Gianna Nannini

Gianna Nannini

Born: June 14, 1954
in Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Gianna Nannini (born 14 June 1954) is an Italian singer and songwriter. Her most notable songs include "America" (1979), "Fotoromanza" (1984), "I Maschi" (1987) and "Bello e impossibile" (1986), the latter a European hit, with success in Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland.

Nannini was born in Siena on 14 June 1954. She is the elder sister of former Formula One racing driver Alessandro Nannini. She studied piano and composition in Milan in the late 1970s and obtained a degree in philosophy from the University of Siena in 1994. The following year she took part in a protest organized by Greenpeace at the French embassy in Rome against the decision of the French government to pursue nuclear experiments at Mururoa.

Nannini scored her first domestic hit in 1979 with the single "America" and the album California, which became a success in several European countries. Her international breakthrough happened in 1984 with the release of her sixth album, the Conny Plank-produced Puzzle, which peaked in the top 10 in the Italian, German, Austrian and Swiss charts. The first single from the album, "Fotoromanza", was supported by a music video directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, and went on to win many musical awards. Nannini embarked on a long European tour to support the album, culminating in a headlining gig at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

In 1986, her song "Bello e impossibile" was a European hit in Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Her 1987 compilation album Maschi e Altri sold over a million copies.

In 2004, she released the greatest hits album Perle, where a number of her most renowned songs were rearrangemed with the support of musicians such as Christian Lohr on piano (who also had a co-producer credit), and a string quartet composed of Vincenzo di Donna (first violin), Luigi de Maio (second violin), Gerardo Morrone (viola) and Antonio di Franca (violoncello). With this orchestra Nannini went on a European tour from 2004 to 2005.

The album Grazie was released in February 2006, and peaked at number one of the Italian hit-parade with the single "Sei nell'anima".

In April 2007, Nannini released Pia come la canto io, a collection of songs produced by Wil Malone and originally intended for a rock opera based on the medieval Tuscan character Pia de' Tolomei (briefly mentioned in Dante's Purgatorio) that would eventually be performed in 2008 after eleven months of gestation.

An acoustic version of her song Meravigliosa Creatura (from Perle) has been used in a 2008 advertisement commercial for the Fiat Bravo directed by Matthias Zentner. Fiat would later include another Gianna Nannini song, "Aria", in a subsequent Fiat Bravo ad. ...

Source: Article "Gianna Nannini" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Beautiful Rebel
Title: Beautiful Rebel
Character: Self
Released: May 2, 2024
Type: Movie
The origin story of one of Italy's greatest rock stars, Gianna Nannini, who chased her dream despite obstacles from her family and the music industry.
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Cover Story - 20 anni di Vanity Fair
Title: Cover Story - 20 anni di Vanity Fair
Character: Self
Released: January 29, 2024
Type: Movie
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Caro Battiato
Title: Caro Battiato
Character: Self
Released: January 7, 2022
Type: Movie
A special night dedicated to Franco Battiato, who passed away on 18th May 2021 at 76 years old. The title catches on the affectionate tone Pif will use as he narrates a journey through the singer-songwriter's life - from Mount Etna to Milan - through the Verona Arena where a concert was held in loving memory.
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Note di viaggio: Il film
Title: Note di viaggio: Il film
Character: Self
Released: March 17, 2021
Type: Movie
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Io tu noi, Lucio
Title: Io tu noi, Lucio
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: TV Story Superstar
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 23, 2020
Type: TV
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Title: Meraviglie. La penisola dei tesori
Character: Self
Released: January 4, 2018
Type: TV
The beautiful Italy
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Die Helene Fischer Show 2017
Title: Die Helene Fischer Show 2017
Character: Self
Released: December 25, 2017
Type: Movie
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Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise
Title: Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise
Character: Self
Released: September 28, 2017
Type: Movie
When Conny died at the age of only 47, his son Stephan was just 13 years old. Twenty-five years later, together with co-director Reto Caduff, he went in search of the man he often only experienced behind the mixing desk as a child. At the same time it became the search for the artistic legacy of his father.
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Amiche in Arena
Title: Amiche in Arena
Character: Self
Released: November 5, 2016
Type: Movie
The biggest Italian music event ever that support the struggle against the violence on the women.
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Amiche Per L'Abruzzo
Title: Amiche Per L'Abruzzo
Character: Self
Released: June 22, 2010
Type: Movie
L' Evento Dell' Anno In DVD
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Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso
Title: Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: February 26, 2010
Type: Movie
Parent-teenage children clashes in 21st century Italy.
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Title: Die ultimative Chartshow
Character: Self
Released: May 21, 2003
Type: TV
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Momo
Title: Momo
Character: Segretaria (voice)
Released: December 21, 2001
Type: Movie
Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody’s time, nobody has any time left for her, let alone their friends or families. Momo, together with Master Hora, the custodian of time, are the only ones who can go up against the time thieves before all is lost forever.
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Title: Die Harald Schmidt Show
Character: Self
Released: December 5, 1995
Type: TV
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
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Gianna Nannini: Giannissima
Title: Gianna Nannini: Giannissima
Character: Self - Vocals, Guitar
Released: September 1, 1991
Type: Movie
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Title: Disney Club Deutschland
Character: Self
Released: January 5, 1991
Type: TV
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Title: Na siehste!
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 1987
Type: TV
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Title: ZDF-Fernsehgarten
Character: Self
Released: June 29, 1986
Type: TV
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Fotoromanza
Title: Fotoromanza
Character: Gianna Nannini
Released: May 11, 1984
Type: Movie
A music video of the song Fotoromanza by Gianna Nannini (b.1954), an extremely popular singer-songwriter during the mid-1980s. The movie won a number of awards and travelled all over the world. Karlovy Vary IFF 2012
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Title: Musik Convoy
Character: Self
Released: January 23, 1984
Type: TV
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Dream of a Summer Night
Title: Dream of a Summer Night
Character: Titania
Released: November 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Rock musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
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Title: Leute
Character: Self
Released: March 7, 1983
Type: TV
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Title: Na sowas!
Character: Self
Released: March 29, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Verstehen Sie Spaß?
Character: Self
Released: January 31, 1980
Type: TV
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Title: Karussell
Character: Self
Released: April 5, 1977
Type: TV
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Title: Plattenküche
Character: Self
Released: February 23, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: III nach neun
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 1974
Type: TV
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Title: Disco
Character: Self
Released: February 13, 1971
Type: TV
Disco was a pop music program that aired in Germany on the ZDF network from 1971 to 1982. It generally aired on the first Saturday of each month at 7:30PM, each show running 45 minutes. 133 shows were produced. The show was hosted by German actor and comedian Ilja Richter. Its lesser known predecessor on ZDF, 4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet was aired between 1966 and 1970, presenters included Ilja Richter and Suzanne Doucet. Disco generally served a younger pop-oriented audience compared to ZDF's Hitparade, and until 1972, its main competitor was Beat-Club, followed by Musikladen, both on ARD. Repeats of Disco have been aired since 1984 on ZDF Musikkanal, after its closedown in 1989 on 3sat. Since 2004, the digital ZDF Theaterkanal aired repeats of the entire series. In 2007, ZDF Dokukanal began to air reruns, starting with episodes from 1975 and also multiple repeats of the series have been shown on hit24 in 2008. The show focussed on chart hits current at the time of airing, giving about equal airtime to international pop music and German Schlager. Despite its name, it did not particularly focus on disco music although it featured many disco hits as long as they were chart relevant..
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Title: Sanremo Music Festival
Character: Self - Special Guest
Released: January 29, 1951
Type: TV
The Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo, Imperia, Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. The Festival was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.