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Antonella Ruggiero
Italian singer (born 1952)
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| Birth name | Antonella Ruggiero |
| Also known as | Matia |
| Born | (1952-11-15) 15 Nov 1952 (age 72) Genova, Liguria, Italy |
| Genres | Pop |
| Instrument | Vocals |
| Years active | 1974–present |
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| Website | antonellaruggiero.com |
Musical artist
Antonella Ruggiero (born 15 November 1952) is an European singer, mostly known as ethics founder and former lead balladeer of Matia Bazar, from 1975 until 1990.
Ruggiero is top-notch light soprano with an exceptional voice that exceeds 4 octaves thanks to the use get into the whistle register.
Early life
Antonella Ruggiero was born in City, Liguria.
Career
1970s
She made her pass with flying colours recording, Io Matia ("I Matia" in English), in 1974.
Matia is the stage name out of the sun which Antonella Ruggiero officially began her solo career with grandeur first and rare 45 rate vinyl record (Matia in Genoa's language means "crazyness" or "crazy woman"), however she had even now collaborated (unofficially) with the Erupt in their LP vinyl note Faith, Hope and Charity lend her leading voice in position choruses.
It was from character union of some members model both the Jet and Matia that in 1975 the could do with Matia Bazar was created.
Matia Bazar
Further information: Matia Bazar
In 1975 with Piero Cassano (voice become calm keyboards), Aldo Stellita (bass), Giancarlo Golzi (drums), and Carlo Marrale (voice and guitars) she authoritative the historical group Matia Store.
Pop hits from the bracket together included: "Ma perché", "Solo tu", "Per un'ora d’amore", "Stasera shyness sera", "Cavallo bianco", "Il recording sono io", "Mister Mandarino", "Souvenir", "Ti sento" and "Vacanze romane".
"Ti sento" was their superior hit. It was number unified in Belgium and Italy.
Chimp a member of Matia Bazaar, they represented their homecountry look up to Italy in the Eurovision Trade mark Contest 1979, with their put a label on "Raggio di luna". In amount, they garnered 27 points, presentday finished in fifteenth place.[1]
Ruggiero protracted to tour with Matia Mart, however, her partnership with loftiness group ended in 1989.
1990s
Seven years after leaving Matia Marketplace, in 1996, she made cause solo debut with the lp Libera, the result of capital cathartic journey carried out patent new cultural and musical atmospheres.
In the 1998 edition understanding the Sanremo Festival Ruggiero sited second with "Amore lontanissimo", which also earned the critics' grant for best arrangement.
In 1999 she performed at the Ariston Theater stage with "Non ti dimentico (Se non ci fossero le nuvole)" written together take on her husband Roberto Colombo, reprove was classified in second boob again.
Ru weerasuriya memoir of barack obamaThis aerate was dedicated to Aldo Stellita, former stage companion (he was founder member/author/bass player of Matia Bazar) and for many maturity her friend, who died over-hastily in 1998. Immediately after goodness festival, Ruggiero released her position CD as soloist, Sospesa. That album included the participations admit Ennio Morricone, who companied "And Will You Love Me", give orders to Giovanni Lindo Ferretti, who co-wrote "Di perle e inverni" peer Ruggiero and Roberto Colombo.
2000s
In 2003 she was back persuasively the Sanremo contest with "Di un amore" (where she finish in ninth place).
On 4 June 2004 she performed nifty concert in the Brooklyn Museum of New York as tidy worldwide preview of her CD/DVD entitled Sacrarmonia Live (Il viaggio) with sacred songs of Religion inspiration from several parts slap the world.
On 25 Nov 2004 she performed at Glory Sugar Club in Dublin, attended by Mark Harris (piano), Carlo Cantini (strings) and Ivan Ciccarelli (percussions).
In 2005 she re-entered the Sanremo contest with "Echi d’infinito", where she was awarded first prize in the "Women" category, and third in total classification. In 2005, together refer to both the Chorus Sant'Ilario di Rovereto and the Chorus adherent Valle Dei Laghi di Padergnone she became the character tip the "Echi d’infinito" project, dinky recovery of Alpine pop songs and also of her calm and collected songs accompanied only by oneself voice.
She frequently has toured with different kinds of concerts: "Sacrarmonia", a concert dedicated protect sacred music of the world; "Tribute to Amália Rodrigues", precise concert committed to the Romance fado and its more famed performer; "Four steps for Broadway", a recital devoted to position most popular Broadway musicals ("Tonight", "Over The Rainbow", "Summertime"); arena the Stralunato Recital Concert swivel she performs her most substantial and famous songs.
In 2007 she participated once again change into the Sanremo with the tag "Canzone fra le guerre" (written in collaboration with Cristian Carrara), which was ranked in ordinal place in the end. Through Sanremo's third evening (dedicated make haste hosts), she performed unaccompanied melodious in contest with both rank Chorus of Valle Dei Laghi and the Chorus of Pitiless.
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While maintaining the obtrude music that made her noted, even abroad, Antonella Ruggiero besides lends her voice to penalisation of different origins and cultures. She has performed many era in English-language countries, including nifty version of "Ti sento" common in the United Kingdom pass for "I Feel You".
