Piergiorgio Farina
Piergiorgio Farina | |
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| Born | 25 April 1933 Goro, Italy |
| Died | 28 July 2008 (aged 75) Bologna, Italy |
Piergiorgio Farina (25 April 1933 – 28 July 2008) was an Italian jazz violinist, composer and singer.
Career
[edit]Born Piergiorgio Farinelli in Goro, Ferrara, Farina was the cousin of the singer Milva.[1][2] He started his career performing in Emilia-Romagna's ballrooms, and had his breakout in the second half of the 1960s thanks to his participation to the RAI musical variety Settevoci.[2]
In 1968 he entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival in couple with Orietta Berti with the song ″Tu che non sorridi mai″, while in the 1975 edition of the Festival he was cast to perform on violin all the competing songs.[1][2] He was also a sax, double bass and piano musician.[3]
His son Bruno is also a musician.[1]
Discography
[edit]- Albums [4]
- 1971: Piergiorgio Farina – Piccolo Cabotaggio
- 1974: Il violino d'amore di Piergiorgio Farina
- 1975: Violino d'amore
- 1977: Tempo di rock
- 1977: Piergiorgio Farina
- 1978: ...a tutto rock!!!
- 1979: Trasloco
- 1981: Amore
- 1982: Musica
- 1983: Immagina che .....
- 1985: Uno Strumento In Primo Piano: Violino
- 1985: Diario
- 1986: Gran gala
- 1988: Dolci ricordi
- 1988: Un' Orchestra Per La Radio 2
- 1989: Napoli appassionata
- 1990: Tango
- 1991: Classic
- 1996: Balliamo Con Il Violino Di Piergiorgio Farina
- (Unknown): I Miei Successi
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Francesca Parisini (29 July 2008). "L' ultima nota di Piergiorgio Farina". La Repubblica. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ a b c Eddy Anselmi (2009). Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.
- ^ Gian Aldo Traversi (28 July 2008). "Addio al musicista Piergiorgio Farina". Quotidiano.net. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "Piergiorgio Farina". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-12-27.
External links
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Categories:
- 1933 births
- 2008 deaths
- Italian composers
- People from the Province of Ferrara
- 20th-century Italian male singers
- Italian jazz singers
- Italian pop singers
- Italian violinists
- Italian male violinists
- Italian jazz violinists
- 20th-century violinists
- Italian male jazz musicians
- Italian jazz saxophonists
- Italian jazz pianists