Mauro Pagani
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Mauro Pagani (Montichiari, 1946) is an Italian musician and singer.
Pagani, a multi-instrumentalist, made his debut in the music world in 1970 as violinist and founding member of the progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi. In 1977 he left the band to follow a solo career, but in 2003 rejoined for a celebrative concert.
Pagani has been an experimenter of sound related to blues and Mediterranean music. He also collaborated with other famous artists, including Roberto Vecchioni, Gianna Nannini, Ornella Vanoni, and Fabrizio De Andrè, with whom he composed the renowned LPs Creuza de mä (1984) and Le nuvole (1990).
He composed the soundtrack for two movies by the Italian director Gabriele Salvatores, Puerto Escondido (1992) and Nirvana (1995).
[edit] Selected discography
- Mauro Pagani (1978)
- Sogno di una notte d'estate (1981)
- Passa la bellezza (1991)
- Puerto Escondido (1992, soundtrack)
- Nirvana (1995, soundtrack)
- Psycho P. (2001)
- Creuza de mä (2004, re-arranged version of the 1984 original)