Mannarino (singer)

Mannarino
Mannarino performing in Genoa in 2012.
Background information
Born (1979-08-23) 23 August 1979
Rome, Italy
Genres Pop, folk[1]
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Years active 2009–present
Labels Universal Music Italia[2]
Website alessandromannarino.it

Alessandro Mannarino (born in Rome, 23 August 1979), simply known as Mannarino, is an Italian singer-songwriter.[3]

biography

He began his artistic activity in 2001, exhibiting in the famous neighborhood Monti, in Rome, with original shows that mix DJ music with acoustic concerts.

In 2006 he founded the band "Kampina", formed by six members, with which he exhibits in the most popular localities of the capital. He created the show "Roma di note" with his actor/author friend Massimiliano Bruno, which was inserted in the theatrical review LET from Rome's Cometa Off, edited by Valerio Aprea and soon enough Mannarino started working with artists such as Ascanio Celestini, David Riondino and Don Pasta.[4]

He was invited in many radio broadcasts, such as Fiorello’s Viva Radio 2, and he was a guest of reviews such as Repubblica Roma Rock at Rome's Auditorium Parco della Musica.

On the stage of Ambra Jovinelli's Theatre[5] he was one of the protagonists, with Rolando Ravello, of Massimiliano Bruno’s show "Agostino, tutti contro tutti".[6]

After appearing in several episodies of Italian TV show "Parla con me", presented by Serena Dandini, he released his debut album in 2009.[7] Titled Il bar della rabbia, it was selected as finalist at "PremioTenco" for Best Debut Album.

Mannarino also received a special prize in 2014 PIMI edition, awarding Italian independent music artist.[8]

In 2015,his song "Scendi giù", won the Amnesty Award .[9]

artistic career and discography

Bar della rabbia (2009)

[10] On 20 March 2009 he released his first album "Bar della Rabbia" (released by Leave Music and distributed by Universal Music). With this first record project he won the prestigious prize Giorgio Gaber in Viareggio and his record was one of the finalists in Targa Tenco 2009 as "Emergent album – Opera prima".

On 13 November he exhibits on the stage of the Teatro Ariston di Sanremo for the Tenco prize.

Although "Bar della rabbia" was his debut album it obtained a great success both in the critics’ and public's eyes being certified "oro" from FIMI and it became even more populare due to the numerous live performances on Serena Dandini's TV show "Parla con me".

That same year he debuted on stage with the 1 May concert and Tevere Grand Hotel became the protagonist of his first videoclip shot at Casalino 900, the biggest rom field in Europe closed in 2010.[11]

In 2010 he plays the part of Rocco, an Italian singer who moved to Amsterdam, in the movie "Tutto l’amore del mondo", distributed by Medusa. In one of the scenes he sang his most famous song "Me so ‘mbriacato".[12]

Supersantos (2011)

[13] On 15 March 2011 his second album "Supersantos" was released, it was presented during the summer tour "Supersantos Live" and afterwards in the theatrical tour "L’ultimo giorno dell’umanità". These first two albums were collected and titled "Capitolo Uno", released in December 2011. In March he participated as a guest to the national preview of the first 16 finalists of Musicultura. In September Mannarino signed the opening theme song for the new season of Ballarò, a piece that he played live in studio. Mannarino was the only musical guest to have participated on Giovanni Flori's show on Rai 3. In 2011, collaborating with the artist Valerio Berruti, Mannarino he composed the piece "Vivere la Vita", sung by a young boy and written specially for "La rivoluzione terrestre", the well known Piedmontese painter and sculptor's artistic installation. "Vivere la Vita" is one of the most loved pieces and it has over 2 million views on YouTube.

After the success of the tour "L’ultimo giorno dell’umanità", he engages in a theatrical interpretation of his most loved pieces. The Roman singer songwriter participated in the "Concerto del Primo Maggio" in 2012. On 13 July he was awarded by SIAE as "Miglior giovane compositore italiano". In the Summer of 2012 he began his tour called "SUPERSANTOS Tour live" which was sold out both in the north and south of Italy, he performed in Rome for a crowd of over 6000 people. His first American tour was in Autumn in the context of "Hit Week Festival", he played in the Highline Ballroom in New York City, in the Arts and Park Amphitheatre of Miami and in Montrèal's Leonardo Da Vinci Theatre. In 2013 the successful tour "Corde: concerto per sole chitarre” began, for which he was accompanied on stage by the guitarists Fausto Mesonella, Tony Canto and Alessandro Chimienti.

He composed the music for Rolando Ravello’s movie “Tutti contro tutti (2013)” with the musician Tony Brundo, being awarded for the music at “Magna Grecia Film Festival”.[14]

Al monte (2014)

[15] Mannarino's third album is "Al Monte", also produced by the independent label Leave Music and distributed by Universal Music,officially released on 13 May 2014, but the piece "Gli animali" was released on the radio and in digital stores on 11 April. After only a week it came third in the FIMI's ranking of record best sellers. The 11 May he was guest on the show "Che tempo che fa" (Rai 3) where he played the piece "Malamor". On 3 July the important tour "Al monte" began, for which the artist was accompanied by 11 people.

