Claudio Baglioni

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Claudio Baglioni
Claudio Baglioni
Background information
Born	May 16, 1951 (1951-05-16) (age 57)
Origin	Rome, Italy
Genre(s)	Pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, conductor
Years active	1965–present
Website	Claudio Baglioni official website

Claudio Baglioni (born May 16, 1951) is an Italian musician. His various works include the official Anthem for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin. He has also written for previous sporting events.

His musical career began in 1965 when he entered a competition for new talents in the Rome district of Centocelle. Between 1965 and 1968 he composed a musical suite to a poem by E. A. Poe entitled "Annabel Lee", made a test recording for RCA, released his first album "Claudio Baglioni". In 1969, he entered the "Disco per l'estate" competition with the song "Una favola blu" and the "Festivalbar" competition with "Signora Lia". The following year, Baglioni released his first album "Claudio Baglioni", which didn't sell well and was retired from the market a few weeks after initial release.

Following the release of his second album "Un cantastorie dei giorni nostri" in 1972, he made the big-time with "Questo piccolo grande amore". He set off for his first tour in 1973, the year of "Gira che ti rigira amore bello". On August 4, 1973, he married Paola Massari. In 1974 he produced "E tu" in Paris in collaboration with Vangelis and in 1975 "Sabato pomeriggio" with arrangements by Louis Enriquez Bacalov. In 1977 he released "Solo" and began a tour of the United States and Canada. 1978 was the year of "E tu come stai ?", released by his new record company CBS.

In 1981 he produced the hugely successful album "Strada facendo" and gave a series of concerts in the palasport buildings. For the birth of his son Giovanni, in 1982, he composed "Avrai", a song dedicated to his newborn son Giovanni, and set off for the highly acclaimed "Alé-oó" tour, which spawned an album of the same name. In 1985 he produced "La vita è adesso" and the following year set off for the "Assolo" tour, a three-hour tour-de-force of vocals, guitar and piano. After two years of work, he released "Oltre", an album which included the participation of numerous illustrious names from the international music world, such as Paco De Lucia, Pino Daniele, Mia Martini, Youssu N'Dour, Phil Palmer, Tony Levin and others.

From then until 1994 he went on a series of tours around Italy. In 1995 he produced "Io sono qui", followed by the "Tour Rosso" in palasport buildings. In the summer of 1998 his dream of holding concerts in the main Italian stadiums came true. In 1999 he released the album "Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo".

In 2003, Baglioni released a new album, "Sono io, l'uomo della storia accanto", and won the Lunezia Prize. "Crescendo e cercando" and "Tutti qui - Collezione dal 1967 al 2005" followed two years later.