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19:00 | Mario Biondi (Italy) |
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 Mario Biondi is a singer and composer, born in Catania, Italy on January 28,1971. His father Stefano Biondi was also a singer. Mario´s passion for music began at the early age of twelve when he sang in his church choir. His many musical experiences over time in Italy saw him develop more and more into an artist whose scope was destined to be of an international level. For a while he worked as a session singer - then in 1988 he had an important opportunity as support act to Ray Chales´ Italian dates. His love for soul music helped shape his particular vocal styling that takes its cue from great vocalists like Lou Rawls, Al Jarreau and Isacc Hayes. His first big break came in 2004 with the release of the single "This Is What You Are". Originally planned for release only in Japan, the cool and irresistible song gets noticed by European radio. Well-known DJ, Norman Jay begins to feature the song on his BBC1 show playlist and Mario´s incredible voice crosses the European continent ahead of the artist himself. During the 2010s, his popularity crested with his first number one album, Sun, released in 2013. Produced by Biondi along with Jean Paul Maunick of Incognito, it featured an array of big-name guests and influences: Leon Ware, Chaka Khan, Al Jarreau, and James Taylor. It charted for over a year in Italy, and when a holiday album, Mario Christmas, was released at the end of 2013, it followed Sun to the top of the charts. Biondi's seventh proper album, Beyond, was issued in 2015. The king of soul music appears at the Moscow International Performing Arts Centre within the framework of his jubilee tour.
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