Samuele Bersani

Samuele Bersani

Samuele Bersani in 2009
Background information
Born 1 October 1970
Rimini, Italy
Genres Pop
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 1991–present
Labels Fuori Classifica
Website samuelebersani.net

Samuele Bersani (born 1 October 1970, Rimini, Italy) is an Italian singer-songwriter. Amongst his best known songs one finds Giudizi Universali and Replay, the latter being the song that won the "Mia Martini" Critics Award at the Sanremo Music Festival.

His latest albums, released in 2003 and 2006, are entitled Caramella smog ("Smog candy"), and L'Aldiqua ("The Herebefore," a play on the Italian word for "the hereafter," which is "l'aldilà.") .

In 2000 songs from his album L'oroscopo speciale ("The special horoscope") were used for the soundtrack of the film Chiedimi se sono felice, by Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo.

In 2007, Bersani won the Amnesty International Italy "Voci per la liberta" Award for "Occhiali Rotti", a song written in memory of journalist Enzo Baldoni.

Biography

1970–1991: Childhood and early beginnings

Samuele Bersani was born on 1 October 1970 in Rimini, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.[1] His father was a music teacher, while his mother was an employee, and she also became the vice-major of Cattolica, the town in which he grew up.[2][2] He studied at the classical lyceum, but he left school a few months before his "maturity exam".[2] While he was a teenager, Bersani played in several local bands and tool part in local singing competitions. In 1991, he met Italian singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla before a concert Dalla was going to give in San Benedetto del Tronto, in Central Italy. Bersani asked Dalla to listen to a recording of his original song "Il mostro", and a few minutes later Dalla's producer, Renzo Cremonini, told him to open the concert performing the song.[2] Bersani was then chosen as the opening act for the remaining concerts of Dalla's Cambio tour.[3]

1992–1996: C'hanno preso tutto and Freak

Bersani's debut album, C'hanno preso tutto, was released in November 1992.[2] The album included the song "Il mostro", as well as the single "Chiccho e Spillo", which allowed Bersani to receive media attention, becoming a radio hit and supporting sales of the album, which sold more than 20,000 copies in Italy.[2][3] In 1995, Bersani released his second album, Freak. The album's lead single, "Freak", was released in February of the same year, but some Italian radio stations decided not to air it as a consequence of a line referring both to the Italian conservative coalition and to the Italian Communist Party, which was considered a violation of the "par condicio law", which introduced fees for those stations giving airplay to songs including political messages during the electoral campaign preceding the Italian regional elections.[4][5][6] As a consequence, Bersani's label decided to anticipate the release of the second single from the album, "Spaccacuore".[7] Both "Freak" and "Spaccacuore" were later performed by Bersani during the itinerant television show Festivalbar, during the summer of 1995.[8][9] The album was a commercial success, and it was certified platinum, selling more than 130,000 copies in Italy.[10]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Samuele Bersani". Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Chiara Geraci (20 October 2009). "Samuele Bersani e il suo Manifesto Abusivo: Voglio far sentire la mia musica alla gente". Chronica.it. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Francesco Giordani. "Samuele Bersani, il pescatore di asterischi" (in Italian). Ondarock.it. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Par condicio: Mani legate ai dischi, radio nel caos" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 28 March 1995. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Musica: Elio e le Storie tese inviati a Sanremo". Adnkronos. 21 February 1995. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Flavio Brighenti (28 March 1995). "Par condicio anche in radio. La prima vittima è Bersani". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Par condicio: Arriva anche quella musicale, stop a Bersani" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 27 March 1995. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "Italia 1: Festivalbar 1995" (in Italian). Adnkronos. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Italia 1: Festivalbar 95" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 14 July 1995.
  10. ↑ "Musica: Samuele Bersani, per un video su torre Garisenda" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 12 January 1996. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.

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