Gianmaria Testa | |
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![]() Gianmaria Testa in 2013 | |
Background information | |
Born | Cavallermaggiore, Italy | 17 October 1958
Died | 30 March 2016 Alba, Piedmont | (aged 57)
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
Website |
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Gianmaria Testa (17 October 1958 – 30 March 2016) was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist. [1]
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]
Gianmaria Testa | |
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![]() Gianmaria Testa in 2013 | |
Background information | |
Born | Cavallermaggiore, Italy | 17 October 1958
Died | 30 March 2016 Alba, Piedmont | (aged 57)
Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
Website |
www |
Gianmaria Testa (17 October 1958 – 30 March 2016) was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist. [1]
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]