Simone Cristicchi
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Simone Cristicchi | ||
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Background information | ||
Born | 1977, Roma, Italy | |
Died | N/A | |
Genre(s) | Pop | |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Simone Cristicchi is an Italian singer and composer.
[edit] Biography
In march 2007, Simone won the 57th edition of the Sanremo music festival. His song "Ti Regalerò Una Rosa" won due to extremley high marks received from the festival staff (96/100) and popular vote. The lyrics to the song are taken from papers he found that were written by a man who was in a mental hospital for most of his life. It is a sad tale of the man's struggle with being away from the woman he loves and being exiled for being mentally ill.