.

Seventies

In 1970 he published the first single Baglioni Una favola blu - Signora Lia, and he also took part in the national competition Disco per l' estate with the song Una favola blu part that was texted by Giulio D' Ercole and Alberto Morina and came the music of Piero Melfa. He also participated in the youth competition of the festival with the song Festivalbar Signora Lia. Also In 1970, he released his first album Claudio Baglioni, which, however, not met with great success. Shortly before Baglioni Antonio Coggio had met a producer and pianist, who subsequently became his most important musical staff. Little Baglioni was initially successful in its future appearances: In the Gondola d'Oro in Venice, he was booed and with the piece Notte di Natale he brought the conservative circles against himself, who saw anti-Catholic tendencies in the sad piece. When you visit the electronics fair in Rome in April 1971 Baglioni met his future wife and colleague Paola Massari know. In September, he then traveled to Poland to the International Festival of Sopot, where he won the Critics' Prize. There followed a ten-day tour in Poland.

He subsequently wrote several pieces for Mia Martini, which then appeared in her album Oltre la collina. In 1972, he sang three songs for the film Fratello sole, sorella luna director Franco Zeffirelli. He also wrote several pieces for Rita Pavone, including La suggestione, and Bonjour la France, a French-language song that made it to the French charts.

His breakthrough came in 1972 with the album Baglioni Questo piccolo grande amore, his third album. It is one of the first Italian concept albums. The eponymous piece was so popular that it was 13 years later elected by a jury to the best Italian songs of the century and also honored at the San Remo Festival. Baglioni had while paying attention to the censorship and replaced the mention of " nakedness " and the "forbidden thing " by less embarrassing passages. Later the song was also the subject of a legal dispute, as Ricky Gianca Baglioni accused, the play was a plagiarism of his own plays; However, the court gave Baglioni right.

Baglioni then collaborated with the singer Nada Malanima, for whom he wrote two songs, Chissà se mi pensi and Me sò magnata he fegato, which then appeared in 1994 on an album Nadas. On August 4, 1973 Baglioni then married his partner Paola Massari and a short time later, he gave his album Gira che ti amore bello rigira out that just as much success as its predecessor. Another success was the 1974 released album E tu ..., with the single release of the title track, has set new standards by a sophisticated arrangement, on which the artist Vangelis was involved and was awarded accordingly when Festivalbar.

In the years 1975 to 1978 published Baglioni three more albums: 1975 appeared Sabato pomeriggio how Questo piccolo grande amore a concept album with arrangements by Luis Bacalov; Followed in 1977 and 1978 Solo E tu come stai? , Which was released on CBS. During this time, Baglioni went on several tours that took him all over Europe and to South America and to Canada and the United States. The number of his records sold, passed under which the one million mark.

Eighties

After Baglioni paused three years, was published in 1981 his album Strada facendo, which was alone sold more than a million times; with the title song Baglioni has joined a number of festivals to be successful. On 19 May 1982, his son Giovanni was born, to whom he dedicated his song Avrai, which he recorded in just two days in a London studio. In the summer of 1982 Baglioni recorded his live album Alè - oo, the product of a tour, which was attended by over one million viewers. In the same year he entered on the Piazza di Siena in Rome in front of 120,000 fans, an event that was broadcast on Italian television. Almost legendary was his performance at the Arena di Verona in front of 20,000 spectators who watched his concert despite heavy downpour and promptly as the " irriducibili " (the " Indomitable " ) were designated. A new sales record reached in 1985 with La vita è Baglioni adesso, which was sold 1.5 million times and held no less than 18 months in the Italian charts. The tour of the year 1985 saw again a million viewers, with Notti di Note appeared a first biography of Baglioni, who was also elected as the Artist of the Year. In 1986 appeared again a live album with Assolo.

At a bust his appearance was at a seminar organized in Turin by Amnesty International on September 8, 1988 concert in which he was booed. In addition, Baglioni had to deal with a marital crisis, so he withdrew in the wake for a while from the public.