On 27 September 2014 he was awarded the MEI's prize PIMI as the best indie artist of the year, in Faenza, for the great success obtained by his last record "Al monte". On 31 December 2014 he participated in "Notte di Capodanno" organized by Comune di Roma Capitale at Circo Massimo with Subsonica and Daddy G. On 22 April 2015 he was assigned the "Premio Amnesty International Italia 2015", by Amnesty International Italia, for his piece "Scendi giù", considered "the best lyrics about human rights published in Italy in 2014" by a specialized jury (given during the event "Voci per la Libertà", on 19 July 2015).

On 18 June 2015 he was invited as a guest to Michele Santoro's TV show "Rosso di Sera", a special episode for public service was broadcast in the early evening on La7, in which the singer songwriter performed his piece "Scendi Giù".

On 4 July 2015 Mannarino organized a completely renewed show for the tour "Corde 2015" in which the protagonists were, once again, the strings of: guitars, contrabass, cello and violin. The tour was a public success.[16]

Apriti cielo (2017)

[17][18][19] The latter debuted atop the Italian Albums Chart.[20] His four studio albums were all certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry.[21][22] Three years after his third album, Mannarino released his fourth album "Apriti Cielo" (Universal) on 13 January, characterized by his evocative writing and rousing sound which made him one of the most loved singer songwriters. Before the release of the entire record a homonym piece reached the first place on Spotify's ranking of the most viral pieces.

The record debuted in the first place of Fimi's ranking of record best sellers, on Spotify it almost reached 20 million streamings. The album was certified "DISCO D’ORO".[23]

The album "Apriti Cielo" was released before the tour which debuted on 25 and 26 March for the first time at Rome's PalaLottomatica with two sold out dates and Torino, Milan and Bologna's concerts were tripled after the tickets were sold out in only a few weeks.

Mannarino's tour ended with over 100 thousand sold tickets. Numbers that represent a record for the outsider of Italian music. The first live album, "APRITI CIELO LIVE", was released the following autumn and only a few weeks later the concept tour "L’IMPERO CROLLERA’" was announced, which will be performed in Italy with 20 dates starting from March 2018.

References

  1. ↑ Barbara Rocchelli (4 April 2017). "Mannarino: Tra folk, musica e danze colpisce dritto al cuore il Fabrique di Milano" (in Italian). AllMusicItalia.it. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Tutto su Apriti Cielo, il nuovo album di Mannarino uscito il 13 gennaio" (in Italian). AllMusicItalia.it. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Biografia di Alessandro Mannarino". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Mannarino, quelle bandiere per la Capitale". Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  5. ↑ "Mannarino – Settembre al Borgo 2017". www.settembrealborgo.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  6. ↑ onlinemail.com, Redazione. "Rolando Ravello, "Tutti contro tutti" a Messina". Corriere del Mezzogiorno (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  7. ↑ "La favola di Mannarino: dopo Parla con me, l'Alcatraz". Affari Italiani (in Italian). 14 January 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  8. ↑ Ilaria Zanchetta (3 September 2014). "MEI 2014: da Emis Killa a Mannarino ecco tutti gli Oscar degli Indipendenti" (in Italian). Leonardo.it.
  9. ↑ "Mannarino e altre sedici canzoni per la libertà, la playlist di Amnesty International". Rolling Stone Magazine (in Italian). 19 December 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  10. ↑ ""BAR DELLA RABBIA" di Alessandro Mannarino – NonSoloCinema". NonSoloCinema (in Italian). 9 November 2009. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  11. ↑ Mag, Sky. "Mannarino, porta la sua rabbia al bar dell'Alcatraz" (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  12. ↑ "Tutto l'amore del mondo – Film (2009)". ComingSoon.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  13. ↑ "Alessandro Mannarino – Supersantos :: Le recensioni di OndaRock". OndaRock. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  14. ↑ MYmovies.it. "Tutti contro tutti". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  15. ↑ "'Al Monte' Mannarino scopre che siamo prigionieri senza amore". www.adnkronos.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  16. ↑ ""Corde 2015", Mannarino torna in tour". Spettacoli – La Repubblica (in Italian). 8 May 2015. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  17. ↑ Pietro D'Ottavio (18 March 2011). "Alessandro Mannarino, cantautore sul Tevere. Storie musicali fra Trilussa e le nuove frontiere". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  18. ↑ "Al Monte Mannarino scopre che siamo prigionieri senza amore" (in Italian). Adnkronos. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  19. ↑ Giulia Ciavarelli (13 January 2017). "Mannarino: il nuovo album "Apriti Cielo", video intervista". TV Sorrisi e Canzoni.
  20. ↑ "Mannarino parte in vetta con 'Apriti Cielo' fra sold out e classifica". Adnkronos. 24 January 2017.
  21. ↑ "Italian album certifications – Mannarino" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  22. ↑ "Bar della rabbia di Alessandro Mannarino" (in Italian). NonSoloCinema.com. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  23. ↑ s.r.l., RTL 102.5 Hit Radio (14 March 2018). "Mannarino, il debutto con Apriti cielo Live". RTL 102.5 Very Normal People (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-03-14.
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