Riccardo Cocciante
Riccardo Cocciante Vincent ( born February 26, 1946 in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam ), is an Italian composer and singer.
Life
At age eleven, he emigrated with his Italian father and French mother to Rome, where he discovers his artistic training. Nevertheless, he remains connected to French culture, which will help shape his entire work thanks to his mother of Merit. Except in Italy, he has also lived for a time in the USA, France and most recently in Ireland, where he was also able to put musical accents. In the Anglo-American countries, he shall record especially with the Beatles classic Michelle chart success.
In 1991, he wins with Se stiamo insieme ( duet with Sarah Jane Morris), the San Remo Festival.
1998 Cocciante realized his dream of composing a musical. Together with Luc Plamondon arises Notre Dame de Paris (Victor Hugo), which is an internationally acclaimed success (15 million viewers ), surpassing any expectations of the composer. Riccardo Cocciante undertakes with the musical a world tour that takes him to Lebanon, Turkey, Russia and the United States, where it was enthusiastically received. Resulting from the work recorded music sold over 10 million times worldwide. This success brought Cocciante the coveted World Music Award. At the same time the title aria Belle is selected in France for song of the century.
In 1999, he sings Lei non vede me for the film Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar; In the same year he composed at the express request of the mayor, the official anthem of the city of Lyon.
End of 2002, his second, marked by musical diversity musical appears in France with Le Petit Prince. Also in this case, the expectations are greatly exceeded, although it is a Notre Dame de Paris very distinctive work.
2005 Cocciante announces another musical project: Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which is finally premiered in the Coliseum of Rome. It is noteworthy that Cocciante at its preview all the roles himself takes over, giving the performance a special feature. The audience is enthusiastic about the bravery of the composer. The actual world premiere will be in June 2007 at the Arena of Verona instead. From there, the musical takes its world tour, in which it is listed, in contrast to the previous musical works Cocciantes exclusively in Italian.
Cocciante confirmed with these successes in the field of musical theater to its already highly successful and productive career as a singer. Overall, he has released more than 40 albums in his career, including several world successes.
On 28 February 2006 Riccardo Cocciante will be presented at the San Remo Festival, the price of the city of San Remo in recognition of his career.
Discography
Riccardo Cocciante can refer to a rich musical production, which has not only works in Italian, but also often published in parallel to this, but also entirely separate works, in French, Spanish and English.