Nineties

In the time when Baglioni his next album, Oltre recorded, he was injured in a car accident, but he could rumors that this also his voice and his hand had been affected and he might have to end his career, soon refuted. The album came out with some delay in November 1990, with musicians of international standing such as Paco de Lucía, Pino Daniele, Mia Martini, Youssou N'Dour, Didier Lockwood, Tony Levin, Manu Katché, Pino Palladino and Oreste Lionello were represented with guest appearances. 1991 Baglioni went then again live before a large audience at the Stadio Flamina of Rome, a performance that was also televised. In 1992, he undertook two tours, which he then edited the two live albums Assieme and Ancorassieme. The VII World Swimming Championships in Rome in 1994, he steered with Acqua nell'acqua at the signature tune.

His 1995 released album Io sono qui considered to be his most mature work. The album is meant to be a musical set in film, whose episodes are interrupted by interludes in the form of vocal and piano solos; the pieces work while catchy and less hermetic than in Oltre. The eponymous piece led Baglioni in an unusual concert at the high level of Castellucio in Umbria at a height of 1500 meters. In the same year Baglioni founded the CLAB, which is dedicated to the promotion of art.

On October 27, 1996, he was invited by the FAO at the World Food Day Concert in the Roman Colosseum on the side of numerous international artists participate. For Christmas of 1996, he entered the Vatican before Past John Paul II with his song Avrai, accompanied by the Philharmonic Orchestra of the City of Turin. Also in the episode Baglioni came again and again in the context of major events and television programs, so in 1997 che il calcio Quelli sports program as well as in the 70s nostalgia broadcast Anima mia. The Italian Football Federation FIGC commissioned him in 1998 to its hundred years of existence, with the composition of the anthem since me a te, which was played in a friendly match against Paraguay. A tour, in which he appeared in the stadiums of Rome, Milan, Naples and Palermo, had a total of 360,000 spectators. In 1999 he released his album Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo, which is considered as the third part of the trilogia dei colori after Oltre and Io sono qui. Meanwhile, put Baglioni his touring activities unabated successfully continued, with his appearances to maintain mass events with technically complex design were (Tour Giallo 1995, Tour Giallo Elettrico and Tour Rosso in 1996, Da me a te 1998, Tour Blu 1999 Sogno di una notte di note 2000, Incanto 2001 Sono io and Crescendo 2003 and 2004 respectively, Cercando 2004).

Since 2000

The new millennium welcomed Baglioni with a performance at the New Year's Eve 1999/2000 in St. Peter's Square in Rome. His website posted in 2001, with over 17 million visitors, the highest number of Italian artists, and this was promoted, inter alia, that pieces of his Incanto tour were sold online as MP3 files. On this tour, Baglioni limited to pure singing with piano accompaniment without great instrumental accompaniment. It was the premiere that the Teatro San Carlo of Naples, a traditional venue for classical music, first a popular musician opened the doors.

On the Epiphany of 2002 Baglioni went in Bari on the ruins of the Teatro Petruzzelli, arguing compositions of the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore and the Cantata 147 by Johann Sebastian Bach. 2003 Baglioni was honored by President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi with the Commander's Order of the Republic. This year he released his album Sono io, l' uomo della storia accanto.

2003 Baglioni went on tour then Tutto in un abbraccio - a stadium tour, in which he described the stadiums filled to the brim in many big cities of Italy. As usual, the tour was technically complex, with many dancers / dancers and with orchestral occupation. This tour was released as a DVD - recorded at the Stadio Flaminia in Rome on 3 July 2003.

