# Mario Lavezzi

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**Bruno Mario Lavezzi** (born 8 May 1948) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer, record producer and guitarist.

## Life and career

Born in [Milan](/source/Milan), he studied piano and guitar at the Scuola Civica di Milano.[1] He started his career in 1963, as the singer and guitarist for the band The Trappers.[2][3] In 1966, following the dissolution of the band, he replaced [Riki Maiocchi](/source/Riki_Maiocchi) in the [I Camaleonti](/source/I_Camaleonti) until 1968, when he had to leave the band after being drafted into the Italian army.[2][3] In 1969 he debuted as a composer with the [Dik Dik](/source/Dik_Dik) hit "[Il primo giorno di primavera](/source/Il_primo_giorno_di_primavera)".[2] In 1970 he co-founded the pop-rock group Flora Fauna e Cemento, then in 1974 he was part of the [progressive rock](/source/Progressive_rock) musical project [Il Volo](/source/Il_Volo_(1970s_band)).[2][3] In the second half of the 1970s Lavezzi started a solo career as singer-songwriter;[4] he also started collaborating as a composer and a record producer for several albums of [Loredana Bertè](/source/Loredana_Bert%C3%A8).[2][3] He later wrote songs for many notable artists, including [Lucio Dalla](/source/Lucio_Dalla), [Gianni Morandi](/source/Gianni_Morandi), [Anna Oxa](/source/Anna_Oxa), [Spagna](/source/Spagna), [Marcella Bella](/source/Marcella_Bella), [Ornella Vanoni](/source/Ornella_Vanoni), [Fiorella Mannoia](/source/Fiorella_Mannoia),[2][3][5] and scored the 1984 [Carlo Vanzina](/source/Carlo_Vanzina) comedy film *[Amarsi un po'](/source/Amarsi_un_po'_(film))*, which starred [Tahnee Welch](/source/Tahnee_Welch).

Lavezzi is the uncle of Italo-disco one hit wonder [Diana Est](/source/Diana_Est).

## Discography

**Albums**

- 1974 - *Il Volo*
- 1976 - *Iaia*
- 1978 - *Filobus*
- 1979 - *Cartolina*
- 1983 - *Agrodolce*
- 1984 - *Guardandoti, sfiorandoti*
- 1991 - *Voci*
- 1993 - *Voci 2*
- 1997 - *Voci e chitarre*
- 1999 - *Senza catene*
- 2004 - *Passionalità*
- 2009 - *A più voci*
- 2011 - *L'amore è quando c'è*

## References

1. Franco Mondini (5 November 1991). "Mario Lavezzi quel cantante che sente le Voci". *[La Stampa](/source/La_Stampa)*. No. 247. p. 23.

1. Franco Mondini (5 November 1991). ""Passionalità", Lavezzi con i versi di Costanzo". *[La Stampa](/source/La_Stampa)*. No. 247. p. 23.

1. Eddy Anselmi (2009). *Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana*. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 978-8863462296.

1. Coppola, Alessio (2022-05-12). ["Mario Lavezzi, la biografia del celebre compositore e cantautore"](https://www.true-news.it/facts/mario-lavezzi-chi-e-il-compositore-e-cantautore-canzoni-loredana-berte-moglie-vita-privata) (in it-IT). *True News.*. Retrieved 2022-05-13.

1. m.v. (2004-04-23). ""Passionalità", Lavezzi con i versi di Costanzo". *[La Stampa](/source/La_Stampa)*. No. 112. p. 34.

## External links

- [Mario Lavezzi](http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mario+Lavezzi) at [Discogs](/source/Discogs)
- [Mario Lavezzi](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0491996/) at IMDb

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