Giusto Pio
Giusto Pio (11 January 1926 – 12 February 2017) was an Italian conductor, composer, violinist, music educator and songwriter.[1]
Born at Castelfranco Veneto, he studied music in Venice. Later he was engaged as violinist in the RAI orchestra of Milan.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s he became popular as a long-standing collaborator of singer-songwriter
In 1984 Pio, Battiato and lyricist Rosario "Saro" Cosentino penned the Eurovision Song Contest entry "I treni di Tozeur", performed by Battiato and Alice, which finished 5th in the contest and became a considerable commercial success in Continental Europe and Scandinavia. Pio also released two instrumental LPs (also in collaboration with Battiato) under his own name, entitled Legione straniera (1982) and Restoration (1983).
Discography
- Motore immobile (1978)
- Legione straniera (1982)
- Restoration (1983)
- Note (1987)
- Alla corte di Nefertiti (1988)
- Attraverso i cieli (1990)
- Utopie (1990)
- Missa populi (1995)
- Le vie dell'oro (2000)
References
- ISBN 978-1-85828-635-8. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
Battiato demonstrated his talent tor co-opting traditional music through his long-term cooperation with virtuoso musicians such as violinist and composer Giusto Pio,...
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