Giovanni Allevi

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Name = Giovanni Allevi


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Giovanni Allevi
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Born = birth date and age|1969|4|9
Origin = Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Instrument = Piano
Genre = Classical
pianoforte
Crossover
Occupation = Soloist
Composer
Years_active = 1997 — Present
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URL = [http://www.giovanniallevi.it]
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Giovanni Allevi (born Ascoli Piceno, April 9th 1969) is an Italian pianist and composer.

Biography

Education

He got a first-class diploma both in piano at the "F. Morlacchi"'s conservatoire in Perugia and in composition at the "G. Verdi" academy of music in Milan.He got a degree "cum laude" in Philosophy with the thesis entitled "Il vuoto nella Fisica contemporanea" (The Void in Contemporary Physics) and he attended the Accademia Internazionale di Alto Perfezionamento in Arezzo, under the leadership of maestro Carlo Alberto Neri.

In 1991 he did military service in the Banda Nazionale of the Italian Army. The master of the band noticed his piano talent and so he decided to put the piano soloist in his inventory. He played the "Rhapsody in blue" by George Gershwin and the "Warsaw Concerto" by Richard Addinsell in his capacity as piano soloist of the Banda, during a tour in a lot of italian theatres.At the end of the military service, Allevi started presenting in concert a repertory formed exclusively by his own compositions for pianoforte solo and at the same time attended the courses of "Bio-music and music therapy" by professor Mario Corradini, in which he enhanced his awareness of music's great power of setting minds free and of evoking memories, images and emotions.

In 1996 he set to music the tragedy "The Trojan Women" by Euripides, represented on the occasion of the International Festival of the Ancient Drama in Siracusa, winning the special prize for the best scene musics.

In 1997 he won the international selections for young concertists at the "San Filippo Theatre" in Turin.

Encountering Saturnino and Jovanotti

Thanks to Saturnino, Giovanni Allevi matures the idea of moving to Milan and to gather into one CD his own piano production; this work is picked up by Lorenzo Cherubini, stage name Jovanotti, who in 1997, under his label "Soleluna" and together with "Universal Italia", decides to publish Allevi's first album, by the title of "13 Dita" (13 Fingers) and produced by Saturnino.

As a result of Allevi's encounter with Saturnino and Jovanotti, he faces the large audiences of modern rock concerts: Allevi opens, with his piano alone, Jovanotti's concerts during the tour "L'Albero", executing a few tracks from "13 Dita".

In 1998, again with Saturnino as the producer, Allevi creates the soundtrack for the short film "Venceremos", awarded at the Sundance Film Festival, a film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States.

Books

La Musica in Testa - His first book that has been published on March 5th 2008. It's a diary which collects his thoughts, his experiences and the ancdotes until his success.

Discography

tudio's albums/CD

* "13 Dita" (1997)
* "Composizioni" (2003)
* "No concept" (2005)
* "Joy" (2006)
* "Evolution" (June 13th 2008)

Live

* "Allevilive" (2007)

Concerts/DVD

* "Joy tour 2007" (2007)

Musical editions

*"No Concept", piano score, Carisch, Milano 2006, ISBN 978-88-50709-59-5
*"Joy", piano score, Carisch, Milano 2007, ISBN 978-88-50711-43-7
*"Pianoforte a quattro mani", four-hands piano score, Carisch, Milano 2008, ISBN 978-88-50712-76-2 (it contains the transcription of the following pieces for the four-hands piano: Back to life, Come sei veramente, Vento d'Europa, Jazzmatic)

External links

* [http://www.giovanniallevi.it Official site (in Italian)]
* [http://www.myspace.com/giovanniallevi Official weblog (in Italian)]
* [http://www.alleviani.com Official FanClub (in Italian)]