Remembered together with Eianudi as one of the major phenomena of Italian music in this sector, here is the story of the composer and musician Giovanni Allevi.
Who is Giovanni Allevi
Giovanni Allevi (Ascoli Piceno, 9 April 1969) is an Italian pianist and composer.
Passionate about music since childhood he decides to studying piano at the conservatory of Perugia and subsequently also graduated in composition at the conservatory of Milan.
He also decides to pursue a degree in Philosophy which accompanies parallel to music.
In fact, in 1991 he entered the Italian Army Band as a pianist who saw him engaged in early theater tours.
The beginning of his career as a composer and pianist
In 1996 he began working on his first ones compositions among which we remember the one for Euripides’ tragedy “Le Troiane” which was awarded at the International Festival of Ancient Drama in Syracuse. Thus he slowly began to make himself known and thanks to the support of Jovanotti he managed to collect hisalbum “13 Dita”.
His talent comes early also discovered abroad when he made the soundtrack for the short “Venceremos” presented in the United States at the Sundace Film Festival and when the musician Nanae Mimura decides to propose some pieces taken from her album at the Tokyo Theater. Also in 2004 begins a international tour who even sees him on the stages of Hong Kong.
International success and collaborations
In 2005 he is ready to present his third album entitled “No concept” all over the world. The international audience goes crazy for him and director Spike Lee decides to use one of his songs for the BMW commercial he is making.
The following year he proposed the new project entitled “Joy” which is awarded with the Gold Record. During this period he collaborated with numerous artists including the aforementioned friend and colleague Jovanotti, but also Luciano Ligabue in his theater tour e Simone Cristicchi in a piece entitled “Letter from Volterra”.