DIte the hits who have marked decades of Italian music, often there was his name, invisible but fundamental. Celso Vallithe teacher who transformed notes and intuitions into timeless successes, And disappeared at 75 in his Bologna. And while the world of music cries one of its greatest architects, the memories – from Vasco Rossi to Laura Pausini – they say The apparently silent inheritance of a man who sculpted the sound identity of our country.
Celso Valli, from jazz debuts to pop domination
Born in Bologna on May 14, 1950, graduated in piano at the Martini Conservatory, Valli has His career in the Jazz Band began that he himself had founded. In the seventies he played with ping pongs, a group of progressive rock groups, but it is In the 1980s that is affirmed as the invisible man behind the great hits. The list is infinite: As I know by Giorgia, Self control of Raf, I feel you of the Matia Bazar, Music is, If a song was enough, More beautiful thing by Ramazzotti. His signature is unmistakable.
Sanremo, a stage behind the scenes
The story between Celso Valli and the Sanremo Festival is long: in 1984 he won with Promise by Eros Ramazzotti, but participates in dozens of editions, until the last in 2023 next to the Ultima and Ramazzotti. Famous for orchestral arrangements and the ability to merge pop, melody and emotional tensionaccompanied artists such as Mina, Bocelli, Claudio Baglioni, Il Volo, Patty Pravo, Renato Zero, Jovanotti, Mango and Irene Grandi.
The link between Celso Valli and Vasco Rossi
The link between Vasco Rossi and Celso Valli It is something more than an artistic collaboration. It is a story of trust, esteem, of profound musical affinity. Vasco, In a long post on Instagramhe writes: «I collaborated with him since the 80s and I started to entrust him with my ballads. I remember how I once gave the ideas I had in the drawer … and He transformed them each into a small jewel. They became Songs for mean album to which I am still particularly linked ».
And again: «Celso will never die. Inside my heart it will always be alive. And above all it will never die because His arrangements will continue to excite, move, overwhelm and involve millions of people». In his words we read the gratitude for those who made the most intimate emotions of the Blasco of the real soundtracks: Sally, Without words, Sense, If I could tell you. And Vasco closes like this: “It’s excellent Celso … I will miss you very much … I miss you already”.
Celso Valli, the words of those who loved him
Eros Ramazzottithe first to give news, wrote: «Celso, I will miss Master. Hi Celso, another giant who leaves us ». Laura Pausinideeply hit, wrote: «You have listened to many of my songs arranged and played by him… soundtracks of yours and my life … every time I return to Bologna your soul will be there, under the arcades and in restaurants, in the hills and in the air ».
Gianni Morandi called him “a true artist” And he expressed “deep pain for loss”. Francesco Renga greeted him with a simple but powerful: «Master … friend, good trip. You will miss it ». And the stadium groupalso impressed on a personal level for the link with his son Paolo Valli, he writes: «Celso Valli was a music giant. A silent genius … We join in the silence and music that always remains ».
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