Gianmaria Testa (17 October 1958 - 30 March 2016) was an Italian singer-son… Read Full Bio ↴Gianmaria Testa (17 October 1958 - 30 March 2016) was an Italian singer-songwriter.
He was born in Cavallermaggiore near Cuneo (in Italy’s Piedmont region). He grew up in a family of farmers and taught himself to play guitar, writing his first songs as soon as he learned his chords. Before the start of his musical career he was station master at the Cuneo railway station.
Gianmaria played and sang in several local rock bands before discovering his true, solitary vocation. In 1993 and 1994 he won first prize at the Recanati Festival for emerging singer-songwriters, where he met a French producer who took a liking to his demo tape. His first CD, Montgolfières, came out on Label Bleu in 1995. Gianmaria’s warm, dusky voice tells stories of wind and memories, earth and fog, objects that soar from one horizon to another and ladies in train stations (“Donne nelle stazioni”) who head off on someone else’s arm without looking back. His music is personal and richly melodic, flecked with accents of tango, bossa nova, habañera and jazz, but as spare and essential as a pencil sketch, imparting great beauty with simplicity and directness.
Testa died 30 March 2016, in Alba, Piedmont, Italy.
He was born in Cavallermaggiore near Cuneo (in Italy’s Piedmont region). He grew up in a family of farmers and taught himself to play guitar, writing his first songs as soon as he learned his chords. Before the start of his musical career he was station master at the Cuneo railway station.
Gianmaria played and sang in several local rock bands before discovering his true, solitary vocation. In 1993 and 1994 he won first prize at the Recanati Festival for emerging singer-songwriters, where he met a French producer who took a liking to his demo tape. His first CD, Montgolfières, came out on Label Bleu in 1995. Gianmaria’s warm, dusky voice tells stories of wind and memories, earth and fog, objects that soar from one horizon to another and ladies in train stations (“Donne nelle stazioni”) who head off on someone else’s arm without looking back. His music is personal and richly melodic, flecked with accents of tango, bossa nova, habañera and jazz, but as spare and essential as a pencil sketch, imparting great beauty with simplicity and directness.
Testa died 30 March 2016, in Alba, Piedmont, Italy.
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Gianmaria Testa Lyrics
'Na Stella ‘Na stella guarda o mare cull’uocchie chiare chiare s’inte…
Altre Latitudini Altre abitudini alle tue latitudini non ci sono margini pe…
Come Di Pioggia Ancora un attimo e sarai come di pioggia che lava…
Dentro Al Cinema C'è molta gente sai troppa gente in questo cinema uomini…
Il Meglio Di Te Mi porto addosso di te soltanto il meglio di te…
Nient'altro Che Fiori ...e poi viene un giorno che a guardarlo passare sembra il…
Potrai Potrai cambiare volto se vuoi che vada via potrai cambia…
Preferisco Così Preferisco così Senza troppo rumore Come quando si sta sol…
Sei la conchiglia Sei la conchiglia della battigia che prende il sole e pre…
Solo Per Dirti Di No Solo per dirti di no non avrei fatto la strada…
Tuareg Parlami per tutto il tempo che rimane in questo giorno…
Una Lucciola D'Agosto Una lucciola d'agosto se ne andava una mattina fiera della…
Veduta Aerea Di questa veduta aerea non rimane quasi niente il fantas…
Voce da combattimento Sento che hai messo la tua voce da combattimento per…