2012twentytwelve
Gianna Nannini is working on her new album.
2011twentyeleven
The very much anticipated album IO E TE is out on January 11th, produced by Sony Music. The album was entirely recorded in London at the world famous Abbey Road Studios and it features the London Orchestra . the record was produced by Will Malone. In just a few days the album becomes a best seller earning a double platinum.
On march 3rd Gianna Nannini attends the opening of an exibition dedicated to Michelangelo Pistoletto at the Maxxi Museum in Rome.: she performs live, creating a vocal installation designed together with Pistoletto himself, named “Terzo Paradiso Mama”.
On march 24th Gianna attended the Echo 2011 – German Music Awards in Berlin as a special guest.
On april 29th Gianna opened “Io e Te Tour 2011” playing in Milan, Rome, Reggio Calabria, Acireale, Eboli, Caserta, Perugia, Bologna, Verona, Villorba, Bolzano, Florence, Pesaro, Genoa, and Turin. The tour ended with a total of 170.000 tickets sold all around the country.
On june 25 she started the European leg the tour, “Io e Te Tour 2011 – Europa” playing a special show at the Hard Rock Calling Festival, then taking off to playing 14 shows in main cities in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands.
On september 2nd, at the Serpentine Gallery in London, Gianna went to meet the directors of the museum together with Michelangelo Pistoletto and performed in the Peter Zumthor paviIlon playing her vocal sculpture Terzo Paradiso Mama.
2010twentyten
On June 21st she releases her double DVD of the project "Amiche per l’Abruzzo” which becomes the best-selling DVD in Italy with record numbers, preceded by the single Donna d’Onna on sale on the digital platform. All proceeds, together with those generated by the concert the year before, will be donated to the Abruzzo populations hit by the earthquake.
On May 28th she performs on stage at the Wind Music Awards where she sings Sei nell’Anima, sings a duet with Giorgia and receives an award for her album GIANNADREAM.
She plays herself in the film "Genitori e Figli" by Giovanni Veronesi performing a track called Maledetto Ciao and a new song entitled Sogno, written specifically for the film, for which she received a nomination for the Silver Ribbon awards.
2009twothousandandnine
She releases her new album GIANNADREAM – Solo i sogni sono veri, once again in collaboration with Wil Malone, which contains 10 brand new tracks (over 400,000 copies sold).
She joins a number of the most famous singers in Italy in recording a track called Domani 21/04/09, where all the proceeds went to the earthquake victims in Abruzzo.
On June 21st she sings on stage at San Siro during the "Amiche per l’Abruzzo” all-female concert, along with Pausini, Mannoia, Giorgia and Elisa; she writes a new song for the occasion entitled Donna D'Onna and makes a debut performance during the concert. All proceeds were donated entirely to reconstruction projects in Aquila.
On September 13th she holds a rock symphonic concert at the Arena di Verona with Will Malone’s London Studio Orchestra; three live recordings were made that night and included on the album entitled EXTRADREAM.
She writes the soundtrack for the film "Viola di mare", with Valeria Solarino, which also gets nominated for a Silver Ribbon.
She writes a track called Salvami which she sings with Giorgia, and does a remake of I Maschi with Ornella Vanoni.
On December 21st, and for one day only, RAM presents the exhibition by Gianna Nannini and Emilio Prini, "Fotocopiami la voce" at BunKerat, where the theme of Gianna’s Sound Installation dedicated to the voice.
She attends the 5th edition of the “Festival Teatro Canzone Giorgio Gaber".
She sings at an event called "O'scià", organised by Claudio Baglioni in Lampedusa aimed at raising public awareness on the issue of immigration.
Bompiani issues a book entitled "Gianna Nannini, Stati d’Anima" a book with texts and photos with Gianna’s thoughts, a story by Edoardo Nesi with visual designer Alberto Bettinetti.
2008twothousandandeight
The track Colpo di Fulmine written by Gianna Nannini and sung by Lola Ponce and Giò di Tonno wins the Sanremo Song Festival.
In February, the "Forma e Suono” project is held at BunKerat in Milan, where RAM radioartemobile presents the works by Getulio Alviani and Gianna Nannini, "Mi meraviglio di te"
She is the opening act for Bon Jovi in Germany during their "Lost Highway" tour and receives an outstanding reaction from the crowds.
She joins Fabri Fibra with their single In Italia, and sings with Pacifico Tu che sei parte di me.
She receives a nomination for the Silver Ribbon in the "Best Original Song" category for Pazienza (soundtrack of "Riprendimi").
2007twothousandandseven
This the year of PIA, a modern lyrical opera (libretto by Pia Pera) composed by Gianna 12 years earlier. While waiting for the opera to be staged by David Zard, she releases the album PIA COME LA CANTO IO, again with the musical co-production of Wil Malone. The album represents a sort of anthology of the Opera, where Gianna’s voice interprets all the characters. These and other texts of the Opera are included in a concert tour throughout Italy; the Arena di Verona concert in the rain became an epic event, in addition to the two nights in Rome which were completely sold out.
She participates in the album "Danson Metropoli – Canzoni di Paolo Conte" by Avion Travel, where she sings Elisir with Paolo Conte.
The album GIANNABEST is released (in a few months landing Diamond), a collection of her greatest hits, accompanied by three new songs. The ghost track of the 1st record, Sola con la vela, is the first song written by Gianna when she was in her teens, and the song she sang at many talent shows at the time.
Concerts were held in many Italian stadiums and theatres across Europe, achieving a full house at every event. In London she performs at the famous Shepherd's Bush Empire. During the tour, Fabri Fibra sings the new version of the final rap in Baccano.
The track, Pazienza, is chosen as the soundtrack to the film "Riprendimi" produced by Francesca Neri.
In the United Kingdom she releases the single Sei nell’anima in English – entitled Hold the Moon.
A work entitled "Superficie in ceramica" by Carla Accardi and Gianna Nannini is presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow. The work consists of a porcelain tile floor, with alternating green and cobalt blue decorations on a white background. The music by Gianna Nannini, created to accompany the steps of the public was recorded in the Red Square in Moscow.
In July she sings at the Tune Festival, a music festival held in London, in the splendid venue of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, together with outstanding artists from all around the world.
Meravigliosa Creatura and Aria become the soundtracks for the Fiat Bravo television adverts.
The Sound Installation by Michelangelo Pistoletto and Gianna Nannini, "Il Terzo Paradiso" was presented on November 19th at the NCCA (National Centre for Contemporary Arts) in Moscow. The Sound Installation/event sees performances by the Orchestra di Stracci from Pistoletto and the "vocal sculpture" Mamma by Nannini.
