Giorgio Conte

Giorgio Conte was born in 1941 in Asti. Thanks to his family’s influence, early on he became a fan of jazz and the great French music. He played in swing quartets and quintets with his brother Paolo and began to compose songs for the greats of the era: from Celentano to Mina, from Ornella Vanoni to Wilson Pickett, from Milva to Patty Pravo. In 1993 he decided to leave his activity as a lawyer and to dedicate himself fulltime to his artistic career. In six years he did more than 400 shows in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Belgium, Holland, Spain, Canada and Italy. Excelsior 1881 published his Sfogliar verze in 2007