Claudio Baglioni

Claudio Baglioni is an Italian musician. His various works include the official Anthem for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin. He has also written for previous sporting events. Claudio Baglioni was born in Rome on 16 May 1951. His music

Claudio Baglioni is an Italian musician. His various works include the official Anthem for the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin. He has also written for previous sporting events. Claudio Baglioni was born in Rome on 16 May 1951. His musical career began in 1965 when he entered a competition for new talents in the Rome district of Centocelle. Between 1965 and 1968 he composed a musical suite to a poem by E. A. Poe entitled "Annabel Lee", made a test recording for RCA, released his first album "Claudio Baglioni", and entered the "Disco per l'estate" competition with the song "Una favola blu". Following the release of his second album "Un cantastorie dei giorni nostri" in 1972, he made the big-time with "Questo piccolo grande amore". He set off for his first tour in 1973, the year of "Gira che ti rigira amore bello". In 1974 he produced "E tu" in Paris in collaboration with Vangelis and in 1975 "Sabato pomeriggio" with arrangements by Louis Enriquez Bacalov. In 1977 he released "Solo" and began a tour of the United States and Canada. 1978 was the year of "E tu come stai ?", released by his new record company CBS. In 1981 he produced "Strada facendo" and gave a series of concerts in the palasport buildings. For the birth of his son Giovanni, in 1982, he composed "Avrai" and set off for the highly acclaimed Alé-oó tour, which spawned an album of the same name. In 1985 he produced La vita è adesso and the following year set off for the "Assolo" tour, a three-hour tour-de-force of vocals, guitar and piano. After two years of work, he released "Oltre", an album which included the participation of numerous illustrious names from the international music world, such as Paco De Lucia, Pino Daniele, Mia Martini, Youssu N'Dour, Phil Palmer, Tony Levin and others. From then until 1994 he went on a series of tours around Italy. In 1995 he produced "Io sono qui", followed by the "Tour Rosso" in palasport buildings. In the summer of 1998 his dream of holding concerts in the main Italian stadiums came true. In 1999 he released the album "Viaggiatore sulla coda del tempo".