Kaballà
Genrespop, rock, world music, tenor pop music
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter

Giuseppe "Pippo" Rinaldi, known as Kaballà (born in Caltagirone (Italy), 7 July 1953), is an Italian musician and singer/songwriter.

Biography

The Sicilian composer Pippo Rinaldi, stage name Kaballà, has been living and working in Milan for many years.[1] His distance from Sicily brings him to find “A lava stone bridge” which brings him back to memorable places.

LPs as singer/songwriter

  • Petra Lavica (CGD 1991), is a fusion of work between popular music, rock and world music
  • Le Vie Dei Canti (Polydor 1993)
  • Lettere Dal Fondo Del Mare (Polydor 1996), is in the style of singer/songwriter mixed with electric sound American rock.
  • Astratti Furori - live (Musica & Suoni 1998) is an anthology of his best songs, reproduced in an unplugged version and recorded during a live tour.

Career as a songwriter

In 1990 he writes to Nino Rota’s music in Sicilian words, “Famous serenade” sung in the film “The Godfather - Part III” by Francis Ford Coppola.[2]

In 1991 he was a finalist at “Premio Tenco”

In 1992 he was a guest at Recanati’s “Musicultura”.[3]

In 1996 he wrote the soundtrack to the Italo-Russian film “La Delegazione” by Alexander Galin.

In 1997 he composed the soundtrack to the short film “Amati Matti” directed by Daniele Pignatelli, which participated in the 54th International Exhibition of Cinematography Art, in Venice.[4]

In 1999 he wrote the song "Non Ti Dimentico (Se non ci fossero le nuvole)" sung by Antonella Ruggiero at the Sanremo Festival.[5]

In 2000 he was the songwriter of all the unreleased songs in the musical “Eppy, The man who created the myth of the Beatles. ”

In 2003 he adapted all the songs from the musical “Fame” to Italian.

In 2004 he wrote the song "Crudele", sung by Mario Venuti, winning the critique prize at the Sanremo Festival[6]

In 2005:

In 2006 he wrote "Un altro posto nel mondo", sung by Mario Venuti at the Sanremo Festival.

In 2008 he helped write some songs on Plácido Domingo’s album “Amore Infinito”, an ambitious project launched from the idea to convert Pope John Paul II’s poems and writings into songs. "La Tua Semplicità" a duet with the American tenor Josh Groban is one of the songs on this album together with "Canto del Sole Inesauribile", a song Plácido Domingosings in a duet with Andrea Bocelli.[9]

In 2008 he wrote "A Ferro e Fuoco" (2008) sung by Mario Venuti at the Sanremo Festival

In 2010 he wrote for Nina Zilli "L'uomo che Amava le Donne", winning the critique prize at the Sanremo Festival.

In 2013 he collaborated with Mario Incudine, a singer and musician at world music, in the production of LP "Italia, Talia ".

In 2015 he and Mario Incudine sign the Sicilian translation of “Supplici di Eschilo” in the Greek Theater of Syracuse. Directed by Moni Ovadia and Mario Incudine. Original music by Mario Incudine.[10]

In 2017 he wrote

In 2018 he wrote

Tenor pop music

He worked on the international “tenor pop” record industry and Italian productions simultaneously, writing:

Artists for which he has written songs

Anna Oxa, Mietta, Antonella Ruggiero, Musica Nuda, Nicky Nicolai, Susanna Parigi, Patrizia Laquidara, Carmen Consoli, Paola Turci, Raf, Ron, Alex Britti, Tazenda, Noemi, Alessandra Amoroso, Valerio Scanu and the winners of the first three editions of X Factor Aram Quartet, Matteo Becucci e Marco Mengoni are amongst the many artists that Kaballà has worked with throughout the years.[14]

Discography as singer

  • Petra lavica (1991) - CGD Warner
  • Le vie dei canti (1993) - Polydor
  • Lettere dal fondo del mare (1996) - Polydor
  • Astratti furori [live] (1998) - Musica & Suoni

References

  1. Bolli, Alessandro (1998). Dizionario dei Nomi Rock. Arcana editrice, Padova. ISBN 978-88-7966-172-0.
  2. "Brucia la terra".
  3. "Kaballà ospite al Musicultura di Recanati".
  4. "Italy short film center - Amati Matti".
  5. "Sanremo Festival 1999 - chart".
  6. "Mario Venuti official web page".
  7. BOLOGNINI, LUIGI (Spring 2015). "Eros Ramazzotti: "Io 'Perfetto'? Sono positivo, la gente ha bisogno di questo"". Repubblica.it.
  8. VITALI, ALESSANDRA (Winter 2005). "Francesco Renga vince il Festival ..." Repubblica.it.
  9. "Kaballà: "Così ho fatto cantare Papa Giovanni Paolo II"".
  10. Attardi, Giuseppe (26 April 2015). "Le Supplici di Eschilo parlano siciliano Ovadia e Incudine sfidano i "puristi"". La Sicilia.
  11. SIbilia, Gianni (Winter 2017). "LE CANZONI FANNO MALE, MARIANNE MIRAGE". Rockol.
  12. "'Caduto dalle stelle', scritto da Venuti e Kaballà". Il resto del Carlino. 15 May 2017.
  13. "'Il futuro si è perso', scritto da Zuppini e Kaballà per Umberto Alongi". Radio edit EarOne. 1 Feb 2018.
  14. "Kaballà, l'autore".
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