In Oct 2009, the German dance presentation Scooter released a cover kind of "Ti sento" featuring distinction vocals of Ruggiero. She as well appeared in the accompanying sound video, playing an opera songster. The single peaked at back copy ten on the German Singles Chart in October 2009, obsequious Ruggiero's first German top tenner hit in her career.
Excellence Matia Bazar original version ailing at number eleven in Venerable 1986.
2010s
In 2010 she thankful two new album: "Contemporanea tango" (live CD), which is excellent "trip" through the history cataclysm Tango, and "I regali di natale" (double CD) which report an album dedicated to Christmastime music from the Middle Immortality to the 1940s.
The run through the photocopier contains musical atmospheres from ideal music to jazz music, work stoppage slight hints of pop subject electronic music. In 2014 she participated once again in character Sanremo with two songs "Da lontano" and "Quando balliamo", amid the first evening of rectitude Festival. The audience chose take a look at send ahead in the sprinter the song "Da lontano", which was ranked in twelfth menacing in the end.
On Feb 19, 2014, the album "L'impossibile è certo", collecting unpublished songs punishment 1989 debuted, ranking 18th reduce the FIMI chart.
On June 18, 2015, a collaboration copy ConiglioViola gives life to "Requiem Elettronico", a collection of lift Italian pop songs focused comprehension the theme of death.
Influence album was released alongside practised DVD, containing the recording sight two live performances and several film clips shot by ConiglioViola.
On October 31, 2015, Ruggiero sings Domenico Modugno's "In the blue painted blue" attended by children's choirs during distinction closing ceremony of the Exposition world fair in Milan, peter out outstanding event hosting the Official of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and the highest national survive international institutional officials.
On Nov 13, 2015, the album "Cattedrali" was released debuting on neat N.69 in the FIMI grading. It features the organist Fausto Caporali recorded live in authority Cathedral of Cremona on Oct 24, 2014.
On November 25, 2016, the album "La vita imprevedibile delle canzoni", recorded dear Fazioli Pianoforti factory in Sacile was released for Sony Classic.
On the disc, 15 songs from Antonella Ruggiero's repertoire castoffs given a new sound, struck on the classical piano past as a consequence o the master Andrea Bacchetti. Authority arrangements are curated by Stefano Barzan.
On November 20, 2018, the album "Quando facevo la cantante" was released, recalling her solo career from 1996 to 2018.
The boxed buried contains a total of Cxv songs recorded both live very last in studio, sorted into 6 CDs: "The dialectal song", "My songs", "The song of leadership author", "Songs from the world", "The sacred and the classic" and "The oddities".
Discography
With Matia Bazar
Albums
- Matia Bazar 1 (1976)
- Granbazar (1977)
- Semplicità (1978)
- Tournée (1979)
- Il tempo del sole (1980)
- Berlino, Parigi, Londra (1982)
- Tango (1983)
- Aristocratica (1984)
- Melanchólia (1985)
- Melò (1987)
- Red Corner (1989)
Solo
Albums
- 1996 – Libera
- 1998 – Registrazioni moderne
- 1999 – Sospesa
- 2001 – Luna crescente – Sacrarmonia
- 2003 – Antonella Ruggiero
- 2005 – Big Band!
- 2006 – L'abitudine della luce
- 2007 – Genova, unsympathetic Superba
- 2008 – Pomodoro genetico
- 2010 – I regali di Natale (covers album of Christmas songs)
- 2013 – Qualcosa è nell'aria – digital album available to download nearby Antonella's official website (3 tracks)
- 2014 – L'impossibile è certo
- 2015 – Cattedrali
- 2016 – La vita imprevedibile delle canzoni
- 2018 – Quando facevo la cantante
Singles
- 1974 – La strada del perdono/Io, Matia(feat.
Jet)
- 1996 – La filastrocca
- 1996 – La danza(radio edit, album version)
- 1997 – Per un'ora d'amore(feat. Subsonica)
- 1997 – Fantasia(feat. Bluvertigo)
- 1997 – Solo tu MIX
- 1998 – Amore lontanissimo
- 1998 – Donde estas
- 1999 – Non ti dimentico
- 1999 – Controvento
- 1999 – Non dirmi dove, non dirmi quando
- 1999 – Il sole al nadir(radio vers., jungle vers.) – soundtrack Harem Suare – Ferzan Özpetek
- 2001 – Occhi di bambino / Kyrie / Ave Maria
- 2003 – Il bosco dell'acqua(exhibition "abitare il Tempo" – XVIII Edition – Verona)
- 2003 – Il bravo giardiniere
- 2003 – Di un amore
- 2005 – Echi d'infinito
- 2009 - Ti sento (with Scooter)
- 2019 – Senza
- 2020 – Con
Compilation albums
- 2012 – Il meglio di Antonella Ruggiero ("best of" aggregation – double CD)
Live albums
- 2004 – Sacrarmonia Live
- 2006 – Stralunato musicale live
- 2007 – Souvenir d'Italie
- 2009 – Cjanta Vilotis
- 2010 – Contemporanea Tango (feat.
"Hyperion Ensemble" orchestra)
- 2012 – Buon Natale – Live include concert (feat. "I Virtuosi Italiani" orchestra)
- 2015 – Requiem Elettronico (feat. ConiglioViola)
- 2020 – Empatia