- Ilaria Graziano
Ilaria Graziano (also known as "ILA", born in
Naples ,Italy ) is an Italian singer and vocalist. She gained popularity with the release of and the subsequent original soundtrack, written by composerYoko Kanno .Graziano started playing
violin and singing at a very young age. In 1997 she first joined Italy's female pop group, Salsaruba. She has since participated in several projects of various artists in Italy including the album, FLUX, with DJ Miele in 2002.After her studies in a painting school, she took an opportunity to leave Italy for London.
Few months later, she performed the words and vocals with Kanno for the
Wolf's Rain O.S.T. track 14 "Valse de la Lune". She also appears on "" O.S.T. 2 ("I Can't Be Cool", "I Do").In 2003 she joined the live band called Rainbow 4et, with Francesco Forni on guitar, Sergio Quagliarella on drums, and Fulvio di Nocera on upright bass.
Recent work includes performing songs for the new release of Stand Alone Complex O.S.T. 3 (featuring "Christmas in the Silent Forest", "Dew"). Graziano has also performed songs for the recent 2005 "
Cowboy Bebop " soundtrack, "Tank! THE! BEST! ".She is currently working on a solo project in
London where she resides.In February 2007, a short [http://www.mayday.mp3.it/may/images/stories/media/213%20francesco%20forni.mov live video] was released featuring an interview with Ilaria and Francesco Forni from one of their latest performances at Napoli. [http://www.mayday.mp3.it/]
Featured Discography
(see links for complete discography)
* FLUX / DJ Miele (2002 - vocals)
* Wolf's Rain O.S.T. /Yoko Kanno (2003 - vocals)
* "" /Yoko Kanno (2003 - vocals)
* "" /Yoko Kanno (2004 - vocals)
* "" /Yoko Kanno (2004 - vocals)
* "Wolf's Rain Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 " /Yoko Kanno (2004 - Vocals)
* "Wolf's Rain Original Soundtrack Vol. 2 " /Yoko Kanno (2004 - vocals)
* "Cowboy Bebop Tank! THE! BEST!" /Yoko Kanno (2004 - vocals)
* "" /Yoko Kanno (2005 - vocals)
* "" /Yoko Kanno (2006 - vocals)External links
* [http://ilariagraziano.com Official Website]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=98751545 Official Myspace site]
* [http://members.shaw.ca/ykdb/people/ilaria_graziano.html ILA discography]
* [http://members.shaw.ca/ykdb/resources/interviews/ilariagraziano_fr.html ILA Email Interview part 1]
* [http://members.shaw.ca/ykdb/resources/interviews/ilariagraziano2_fr.html ILA Email Interview part 2]
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