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Italian composer and lyricist (born 1975)
Fabio Ilacqua
Ilacqua in 2016
Born 8 October 1975 (1975-10-08 ) (age 48) Occupation(s) Lyricist Composer
Fabio Ilacqua (born 8 October 1975) is an Italian lyricist, composer, arranger, record producer and singer-songwriter.
Life and career
Born in
Varese to a
Sicilian father and a
Calabrian mother,
[1] Ilacqua studied at the
Brera Academy in Milan.
[2]
[3]
[4] He started his professional career as singer-songwriter in 2007, winning the
Musicultura [
it ] Festival and releasing his only album Ballata del dopocena .
[5]
Ilacqua had his breakout thanks to the collaboration as a lyricist with
Francesco Gabbani , with the songs "
Amen " and "
Occidentali's Karma " respectively winning the
Sanremo Music Festival 2016 newcomers competition and the
Sanremo Music Festival 2017 big artist competition.
[1]
[3]
[4] Artists with whom he collaborated include
Mina and
Adriano Celentano (for whom he penned "Ad un passo da te"),
[1]
Massimo Ranieri (for whom he wrote "Lettera di là dal mare", which won the critics' award at the
Sanremo Music Festival 2022 ),
[2]
[6]
Ornella Vanoni
[5]
Loredana Bertè ,
[7]
Paola Turci ,
[8] and
Marco Mengoni .
[9] In 2022, he produced and arranged the
Francesco Guccini album Canzoni da intorto .
[10]
References
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a
b
c Rotondo, Roberto (14 February 2017).
"Il ritratto di Pasolini, i pomodori Ecco l'autore di Occidentali's Karma" .
Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023 .
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a
b Crespi, Lorenzo (2 February 2022).
"Sanremo canta anche in varesino: la canzone di Massimo Ranieri è scritta da Fabio Ilacqua" .
Il Giorno (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023 .
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a
b Zanzi, Carlo (11 January 2019).
"Dopo Gabbani, ecco Celentano" . RMF Online . Retrieved 25 August 2023 .
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a
b Redazione (14 February 2017).
"Fabio Ilacqua paroliere calabrese autore di Occidentali's Karma" . We Calabria . Archived from
the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2023 .
^
a
b Cabona, Claudio (28 January 2021).
"Fabio Ilacqua: "Una canzone è come un vestito fatto su misura" " . Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023 .
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"Sanremo 2022, Massimo Ranieri ha vinto il premio della critica: il trionfo a 70 anni con «Lettera di là dal mare»" .
Il Mattino (in Italian). 6 February 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023 .
^ Brigo, Adelia (21 September 2018).
"Fabio Ilacqua, quattro brani per Loredana Bertè" . VareseNews (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023 .
^ Mandelli, Carlo (30 March 2017).
"Paola Turci, mai stata così sicura di me" .
ANSA (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023 .
^ Calvini, Angela (23 May 2023).
"Musica. Mengoni, nel nuovo album spunta Mandela" .
Avvenire (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023 .
^ Iondini, Massimo (18 November 2022).
"Musica. Francesco Guccini, la locomotiva sbuffa ancora" .
Avvenire (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023 .
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