Bernardo Lanzetti

Italian singer (born 1948)

Bernardo Lanzetti
Born	(1948-11-21) November 21, 1948 (age 75) Casalmaggiore, Cremona, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Known for	contemporary music;
Movement	Empathism
Awards	Cilento International Poetry Prize (Music Section)

Bernardo Lanzetti (born 21 November 1948) is an Italian singer, founder of Acqua Fragile and frontman of the Premiata Forneria Marconi for some years. He is a member of the Empathic Movement founded in Italy in 2020. He received the Cilento International Poetry Prize (Music Section).

Biography

Bernardo Lanzetti was born to Casalmaggiore, in the Cremona province. After he finished his studies in the United States,^[1] in 1971 he returned in Italy to found the progressive rock band Acqua Fragile and was soon considered one of the best voice of the 70s.^[2] From 1975 till 1979 he is the frontman of the Premiata Forneria Marconi recordering three albums: Chocolate Kings (1976), Jet Lag (1977) and Passpartù (1978).^[3] After this period he will continue as a soloist and as leader of Acqua Fragile recordering many albums.^[4] In 2019, he signed the New Manifesto of Arts and with the friends Menotti Lerro, Franco Mussida, Antonello Pelliccia, Omar Galliani and others, launched it to the historical Caffè Giubbe Rosse in Florence.^[5] In 2020 he became an "Empathic Master" of the Empathism. In 2023 received the Cilento International Poetry Prize (Music Section).^[6] In 2024, at the magazine It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine Lanzetti talked of his future projects.^[7]

Discography

Studio Album

1979 - K.O.
1980 - Bernardo Lanzetti
1981 - Gente nervosa
1982 - Bernardo Lanzetti
1998 - I Sing the Voice Impossible
1999 - Master Poets
2021 - Horizontal Rain

Collected works

1999 - The Best

Lives

1997 - Cover Live (FA.MA.)

Single Albums

1979 - La tua storia/K.O.
1980 - Something new on the way/Blind love
1980 - Generazione nucleare/Skaranga!
1981 - Gente nervosa/Princess Caroline
1982 - Solamente noi/Cherchez la femme

Bibliography

Cesare Rizzi, edited by, Enciclopedia del rock italiano, Arcana Editore, Milano, 1993, pp. 285–286. ISBN 8879660225
Enciclopedia del rock italiano, edited by Gianluca Testani, Arcana Editrice, Milano, 2006. ISBN 8879664220
Bernardo Lanzetti, "L'insieme di più personalità e racconti", in La Scuola Empatica, edited by Menotti Lerro, Ladolfi publishing, 2020, p. 37. ISBN 9788866445678
Bernardo Lanzetti in the list of the "Empathic Masters", in The Empathic Movement, edited by Menotti Lerro, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2024, p. 91 ISBN 9781036409968

References

^ "Gli Acqua Fragile colpiscono ancora nel segno: altro che amarcord, Lanzetti & C. in formissima". OglioPoNews. May 6, 2019. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
^ Contarino, Roby (May 18, 2021). "Bernardo Lanzetti presenta il nuovo album Horizontal Rain". Quotidianpost. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
^ Stefano, Riccardo De (June 3, 2018). ""Chocolate kings" della PFM, l'italia che prova a conquistare l'america, ma ne strappa la bandiera". www.icompany.it. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
^ "Bernardo Lanzetti recensioni e discografia". DeBaser. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
^ Clandestino, Rivista (October 14, 2019). "Nuovo Manifesto sulle Arti di Menotti Lerro e Antonello Pelliccia - ClanDestino". ClanDestino - Rivista. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
^ "Domani a Salerno, il Premio Cilento Poesia 2023. Quattro sezioni, otto protagonisti: Poesia a Maurizio Cucchi e Najwan Darwish; Musica a Franco Mussida e Bernardo Lanzetti; Arte a Omar Galliani e Antonello Pelliccia; Narrativa a Diego de Silva e Maria Rita Parsi". poesia.corriere.it. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
^ Breznikar, Klemen (June 25, 2024). "Acqua Fragile | Interview | Bernardo Lanzetti".