Italian Music

Alice a.k.a. Alice Visconti, born Carla Bissi in Forlì, Italy on September 26, 1954 is an Italiansinger-songwriter and pianist, active since 1971. Alice had her breakthrough after winning the Sanremo Music Festival with the song Per Elisa in 1981, followed by European hit singles like Una Notte Speciale, Messaggio, Chanson Egocentrique, Prospettiva Nevski and Nomadi and albums like Gioielli Rubati – Alice Canta Battiato, Park Hotel, Elisir and Il Sole Nella Pioggia charting in both Continental Europe, Scandinavia and Japan.

Eros Ramazzotti (born on October 28, 1963) is an Italian singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the most popular artists in Italy and is well known not only in most non-English speaking European countries but also in most of the Spanish-speaking world as he has released most of his albums in both Italian and Spanish. Since 1984, he has released nine studio albums, one EP, two compilation albums, two live albums as well as 31 singles, all of which have charted noticeably high in many European countries as well as in South and Central America.

Anna Maria Alberghetti was born on May 15, 1936 and is an Italian-born actress and operatic singer. She was born in Pesaro, starred on Broadway and won a Tony Award in 1962 as Best Actress (Musical) for Carnival!. Her father was an opera singer and concert master of the Rome Opera Company. Her mother was a pianist.

Giardini di Mirò is a post-rock unit based in Reggio Emilia, Italy. The group formed in 1998, and its members include Jukka Reverberi, Lorenzo Lanzi, Mirko Venturelli, Luca Di Mira, and Corrado Nuccini. The band has released several EP recordings, in addition to a pair of full-length studio recordings.