Piero Pintucci (born 8 January 1943) is an Italian composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist.
Piero Pintucci | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 January 1943 (age 81) Fiesole, Italy |
| Occupation | Composer |
Life and career edit
Born in Fiesole, the son of two musicians, Pintucci studied piano at the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini in Florence.[1][2] Put under contract as an arranger by RCA, he got his first success arranging Gianni Morandi's hit "C'era un ragazzo che come me amava i Beatles e i Rolling Stones".[1][2][3] Starting from the late 1960s he was also active as a composer, collaborating among others with Mia Martini, Gabriella Ferri, Patty Pravo and Nicola Di Bari, for whom he composed the Sanremo Music Festival 1972 winning song "I giorni dell'arcobaleno".[1][2][3]
In the mid-1970s Pintucci started a long collaboration as composer and arranger with Renato Zero, signing the music of his signature song "Il carrozzone".[1][2][3] He often collaborated with RAI and Mediaset as a composer of scores and conductor of TV shows, such as Raffaella Carrà's Carramba.[3] He also composed the music of the stage musicals Fratelli and Gaetanaccio, both starring Gigi Proietti.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Ernesto Bassignano. "Pintucci, Piero". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore, 1990. p. 1346.
- ^ a b c d Eddy Anselmi. "Piero Pintucci". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. p. 846. ISBN 8863462291.
- ^ a b c d Enrico Deregibus. "Piero Pintucci". Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana. Giunti Editore, 2010. p. 368. ISBN 8809756258.
External links edit
- Piero Pintucci discography at Discogs
- Piero Pintucci at IMDb
