Manuel De Peppe

Manuel De Peppe is an Italian actor, musician, composer, and producer. He spent the majority of his career as an actor and singer, but in 2000 moved to the United States primarily to act as a composer and producer of music.

Early life

Manuel De Peppe was born in Milan, Italy in 1970 . He spent most of his earlier years studying acting, music, dubbing, vocal, piano, drums at the CTA Academy of Milan, and at age 14 he passed the SIAE composers examination. Around the same time, he began to work in advertising, acting in commercials and as a model in fashion photography. He spent two years doing this work before getting his first major television role.

Acting

In 1986, he played the character of "Matt" (the drummer of the band Beehive) in an Italian TV series called Love Me Licia, which was his first major role in broadcast television. He followed this up from 1987 to 1993 with a series of soap operas and television films, such as Licia Dolce Licia (Licia sweet Licia) and Don Tonino. The Don Tonino series was of particular note, since in this case Manuel was able to demonstrate his acting skills both in some comedy scenes and some dramatic scenes. He has received positive reviews from the press for his role.

Music and Composition

In 1986, in conjunction with Bee Hive, he sang and wrote musical scores for the TV series. This work continued throughout 1987. From 1988 on, he began writing more of his own music, usually performing as a singer but also arranging scores and composing new songs or albums. In 2002 he created Ballet in conjunction with Paul Sears, to wide acclaim. From 2002 to 2006 De Peppe composed a ot of very popular music jingles for Italian TV. In 2006 Produced and Arranged the debut Album od the young singer-bass player Tony Amodio. In 2007 composed, arranged and produced the new single for the Reunion of the Icona Italian band Bee Hive In 2009 produced and arranged the second CD of the Italian young singer Tony Amodio and De Peppe composed also 3 songs. In 2009 Manuel composed and arranged a new ballad performed by the leggend Bill Champlin lead vox in the legendary band Chicago. Champlin performed and wrote the Lyrics on the song with his wife Tamara Champlin. The song title is "Til You Believe". He's also working as a songwriter with the 2005 American Idol finalist Anthony Fedorov on his new coming CD. Other collaborations are with Piero Cassano , Ivana Spagna , Toto Cutugno , Marco Grasso , Alex Baroni , Andrea Zuppini , Ninni Carucci , Pablo Manavello , Jorge Luis Cachin , Martha Cancel , Bernadette O'Reilly , Franco Fasano , Danilo Amerio , Julio Bague' , Ariztia and more....

Hosting

• 1995 Host for the event "Quelli Di Domani" at Teatro Nazionale of Milan, Italy.
• 2010 Host for the event "Miss Italia USA California 2010" in Sausalito, California, USA.

Awards

• In 1990, Manuel was invited to the Campidoglio in Rome where he was awarded the “Oscar dei giovani" award for new outstanding talent in music.
• In 1997, Manuel was awarded the “TOKYMEKY 97” prize of the Japanese Anime Festival in Milan for his musical and production contributions.

Discography

• 1986 - LOVE ME LICIA e I BEE HIVE (Drum)
• 1987 - LICIA DOLCE LICIA e I BEE HIVE (Drum)
• 1988 - TUTTI IN CAMPO CON LOTTI (Vocal)
• 2008 - TU CON NOI - FLASH GORDON (Vocal)
• 1989 - PER TE ARMENIA - Italian Singers together for Armenia (Vocal)
• 1990 - IL MONDO SIAMO NOI (Vocal)
• 1990 - UNA DONNA DA POCO (Vocal)
• 1991 - IL MEGLIO DI LICIA AND THE BEE HIVE (Drum)
• 1999 - A PAOLA in duet with Enzo Draghi (Vocal, also arranged, produced, and composed)
• 2000 - QUE CALOR (Vocal)
• 2002 - BALLET (Vocal, also arranged, produced, and composed)
• 2004 - A PAOLA - solo Version (Vocal, also arranged, produced, and composed)
• 2008 - DON'T SAY GOODBYE as BEE HIVE REUNION (Drum, Keyboards, Background vocals, also produced, composed, arranged)
• 2010 - LICIA e I BEE HIVE STORY (5 CDs collection) (drum)

Filmography

• 1986: LOVE ME LICIA - Soap opera (Italian TV Italia 1)
• 1987: LICIA DOLCE LICIA - Soap opera (Italian TV Italia 1)
• 1988: DON TONINO - Film for TV (Italian TV Italia 1, Happy Channel, Iris, and Canadian TV TLN Tele Latino Network)
• 1989: DON TONINO 2 - Film for TV (Italian TV Canale 5-Italia 1, Happy Channel, Iris, and Canadian TV TLN Tele Latino Network)
• 1993: LA RÖDA LA GIRA - Soap opera (Swiss TV TSI 1)
• 2004: VALIGIE DI CARTONE - documentary (Cinema and Festivals)

External links

• IMBD Biography
• Official Website
• Official Myspace page

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