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Gianmaria Testa
Gianmaria Testa in 2013Gianmaria Testa in 2013
Background information
Born(1958-10-17)17 October 1958
Cavallermaggiore, Italy
Died30 March 2016(2016-03-30) (aged 57)
Alba, Piedmont
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Websitewww.gianmariatesta.com
Musical artist

Gianmaria Testa (17 October 1958 – 30 March 2016) was an Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Testa began musical performances in 1990 and in the early 1990s, he won two consecutive top prizes at the Recanati Festival. His first album "Montgolfieres" was issued in 1995 in a collaboration between the French Label Bleu and Harmonia Mundi. 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.

References

  1. Fegiz, M.L. (2016-03-30). "Morto Gianmaria Testa, lo chansonnier piemontese". Corriere della sera (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  2. "Artist : Gianmaria Testa - Festival International de Jazz de Montréal". montrealjazzfest.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  3. Discogs: Gianmaria Testa
  4. Marisa Brown. "Gianmaria Testa". AllMusicm. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

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