The jaunty air and the harp smile never leave her,
even now that Giorgia turns 50 today
.
Born in 1971 and the important thing, as she herself wrote on social media some time ago, "is still loving each other".
Fifty years
, most of which spent with and in music, a passion transmitted for DNA (and for registry office, the name of his name is linked to the song "Georgia On My Mind" by Ray Charles) by father Giulio Todrani, member of the singing duo Juli & Julie and founder of "I would like black skin". So much so that, according to the story, the first recording of what will become one of the most important voices (female, but not only) on the Italian scene is in 1979, at the age of 8. Since that first single, Giorgia has never stopped. He starts in the clubs, with Giorgia Todrani's Group and with his father's group. With the ductility of his voice he ranges from jazz to soul, he explores blues and rock. Music has no boundaries for the acrobatics of its vocal cords.
The turning point, from Roman clubs to the national stage, came in 1994, when, at the age of 23 still to be fulfilled, he presented himself with a frightened air among the New Proposals of the Sanremo Festival. He does not win (he even arrives seventh) but that song not awarded, And then (which bears his signature in addition to that of Marco Rinalduzzi and Massimo Calabrese), becomes one of his greatest hits and the disc he records soon sells 180 thousand copies , projecting it into the elite of Italian pop music. Only the following year did Ariston get his revenge: he participated in the Big group and won with the timeless Come saprei (and, the first artist to achieve the double goal, he also took home the Critics' Prize). The following year he returns to the Riviera again for a third place (in 2001 he will be second,to then be invited several times in the following years as a guest).
From that 1994 to today, the road has been long and studded with successes. Participation in Pavarotti & Friends; the many duets with Pavarotti himself, Sting, Bocelli, Mina, Bryan Adams, Ronan Keating, Nancy Gustafson and Andreas Vollenweider; collaborations with Pino Daniele, Elton John, Herbie Hancock, Ferzan Ozpetek, Roch Voisine, Jovanotti, Eros Ramazzotti, Nicola Piovani, Ornella Vanoni; the performances before the pope; the seven million records sold in Italy alone; the various awards, including a Nastro d'Argento (for Gocce di Memoria in 2003, the main theme of La Finestra di Fronte, a film by Ozpetek, which will be the most successful single of that year); the definition of "the fourth largest Voice in the world", attributed by the authoritative American magazine Billboard.
In 2018, after ten unreleased albums, Giorgia put aside her songwriter streak to treat herself to the first album of covers, fishing among the hits of Jovanotti, Zucchero, Carmen Consoli, Whitney Houston. Giorgia has gone through the years, the musical genres, joys and even sorrows. In 2002 he faced the death of his former partner Alex Baroni, who died in a car accident. Over the years he has always kept his memory alive.
Over the years she has also distinguished herself for her social commitment: in 2009 she participated in the song Domani 21 / 04.2009, for charity after the earthquake in Abruzzo, then at the concert Amiche per l'Abruzzo and in Italia Loves Emilia, after the 2012 earthquake. .
Now, with the concerts stopped due to the pandemic for over a year, he is waiting to do his part in the live "Una. None. One hundred thousand", against gender violence, rescheduled for next year in Campovolo.
and today!
and i know fifty thanks thanks for this affection that lasts!
and that I hold on tight pic.twitter.com/Zsgw5z2bcs
- giorgia (@Giorgia) April 26, 2021