Biography of Piero Barone

June 24, 1993, musical group composed of Gianluca Ginoble, Ignazio Boschetto and Piero Barone, arose following the participation-in 2009-three boys to transmission "Ti lascio una canzone" conducted on Bbc1 by Antonella Clerici. During the program, Gianluca, Ignatius and Piero are presented as soloists, but later they sing in trio: for this are now dubbed "the three tenorini". Completed the program, the trio signs an agreement with the label Geffen Records about publishing a disc on the international market. With the name of "The Tryo" the group takes part in the recording of the song "We are the world 25 for Haiti", which is engraved in February 2010 to support fundraising for victims of Haiti earthquake victims.

The first disc

After he took the stage of the Ariston on the occasion of the 60th Edition of the "Festival di Sanremo" (2010), the group, under the name of "Flying", he released his first album, produced by Tony Renis and Humberto Gatica and titled "the flight". The debut recording, which brings together Diane Warren, takes place in Italy on 30 November 2010: the album also won the Platinum-selling Fimi, and in May 2011 is released in the United States.

International success

At this time the flight is the protagonist of several appearances in television in particular to raise awareness of the trio to the American public is the live performance occurred during an episode of "American Idol." While "flight" enters top ten in Wallonia, in the Netherlands and in France, and in Austria reaches even first place in the ranking of the best selling records, a Spanish-language edition of the album went platinum in Mexico, double platinum in Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Colombia in gold and the RIAA Latin Gold Award in the Usa. The trio became known worldwide, with a promotional tour that also touches Asia, between Taiwan and Singapore, Malaysia, and even Australia and New Zealand in Oceania.

The first awards

In September 2011 Flight is leading a brief cameo in the final episode of "Entourage," tv series aired on HBO, and receives two nominations for the Latin Grammy Awards for the categories Best Pop Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best New Artist. Shortly after, the flight embarks on his first tour in North America, with different dates between Canada and the United States: in Detroit, the band recorded a special, entitled "the flight takes flight", for the American public broadcaster PBS, accompanied by an orchestra of 49 items conducted by Steven Mercurio. After a tour of thirteen dates in Europe, the trio in February 2012 publish "the flight takes flight-Live from the Detroit Opera House", a cd/dvd from PBS special: the disc comes in first place in the American Billboard Classical Albums and won gold in Mexico, in Brazil and Venezuela. Soon after, kicks off the first tour in South America of the Flight, followed by another tour in the Usa and in Canada. In autumn, the Group accompanied Barbra Streisand in his tour "Back to Brooklyn": among the most loved duets by the public, "a love so great" and "Make our garden grow."

We are love

At the end of 2012 is given published the album "We are love", with the participation of Eros Ramazzotti and Placido Domingo, and a few months later he was reissued in the Usa under the title "We are love Special Edition": in this album there are only covers of classics, unlike in "the fly", but mostly new pieces , contributed by Edgar Cortazar and Luis Bacalov. The latter, in particular, is the author of the music of "wishmaster", song that represents the main theme of the soundtrack of "Hidden moon". After taking part in the 80th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting at Rockefeller Center in New York, live on NBC, the flight also participates in Nobel Peace Prize Concert for delivery of European Union awarded Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo.

Subsequent years

In 2013 the group is nominated in the category Latin Pop Album Artists of the Year, Two or Group at the Billboard Latin Music Awards; a few weeks later made two new specials for PBS, recorded in Miami attended by Belinda: the first is called "We are love", while the second is titled "Merry Christmas" (will be broadcast during the Christmas holidays of that year), and both are extracted two cd/dvd, respectively "We are love-Live from the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater" and "Merry Christmas-Live from the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater". In may, the group gives the prints "Más que amor" version of "We are love" for South America, while in October comes out "Merry Christmas-The Christmas Album", with two songs in Latin and the most famous American Christmas songs. In 2014 the flight still gets two nominations at the Billboard Latin Music Awards, this time in the categories best Latin Pop Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group (winning) and Top Latin Albums Artist of the Year, Duo or Group. During the event, also won the recognition El Pulso Social, intended for the artist who, during the awards ceremony has received more attention on social networks. On 14 December of 2014 Carlo Conti Announces live on Rai 1 boys de Flight will be among the competitors in the category of "Festival di Sanremo" by 2015, where will the song "great love". In the final evening of 14 February the vince winning the 65° Festival della canzone italiana.
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