Gianmaria Testa (17 October 1958 – 30 March 2016) was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist.[1]
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| Background information | |
| Born | 17 October 1958 Cavallermaggiore, Italy |
| Died | 30 March 2016 (aged 57) Alba, Piedmont |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Website | www |
Testa began musical performances in 1990 and in the early 1990s, he won two consecutive top prizes at the Recanati Festival.[2] His first album "Montgolfieres" was issued in 1995 in a collaboration between the French Label Bleu and Harmonia Mundi.[3] Throughout his musical career, Testa continued to work as a station master at the train station in Cuneo, Italy. He sang in Italian and French and his music bears resemblances to folk, jazz and world music.[4]
References
edit- ^ Fegiz, M.L. (2016-03-30). "Morto Gianmaria Testa, lo chansonnier piemontese". Corriere della sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ^ "Artist : Gianmaria Testa - Festival International de Jazz de Montréal". montrealjazzfest.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ^ Discogs: Gianmaria Testa
- ^ Marisa Brown. "Gianmaria Testa". AllMusicm. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
External links
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Media related to Gianmaria Testa at Wikimedia Commons- Gianmaria Testa at AllMusic
- Gianmaria Testa discography at Discogs
- Gianmaria Testa at IMDb
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