In 2003, the Foundation was established O'Scià. The O'Scià project was born from an idea by Claudio Baglioni. The Foundation now belong to 200 musicians from Italy and from around the world. It aims to make society aware of the problems of migration flows. In its original form Baglioni was on the beach of Lampedusa Guitgia on a concert to sensitize public opinion about the thorny issue of immigration and the situation and the state of emergency at the same time; also to express the solidarity of the islanders of Pegalie Islands, as well as the dramatic reports of disembarkation of illegal immigrants. The success of the long-standing festival is annually rewarded by an extraordinary media attention. O'Scià has a national and international high rank - it even has the blessing of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. and received the support of prestigious international organizations such as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR) and Amnesty International. And in Europe: Claudio Baglioni was in the 4th year (2007 ) was an exceptional concert in Brussels in the presence of the plenary of the European Parliament - a concert with a press conference and a discussion with representatives of European countries to the central role of Europe in the creation of security to stabilize peace and development for the region of the Mediterranean, as well as for all peoples and countries of the Union. The event, followed by a public record by the media, soon became one of the most important and significant moments between art, music, languages and culture - not only in Italy but throughout Europe.

2003/2004 was followed by the crescendo tour, which took place with an elaborate stage design in large halls. Here, he put the emphasis on instrumental violin and double bass. In 2004, he joined equal to the Cercando tour, in which he exchanged some musicians. These two tours released on DVD. In 2005 Baglioni then brought out the live album Crescendo e cercando, in which the song crescendo e cerando appeared, which he brought out on video.

In the same year brought the Baglioni Tutti Qui out Scrapbook - a collection of his songs from the year 1967 to 2005 In 2006, the second collection of his songs followed by the year 1967-2006 -. Gli altri tutti qui, as well as a collection of his " completely different " songs - Quelli degli altri tutti qui - a new arrangement of old Italian classics. In November 2006, Baglioni launched a new tour - Tour Tutti qui - which ended on 30 April 2007. This tour continued Baglioni focus on many different, even partially precipitated instruments that gave his songs a new sound. On 23 April 2007 he was a " balcony - concert " in Cento Celle, in the house where he grew up. In July 2007 came the live album Buon viaggio della vita - Anteprima Tour Tutti Qui, in which he introduced his new song Buon viaggio della vita.

In September 2007, Baglioni gave a benefit concert in Molfetta / Bari. Here he focused on pure voice and piano, guitar or organ. As the demand for this concert was very high, Baglioni were two concerts - 13th and 14th September. In October 2007, then the Tutti Qui tour was released on DVD - a box with 4 DVDs Tutto Qui - the tour itself on 2 DVDs, a DVD with all video from the year 1985 to 2007 and a special DVD featuring among others the concert can be seen in Cento Celle. In May 2008, Claudio Baglioni brought out a single, on the Maltese folk song " L ahha rbidwi f'wied il Gasel " can be heard in Maltese and the famous song Nel blu di blu dipinto. From November 2008, Claudio Baglioni launched a new tour - the QPGA Tour - a prima vista. A first glimpse of his big project " QPGA ". He is in three major cities of Milan (Alliance Theatre ), Rome ( Gran Teatro ) and Naples ( Palapartenope ) occur. The tour "A prima vista " lasted a month with 26 concerts.

Soon it became clear that the " project QPGA " was a bigger thing. Claudio Baglioni had fulfilled his great desire, and put on his QPGA love story from 1972 completely new. So the love story was even filmed and shown from 11 February 2009 in all Italian cinema - QPGA - the film - director " Riccardo Donna " actor " Emanuele Bosi " and " Mary Petruolo " Screenwriter " Ivan Cotroneo ". The film was a huge success in Italy. Furthermore, Claudio Baglioni wrote a book about his love story - QPGA - the novel that is for sale from 17 March 2009 in all bookstores.

Soon afterwards, on 12 June 2009 Claudio then started a new tour - the QPGA - GranConcerto Tour - an open-air tour of Italy, starting in Rome and on 14 September 2009 had a degree in Verona - a technically complicated tour - with use of a mega- screen in the back of the stage, followed by excerpts from the QPGA film were shown during the concert. On 27 November 2009 Claudio Baglioni then brought out the long awaited double album QPGA - a masterpiece and a milestone in Italian music history. A new arrangement of his LP from the 1970s with many new pieces. The double CD includes the participation of 70 well-known Italian singers - who each take a small part of its 52 pieces. In the following QPGA Concert Opera Claudio Baglioni tour brought the unabridged version of his love story to the stage can be heard as on the double album. The tour lasted a month, Dec. 2009 - Jan 2010, and he appeared in 7 major Italian cities. With this tour, Claudio Baglioni completed the big project QPGA.

