Fabio Ilacqua Explained

Fabio Ilacqua
Birth Place:Varese, Italy
Occupation:Lyricist
Composer

Fabio Ilacqua (born 8 October 1975) is an Italian lyricist, composer, arranger, record producer and singer-songwriter.

Life and career

Born in Varese to a Sicilian father and a Calabrian mother,[1] Ilacqua studied at the Brera Academy in Milan.[2] [3] [4] He started his professional career as singer-songwriter in 2007, winning the Festival and releasing his only album Ballata del dopocena.[5] Ilacqua had his breakout thanks to the collaboration as a lyricist with Francesco Gabbani, with the songs "Amen" and "Occidentali's Karma" respectively winning the Sanremo Music Festival 2016 newcomers competition and the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 big artist competition. Artists with whom he collaborated include Mina and Adriano Celentano (for whom he penned "Ad un passo da te"), Massimo Ranieri (for whom he wrote "Lettera di là dal mare", which won the critics' award at the Sanremo Music Festival 2022),[6] Ornella Vanoni Loredana Bertè,[7] Paola Turci,[8] and Marco Mengoni.[9] In 2022, he produced and arranged the Francesco Guccini album Canzoni da intorto.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Rotondo . Roberto . Il ritratto di Pasolini, i pomodori Ecco l'autore di Occidentali's Karma . 25 August 2023 . . 14 February 2017 . it.
  2. News: Crespi . Lorenzo . Sanremo canta anche in varesino: la canzone di Massimo Ranieri è scritta da Fabio Ilacqua . 25 August 2023 . . 2 February 2022 . it.
  3. News: Zanzi . Carlo . Dopo Gabbani, ecco Celentano . 25 August 2023 . RMF Online . 11 January 2019.
  4. News: Redazione . Fabio Ilacqua paroliere calabrese autore di Occidentali's Karma . 25 August 2023 . We Calabria . 14 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170214181023/http://www.wecalabria.it/2017/02/14/fabio-ilacqua-calabrese-occidentalis-karma/ . 14 February 2017.
  5. News: Cabona . Claudio . Fabio Ilacqua: "Una canzone è come un vestito fatto su misura" . 25 August 2023 . Rockol . 28 January 2021 . it.
  6. News: Sanremo 2022, Massimo Ranieri ha vinto il premio della critica: il trionfo a 70 anni con «Lettera di là dal mare» . 25 August 2023 . Il Mattino. 6 February 2022 . it.
  7. News: Brigo . Adelia . Fabio Ilacqua, quattro brani per Loredana Bertè . 25 August 2023 . VareseNews . 21 September 2018 . it.
  8. News: Mandelli . Carlo . Paola Turci, mai stata così sicura di me . 25 August 2023 . . 30 March 2017 . it.
  9. News: Calvini . Angela . Musica. Mengoni, nel nuovo album spunta Mandela . 25 August 2023 . Avvenire. 23 May 2023 . it.
  10. News: Iondini . Massimo . Musica. Francesco Guccini, la locomotiva sbuffa ancora . 25 August 2023 . . 18 November 2022 . it.

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