Fabio Ilacqua
Ilacqua in 2016
Born8 October 1975 (1975-10-08) (age 48)
Varese, Italy
Occupation(s)Lyricist
Composer

Fabio Ilacqua (born 8 October 1975) is an Italian lyricist, composer, arranger, record producer and singer-songwriter.

Life and career

Born in Varese to a Sicilian father and a Calabrian mother,[1] Ilacqua studied at the Brera Academy in Milan.[2][3][4] He started his professional career as singer-songwriter in 2007, winning the Musicultura Festival and releasing his only album Ballata del dopocena.[5]

Ilacqua had his breakout thanks to the collaboration as a lyricist with Francesco Gabbani, with the songs "Amen" and "Occidentali's Karma" respectively winning the Sanremo Music Festival 2016 newcomers competition and the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 big artist competition.[1][3][4] Artists with whom he collaborated include Mina and Adriano Celentano (for whom he penned "Ad un passo da te"),[1] Massimo Ranieri (for whom he wrote "Lettera di là dal mare", which won the critics' award at the Sanremo Music Festival 2022),[2][6] Ornella Vanoni[5] Loredana Bertè,[7] Paola Turci,[8] and Marco Mengoni.[9] In 2022, he produced and arranged the Francesco Guccini album Canzoni da intorto.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rotondo, Roberto (14 February 2017). "Il ritratto di Pasolini, i pomodori Ecco l'autore di Occidentali's Karma". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 Crespi, Lorenzo (2 February 2022). "Sanremo canta anche in varesino: la canzone di Massimo Ranieri è scritta da Fabio Ilacqua". Il Giorno (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 Zanzi, Carlo (11 January 2019). "Dopo Gabbani, ecco Celentano". RMF Online. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. 1 2 Redazione (14 February 2017). "Fabio Ilacqua paroliere calabrese autore di Occidentali's Karma". We Calabria. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. 1 2 Cabona, Claudio (28 January 2021). "Fabio Ilacqua: "Una canzone è come un vestito fatto su misura"". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sanremo 2022, Massimo Ranieri ha vinto il premio della critica: il trionfo a 70 anni con «Lettera di là dal mare»". Il Mattino (in Italian). 6 February 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Brigo, Adelia (21 September 2018). "Fabio Ilacqua, quattro brani per Loredana Bertè". VareseNews (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Mandelli, Carlo (30 March 2017). "Paola Turci, mai stata così sicura di me". ANSA (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Calvini, Angela (23 May 2023). "Musica. Mengoni, nel nuovo album spunta Mandela". Avvenire (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  10. ↑ Iondini, Massimo (18 November 2022). "Musica. Francesco Guccini, la locomotiva sbuffa ancora". Avvenire (in Italian). Retrieved 25 August 2023.
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