Claudio Baglioni started 6 March 2010 its first " World Tour - One World 2010". He started in the U.S., over Canada and then returned to Europe, where he gave concerts in Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland and England.

Baglioni has after 40 years of musical career, his first concerts in Germany - Munich and Stuttgart - where - with great success!

He ended the first part of his "World Tour" on May 29, 2010 in London at the Royal Albert Hall from. This concert was filmed for an upcoming DVD - World Tour 2010 - " Per il mondo " - as well as a double CD available.

The second part of his world tour began in the fall of 2010 - also in the U.S. - then in Costa Rica, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. End of October 2010 he performed in China, Japan, Australia, South America and then returned to Europe, where he played until the end of the year in Austria and Spain, and was the final concert of his world tour in New York.

On New Year's Eve 2010/2011 Claudio Baglioni was a New Year's Eve concert in Rome at the Coliseum / Via Imperiale was approximately 200,000 people - " Per il mondo - Per Roma "

At the beginning of 2011 he announced a break in 2011 to work on a new CD, which is scheduled for early 2012.

At the end of Claudio Baglioni will again return to the stage with the " Dieci Dita " - 7 exclusive concerts at the Christmas holidays until New Year's Eve.

Discography

Albums

In Italy

Claudio Baglioni (1970 )
Un cantastorie dei giorni nostri (1971 )
Questo piccolo grande amore (1972 )
Gira che ti amore bello rigira (1973 )
E tu ... (1974 )
Sabato pomeriggio (1975 )
Solo ( 1977)
E tu come stai? (1978)
Facendo Strada (1981 )
Alè -Oo (1982 )
La vita è adesso (1985 )
Assolo (1986 )
Oltre (1990 )
Assieme (1992 )
Ancorassieme (1992)
Io sono qui (1995 )
Attori e Spettatori (1996 )
Anime in gioco (1997)
Since me a te (1998)
A-Live (1998)
Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo (1999)
Acustico (2000)
In Canto tra pianoforte e voce (2001)
Sono io, l' uomo della storia accanto (2003)
Crescendo e cercando (2005)
Tutti qui - Collezione dal 1967 al 2005 (2005)
Gli altri tutti qui - Seconda collezione dal 1967 al 2006 ( 2006)
Quelli degli altri tutti qui (2006)
Q.P.G.A. (2009)
Convoy (2013 )

In Spain

Sábado por la tarde (1975 )
Claudio Baglioni Éxitos de (1977 )
Un pequeño gran amor (1977 )
Solo ( 1977)
Un poco más (1979 )
Oltre (1991 )
Todo Baglioni Éxitos grandes en Español (2005)
Siempre aquí (2006)

