Patrizio Buanne
Patrizio Buanne Franco ( born September 20, 1978 in Vienna ) is an Italian baritone, songwriter and producer.
Life
At the age of 11 years Buanne participated in talent competitions. It was followed by several small musical productions and gigs with his rock and roll band, as well as solo performances. When he was seventeen, arranged a music producer an appearance for visit of Pope John Paul II in Wroclaw, Poland. The song, which was one half each in Italian and Polish, was written for the opening of the fair. The recognition of 85,000 in attendance gave him his first music contract Angelo di Dio (1997).
With 19 years Buanne finished his studies in Vienna and moved back to Italy. He studied foreign languages at the University of Rome. In addition, he was a guest and entertainer on Italian television shows such as Momenti di Gloria, Domenica In and Libero. This led to a contract with the company that broadcasts for broadcasters RAI and Mediaset produced. In addition Buanne invested money in concerts and even sold CDs and DVDs from Shake the Spaghetti ( 2002).
2004, his debut album was produced by: The Italian was finished in Abbey Road Studios with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. It was released in February 2005 and reached the top ten in the British pop charts, where it reached gold status within a week. The CD went platinum in South Africa and New Zealand and triple platinum in Australia. After the release of The Italian Buanne went on two tours in 2006, including a six-week tour of theaters and concert halls in Australia, Asia, South Africa and Europe. Its filmed at a concert DVD was shown on American television channel PBS, which led to his first U.S. tour. This, he played in concert halls with 2500-3000 seats.
In October 2006 Buanne by A. Kenneth Ciongoli was invited ( board of the National Italian American Foundation) to sing at their annual gala in Washington DC. There he was introduced to the American president.
Buannes second album Forever Begins Tonight reached # 53 in the U.S.. On the CD, a version of Angels (called "Un Angelo " ), originally performed by Robbie Williams. This song was Patrizio's first radio hit in America. Several million CDs were sold by The Italian and Forever Begins Tonight worldwide. In order to advance his career, Buanne moved to America. Two years later he signed a contract with Jim Morey in Los Angeles.
Morey secured a new contract and Universal began under the direction of music producers Humberto Gatica and Brian Rawlings, Patrizio take third album. This CD entitled Patrizio (2009 ) suggested all previous records by Patrizio Buanne. A tour of Australia and Asia and a very successful promotional tour of America followed in 2010, the album reached number 4 in the National Jazz Billboard charts. Since then he has Concord Records - Universal and Warner Music Germany under contract.
Buannes Italian Songbook and its European approach and interpretation of international and American standards, was next to his own compositions, his trademark and has given him the title of " Ambassador of the Dolce Vita ". He has recorded albums in English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Polish, Afrikaans, Japanese and Chinese.
Discography
- 2005: The Italian (Universal )
- 2006: Stand Up! ( Champions Theme) (Single, Universal)
- 2007: Forever Begins Tonight (Universal )
- 2009: Patrizio ( Warner )
- 2011: Life Is Beautiful - Dankie Suid -Afrika (Non EMI)
- 2012: Wonderful ( Teldec Warner )