C.sensitive and refined Neapolitan ante-author, Giovanni Truppi came up as a surprise among the names of the Big Sanremo 2022. On the stage of the Ariston he will present the song, with the curious title, Your father, my mother, Lucia, delicate and very romantic ballad which the artist composed together with Niccolò Contessa and Pacifico.
Passionate about Paolo Conte and Franco Battiato, Giovanni has four albums and a very long apprenticeship to his credit made up of live shows and collaborations that have forged a unique style in the Italian music scene. Immediately after participating in the Festival will publish the collection All the universewhich contains some of the greatest hits of recent years.
Giovanni Truppi,
Born in Naples in 1981, at the age of seven he began to study guitar and piano. As a teenager he founded the rock band The Bacchantesand at 23 he moved to Rome to study singing and jazz composition. The first album, There is a me inside of mearrives in 2010the year in which Truppi begins to make a name for himself in niche of independent artists of the capital.
Giovanni Truppi.
Particularity of his live is the use of a very special piano. As a “music craftsman”, as it has always been proclaimed, he sawed the right side of a vertical plane – while with the left side he managed to create a “detachable” keyboard. A design work that made the instrument more easily transportable.
John he will take him to the Ariston stage.
The success of To disappear And Getting to know each other in a difficult situation
Standard bearer of the new Italian songwriter, mixes homegrown suggestions with the acoustic notes of American singers like Sun Kill Moon and Sufjan Stevens. With an ironic and original language he is also an innovator of the love song.
Many fans of his style, even abroad: Le Monde praised him a couple of years ago for his dry and romantic style.
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After all, thanks to word of mouth some of his songs have become small cult. As To disappear And When you laughbeautiful ballads for guitar and piano that they confirmed his ability to draw from different languages such as jazz, rock, punk and songwriting. Combining them with a respectable metric and melodic inventiveness.
The album Poetry and civilization
“Poetry and civilization were two key concepts during the writing of the disc but I would like to specify that poetry is made by poets, I write songs. I live poetry more as something to strive for, an attitude, an ideal ». So Giovanni Truppi presented in 2019 his fourth disc, Poetry and civilizationemphasizing right away an almost out of date choice in the contemporary panorama.
Driven by the single Bourgeoisiethe album ranges between numerous topics: from feelings to spirituality, from social to the loss of values. Providing a careful and sincere insight into the small everyday life of each of us. Supplied with the disc, Giovanni also published the travel book by title The adventurereleased in 2020 for La Nave di Teseo.
In Sanremo 2022 with Your father, my mother, Lucia
For many critics, the Sanremo passage on couple relationship in comparison with the outside world has already mortgaged the victory of the Critics Award My Martini. Minimalist and full of healthy romance, Your father, my mother, Lucia will be for sure one of the most unexpected discoveries of the Festival.
“It is a declaration of love in the winter»Said the singer. “I think this season comes to mind in relation to the song because it is the moment of the year most in tune with its atmosphere and the feeling we are talking aboutwhich is one of those who remain standing even at the end of a (metaphorical) snow storm ».
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