Filippa giordano biography

Italian-born Mexican singer (born 1974)

Musical artist

Filippa Giordano (born 14 February 1974) is an Italian-born Mexican crossover singer.

Biography

Giordano was born in Palermo. At the age of nine, she started ballet at the National Academy of Rome (where she moved with her family). Giordano grew up in the opera world following her parents, but at the same time, she fell in love with the pop world. She started her studies of singing with her mother as a teacher and she learned both the techniques for opera and pop music. In 2010, Giordano obtained Mexican citizenship.

Musical success

In September 1998, she released her first album Passioni with Italian pop producers Celso Valli (Andrea Bocelli, Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini, etc.) and Marco Sabiu (Take That, Tanita Tikaram, etc.).

In February 1999, she won the 2nd prize at the Sanremo Festival. Due to this success in Sanremo, Giordano performed at the most important events of the year, the David di Donatello Awards for the awarding of The Legend of 1900 by Giuseppe Tornatore, and on Donna sotto le stelle, a major fashion TV event.

In August 1999, she released the international version of the album Passioni called Filippa Giordano. The record was distributed by Warner Classic UK.

Rising to the top of the classical charts, she reached gold status in Japan and in Australia. She was the honored guest at the first edition of the British Classical Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The same year, Giordano performed on TV shows around the world, such as Parkinson and Barrymore in the UK, the NHK Music Christmas show and Music Fair in Japan and the Lottery show on NDR, Germany.

In March 2000, Giordano opened The Maria Callas Museum at the Metropolitan Theatre in New York.

In May 2000, she was invited, at the direct request of HRH Prince Charles of Britain to give a concert for His annual "Prince's Trust Gala Dinner" and, a few months

Filippa Giordano was born February 14, 1974 in Palermo, Italy.
Filippa started her musical studies at the age of 5.
At the age of 9 she studied Ballet at the National Academy of Rome, where she moved with her family. She started her singing studies with her mother as teacher.
In September 1998 she released her first album Passioni, with the Italian producers Celso Valli and Marco Sabiu.
In February of 1999 she won the 2nd price at the Sanremo Festival, which would be the impulse to perform in other important events that year. In August of that year, she prepared the international version of the album Passioni under the name of Filippa Giordano.
She reached the top in classical charts, achieving the Gold status in Japan, and also being the honored guest In Australia at the British Classical Awards at Royal Albert Hall, London.
In October of 2000 she won the annual edition of the Echo Awards in Germany in the category "Music without borders".
In 2002 she recorded her 2nd album, Il Rosso Amore. This production mixes melodies and arias from past and original songs from composers like Ennio Morricone, D Foster, Sartori, etc.
During her career she performed with prestigious orchestras such as The Super World Orchestra and the BBC Orchestra.

Filippa was born into a musical family - both her parents were singers. Filippa started studying music when she was 5 years old

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Italian songbird Filippa Giordano emerged in 1998 as one of the pop/classical crossover world's fastest rising stars. Born in Palermo, Giordano was the youngest of a family of musicians. Her parent's opera careers soon moved the family to Rome, where Giordano enrolled in the National Academy to study ballet. As she followed her parents from engagement to engagement, she fell in love with the world of classical voice. Simultaneously, the pop and R&B sounds coming from her radio entranced her. She began studying voice under her mother, who schooled her in both pop and operatic techniques. The young talent released her debut record in 1998, titled Passioni. The record was produced by Celso Valli and Marcio Sabiu, veterans of artists Andrea Bocelli, Laura Pausini, and Tanita Tikaram. The album's popularity took off following a second place win at the renowned Sanremo Festival in 1999. An international version of the record was released throughout the English speaking world by Warner Classic UK. The record climbed to the top of classical charts all over the globe, achieving gold status in Australia and Japan. A series of important television appearances followed on British and Japanese TV, including the Barry More Show and Music Fair -- Japan. Following Academy Awards performances (L.A.) and receiving an Echo Award for Music without Borders (Germany), Giordano returned to the studio. Her sophomore effort was released in 2002, titled Il Rosso Amore. The record announced a new phase in her career, filled with spreads in fashion magazines In Style, Gala, and Marie Claire, as well as an invitation to perform at Sanremo, this time in the celebrity category. Giordano embarked on a Mexican tour in 2005, with stops in most of the nation's important c