Mauro Malavasi

Mauro Malavasi
Born (1957-03-21) March 21, 1957 (age 67)
Mirandola, Modena, Italy
Occupations
  • Music producer
  • songwriter
Years active1979–present

Mauro Malavasi (born 21 March 1957) is an Italian pianist, songwriter and producer.[1] After graduating from the Bologna Conservatory and performing in several jazz ensambles, in 1977 he started collaborating with Jacques Fred Petrus in various disco, Italodisco and dance projects, and went on to write and produce hits with various Italian musicians.[2][3] He received a Pico Mirandola Award in his hometown in 2008.[4] He created the R&B band Change, in the process discovering vocalists Luther Vandross and Jocelyn Brown, and had a million-selling single, "A Lover's Holiday".[5] Starting from the 1984 album Viaggi organizzati, he became co-writer and producer of Italian superstar singer Lucio Dalla.[2] In the following years he collaborated with numerous high-profile Italian artists, including Andrea Bocelli, Gianni Morandi, Gianna Nannini, Elisa, Luca Carboni, Mango, Biagio Antonacci, Tony Esposito, Gerardina Trovato, Ron.[2]

  1. ^ Anderson, Sheila E. (2005). How to Grow as a Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed. Allworth Communications, Inc. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-58115-416-0.
  2. ^ a b c Deregibus, Enrico (2006). "Mauro Malavasi". Dizionario completo della canzone italiana. Giunti. ISBN 978-88-09-04602-3.
  3. ^ Jones, Alan (2000). Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco. Chicago: A Capella Books. pp. 52–53. ISBN 9781556524110.
  4. ^ "Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Mirandola". fondazionecrmir.it. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco, 1974-2003. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 54. ISBN 9780898201567.