Religion Today 2021 Catalogo

Barbara Montecucco, aka BARBARA
MONTE, is a Piedmontese singer-songwriter
and violinist. At the age of four she went on
stage for the first time, while at six she began
to study the violin. In 2007 she, together
with Maestro Pino Donaggio, signed the
soundtrack of the film “MILANO PALERMOil
ritorno”. In the summer of 2008, her third
single “Il respiro di te” was chosen as the
background music for the fiction “Fidati di
me”, aired on RAI Uno. In the summer of 2010
her song “Mare Senza Memoria” was chosen
by the National Animal Protection Agency
as the soundtrack of the national campaign
to raise awareness against the abandonment
of animals and it is thanks to this song that
on 25 September 2010 she was invited by
ANDREA BOCELLI to duet in Egypt in front
of the suggestive Pyramids of Cairo, during
the first stage of the tenor’s international
tour. In September 2013 she participated as a
finalist, with the song ‘Il Velo Di Maya’, in the
competition for songwriters ‘’ Poggio Bustone
‘’ in memory of Lucio Battisti, winning the 3rd
place and the prize as an Emerging Artistic
Personality.
In June 2015 she won the Senza Etichetta
competition, winning the scholarship for
authors that will allow her to attend the CET
of M ° Mogol in the class led by Giuseppe
Anastasi. She was a finalist in the competition
for authors ‘Genoa for you 2017’, in October
2017, she participated in the Carlo Donida
competition and won the ‘F.I.P.I.’ and the ‘La
Compagnia’ award.
Also in 2017 Barbara signed a one-year
contract with the well-known Parisian cabaret
‘Don Camilo’. She opens the curtain every
night by performing, bringing a little bit of
Italy to Paris.
Barbara continues to carry on her artistic
activity between France and Italy working on
her next EP.
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