Marco Masini

Marco Masini
Born	18 September 1964 (1964-09-18) (age 60) Florence, Italy
Occupations	Singer-songwriter musician pianist
Years active	1988–present
Website	www.marcomasini.it

Marco Masini (born 18 September 1964) is an Italian singer-songwriter, musician and pianist. As of 2021, he has released 26 albums. His best-known songs include "Disperato" (1990) and "L'uomo volante" (2004).

Early years

Marco Masini was born in Florence, Tuscany on 18 September 1964. His mother, Anna Maria, sang and played piano. She previously worked as an elementary school teacher before leaving the workforce to raise her family. His father, Giancarlo, worked as a hair product representative.

Masini received a toy piano for Christmas at age three and soon began attending music classes. During high school, he started a band, Errata Corrige, with his friends before dropping out of school at 16. This caused tension within his family, particularly between him and his father. For a time, he worked with his father as a representative. In 1980, the family opened a bar in Florence, but was forced to sell it a few years later when his mother was diagnosed with cancer. Masini left to serve in the army, returning on 22 August 1984, one day before the death of his mother.

Music career

Masini got his start in the music business through record producer Giancarlo Bigazzi, who set him up to collaborate with artists like Raf and Umberto Tozzi. In 1990, he participated in the 40th Sanremo Music Festival and won first prize as new artist of the year with his song "Disperato." The same year, he released his debut album, Marco Masini. In 1991, he won third place at the Sanremo Music Festival with his song "Perché lo fai" and subsequently released his second album, Malinconoia. Despite the album's overall somber mood, it was a hit in the Italian charts. The "Malinconoia" music video, which was taped during a concert at PalaEUR in Rome, won first prize for Best Live Video at the 1991 RiminiCinema Film Festival. The song also won first prize at the Festivalbar in the long playing records category that summer.

His third album, T'innamorerai, was released in 1993. The song "Vaffanculo" ("fuck off") generated enough controversy to be banned by most radio and television networks. It also contained several negative verses directed at record labels and their policies. At the same time, the album sold more than one million copies sold worldwide. In an interview for the newspaper Corriere della Sera in 1993, he dedicated the song to "the liars and who call me 'prophet of the depression'," referring to those who consider his music to be too sad.

In January 1995, his fourth album, Il Cielo della Vergine, was released in Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and Latin America. Two of the songs, "Bella Stronza" ("Beautiful Bitch") and "Principessa", again drew criticism for being too direct and explicit. In 1996, he released L'Amore Sia Con Te, a greatest hits compilation, which included a remastering of "Meglio Solo" from Disperato. This collection was also released with a slightly different track list in Spanish speaking countries under the name Mi amor allí estará. His L'amore Sia Con Te tour kicked off during that summer. In 1997, he sang "La Gente di Cuore" on Enrico Ruggeri's album Domani è un altro giorno. In November 1998, he released the album Scimmie on the Ma label, which he founded with Mario Manzani and Marco Poggione. The album was more inspired by rock music from the 1970s than his previous albums. While reviews from critics were generally positive, the public opinion was that it was a commercial failure.

In 2020, he performed the song "Il confronto" at the Sanremo Music Festival.

Personal life

Masini was engaged to Romina Contiero from 2001 to 2005.

Discography

Studio albums

• 1990 – Marco Masini
• 1991 – Malinconoia
• 1993 – T'innamorerai
• 1995 – Il cielo della vergine
• 1998 – Scimmie
• 2000 – Raccontami di te
• 2001 – Uscita di sicurezza
• 2005 – Il giardino delle api
• 2009 – L'Italia...e altre storie
• 2011 – Niente d'importante
• 2017 – Spostato di un secondo

Live albums

• 2004 – Masini live 2004
• 2010 – Un palco lungo... 20 anni!
• 2017 – Marco Masini – In concerto

Compilation albums

• 1996 – L'amore sia con te
• 2003 – .. il mio cammino
• 2004 – Masini
• 2006 – Tozzi Masini
• 2013 – La mia storia...piano e voce
• 2015 – Cronologia
• 2020 – Masini+1 30th Anniversary