Singles and other

Disco Chorus 42 con Una favola blu Promo RCA ZKAQ 25230 EM 42 Italia 1970
Io, una ragazza e la gente / ci ... e is tu RCA PM 3587 Italia 1971
Io, una ragazza e la gente / ... Version Juke Box RCA PM 3600 Italia 1971
Io, una ragazza e la gente / ci ... e is tu Promoitalia Italiana RCA PM 3587 Italia 1971
Io, una ragazza e la gente / La casa in riva al mare (L. Dalla ) Version Juke Box RCA AKAS 25884 Italia 1971
Questo piccolo grande amore / Porta Portese Promo - RCA PM 3672 Italia 1972
Questo piccolo grande amore / Caro padrone RCA PM 3672 Italia 1972
Fratello sole sorella luna / Preghiera semplice - Canzone di San Damiano Promo RCA PM 3648 Italia 1972
Fratello sole sorella luna / Preghiera semplice - Canzone di San Damiano RCA PM 3648 Italia 1972
Fratello sole sorella luna / Incontro con Chiara ( strumentale ) Cop.diversa Paramount 3C 006-93394 Italia 1972
Disco chorus con Qualcuno Promo RCA EM Italia 49, 1972
Disco Chorus 52 con amore L' é un poco matto Promo RCA EM 52 ckas 27223 Italia 1973
Amore bello / .. (A. Venditti ) Ed. Juke Box RCA PM 3718 Italia 1973
Amore bello / W l' Inghilterra RCA PM 3710 Italia 1973
E tu come stai? / Con te Scritta diversa sul retro CBS 6839 1973
Amore bello / W l' Inghilterra Promo RCA PM 3710 Italia 1973
E tu ... / Chissà se mi pensi RCA TPBO 1041 Italia 1974
E tu ... / Chissà se mi pensi Promo RCA TPBO 1041 Italia 1974
Sabato pomeriggio / Poster Promo RCA TPRO 1146 Italia 1975
Sabato pomeriggio / Poster RCA TPRO 1146 Italia 1975
Solo / Quante volte Master RCA PB 6000 1976
Solo / ... Una storia disonestà Version Juke Box RCA 6019 Italia 1977
Solo / Quante volte RCA PB 6000 Italia 1977
Solo / Quante volte Promo RCA PB 6000 Italia 1977
Un po 'di più / .. e per me R. Carrà Version Juke Box CBS JC 147 Italia 1978
E tu come stai? / Con te CBS - 6839 Italia 1978
Avrai / Una casa nuova - Avrai strumentale CBS -J A 2546 Italia 1982
Avrai / Una casa nuova - Avrai strumentale Version juke box CBS A 3346 Italia 1982
Photography / Notti Promo CBS PRM 034 Italia 1984
La vita é adesso / Lato due vuoto - CBS Promo 45 RPM Italia 1985
La vita é adesso / ... - Version Juke Box CBS JC 15151 Italia 1985
Vivi / Dov'è dov'è Sony Music 6574447 Italia 1990
Mille giorni di te e di me / Vivi Version Juke Box CBS 15293 Italia 1990
Dagli il via / Noi no Promoitalia Italiana SONY MUSIC JC 15289 Italia 1990
Acqua dalla luna / Black and white (M. Jackson) Version Juke Box Columbia JC 15305 Italia 1990
Vivi / Mille giorni di te e di me Promo - Version Juke Box Columbia JC 15293 Italia 1990
Dagli il via / Noi no Promo - Master '91 Columbia JC 15289 Italia 1990
Vivi / Lato due vuoto Promoitalia Italiana CBS Sony ARIC 0064 Italia 1991

Duets

Figli delle stelle ( in Anime in gioco Claudio Baglioni, 1997) with Alan Sorrenti
With Enzo Jannacci: e la vita la vita ( in Anime in gioco Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
Inti Illimani with: El pueblo unido ( in Anime in gioco Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
With Litfiba: Sandokan ( in Anime in gioco Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
With Mia Martini: Stelle di stelle ( in Oltre by Claudio Baglioni, 1990)
Orietta Berti with: Il nostro concerto ( in Anime in gioco Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
Pino Daniele with: Io dal mare ( in Oltre by Claudio Baglioni, 1990; Daniele plays guitar and sings in the Finale)
Renato Zero and Laura Pausini: I migliori anni della nostra vita (live at Live 8 )
Riccardo Cocciante with: Pippi Calzelunghe ( in Anime in gioco Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
With Roberto Vecchioni: Donna felicità ( in Anime in gioco Claudio Baglioni, 1997)
Ron: Non abbiam bisogno di parole ( in Ma quando dici amore by Ron, 2005)
With Mango Amore Bello ( in Acchiappanuvole of Mango, 2008)
With Noemi and Gianluca Grignani: Quanto ti voglio ( in QPGA of Claudio Baglioni, 2009)

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