Singles

• 1988 – "Uomini" / "Bugie"
• 1990 – "Disperato"
• 1990 – "Ci vorrebbe il mare"
• 1991 – "Perché lo fai"
• 1991 – "Ti vorrei"
• 1991 – "Malinconoia"
• 1993 – "Vaffanculo"
• 1993 – "T'innamorerai"
• 1993 – "La libertà"
• 1995 – "Bella stronza"
• 1995 – "Principessa"
• 1995 – "Cuccioli"
• 1995 – "Il cielo della vergine"
• 1996 – "L'amore sia con te"
• 1998 – "Scimmie"
• 1999 – "Fino a tutta la vita che c'è"
• 1999 – "Lungomare"
• 1999 – "Il giorno di Natale (Il giorno più banale)"
• 2000 – "Raccontami di te"
• 2000 – "Protagonista"
• 2000 – "Ancóra vita è"
• 2001 – "Lasciaminonmilasciare (Leavemedon'tleaveme)"
• 2001 – "Il bellissimo mestiere"
• 2001 – "Vai male a scuola"
• 2003 – "Generation" – feat. Donald D
• 2003 – "Io non ti sposerò"
• 2004 – "L'uomo volante"
• 2004 – "E ti amo"
• 2005 – "Nel mondo dei sogni"
• 2005 – "Il giardino delle api"
• 2005 – "Tutto quello che ho di te"
• 2005 – "Rimani così"
• 2006 – "Maledetta amica mia"
• 2006 – "Cosa rimane (a Marco)" – only for his fan club; written and performed by Andrea Amati in 2002
• 2006 – "Come si fa...?" (with Umberto Tozzi)
• 2007 – "Anima italiana" (with Umberto Tozzi)
• 2007 – "Arrivederci per lei" (with Umberto Tozzi)
• 2009 – "L'Italia"
• 2009 – "Com'è bella la vita"
• 2009 – "Lontano dai tuoi angeli"
• 2011 – "Niente d'importante"
• 2011 – "Non ti amo più"
• 2012 – "Colpevole"
• 2013 – "Io ti volevo"
• 2015 – "Che giorno è"
• 2015 – "Non è vero che l'amore cambia il mondo"
• 2017 – "Spostato di un secondo"
• 2017 – "Tu non esisti"
• 2017 – "Signor tenente" (cover version of Giorgio Faletti)
• 2020 – "Il confronto"
• 2020 – "T'innamorerai" (feat. Francesco Renga); auto-cover of the 1993 homonymous song
• 2020 – "La parte chiara"

Guest appearances

• 1988 – "Dal tuo sguardo in poi" (with Rosita Celentano)
• 1997 – "La gente di cuore" (with Enrico Ruggeri)
• 1997 – "Ci vorrebbe il mare" (with Montserrat Caballé) – (on Friends for Life)
• 2005 – "Voglia di libertà" (on ... a Pierangelo Bertoli)
• 2009 – "Nel blu, dipinto di blu" (with Nazionale Italiana Cantanti; on L'opportunità)
• 2009 – "La canzone del sole" (with Nazionale Italiana Cantanti; on L'opportunità)
• 2009 – "Uno su mille" (with Nazionale Italiana Cantanti; on L'opportunità)
• 2009 – "La forza della vita" (with Nazionale Italiana Cantanti; on L'opportunità)
• 2009 – "Si può dare di più" (with Nazionale Italiana Cantanti; on L'opportunità)
• 2010 – "Donna a-o volante" (with Buio Pesto; on Pesto)
• 2010 – "Dicono così" (with Massimo Alessi)
• 2016 – "Il rumore che fa" (with Raige)
• 2017 – "Va*******o" (with Grido; on Segnali di fumo)
• 2018 – "Io non ti sposerò (Remix)" (with Calibro 40)
• 2018 – "Sesto piano" (with Zibba; on Le cose)
• 2018 – "Chi fermerà la musica" (with Dodi Battaglia; on Dodi Day)
• 2018 – "Pensiero" (with Dodi Battaglia; on Dodi Day)

Others

• 2013 – "Una parte di te" (for R101's Stile libero)

Books

• 1991 – Marco Masini - Il piviere
• 1995 – Per rabbia e per amore
• 2011 – questi nostri 20 anni interminabili
• 2022 - L'altalena. La mia storia

External links

• Official website