Stefano Belisari biography

Subtle musical genius

July 30, 1961 Elio Stefano Belisari, Roberto was born in Milan Sunday, July 30, 1961, son of parents of Marche, sources from Cossignano, small town in the province of Ascoli. He spends the period of childhood with family in Milan and a center of the immediate hinterland: Buccinasco. As a child approaches the music in 1968 there are traces of its first performance. Sings, in company with four other boys ' choir, on the stage of the Ambrogino d'Oro "five brothers". At that time, lends his voice for a commercial of a well-known brand of mineral water. In the years ' 70 he attended the liceo Einstein of Milan, located in the street of the same name. Here in 1979, at the age of eighteen he founded and became leader of the musical-comedy "Elio e le Storie Tese", from which it takes its name. In the early years of success of the group, Elio keeps fans in suspense with the riddle attached to his true identity, playing during the first interviews with journalists by providing different alleged from time to time and the most emblematic, Roberto Moroni Roberto General Gustavivi. Fulfilling his military service making the choice of conscientious objection, he graduated at the Conservatory Giuseppe Verdi in Milan in flute, an instrument which doesn't miss hardly ever play in his live performances of "Eddie Eagle" as the band many fans is affectionately called. In July 1980 the Group debut before an audience of a few retirees. In initial Stefano Belisari sings and plays the guitar. In 1982, joins Sergio Conforti Rocco Tanica, roommate's brother Stephen, mark, who is manager of the band since its inception. The following year it was the turn of Davide Civaschi Cesareo, for fans Cesareo (guitars) and Nicola Fasani Faso — (bass guitar). Stephen is also linked to the land of Sardinia, in fact in 1985 by the DJ in the Group of animators villagers meet and collaborated with Aldo, John and James. In the following years the Group of Stephen performs reaping success in live concerts and in premises milanesi (including the famous Zelig of Viale Monza). From 1985 until 1987, the group "turn" only bootleg recordings "stolen" but the rage among young people in the North. Among the Pirate recordings include songs that are then incorporated into the band's later albums. Songs like "Darling I love you", "John Holmes (una vita per il cinema)," "Silos", "Urn" and "Pork and Cindy" are now being learned by heart by thousands of teenagers enjoy. In 1988 the formation of "Elii" grows and you define; Rapput, Mayer and Jantoman, and the following year they released their first album "Elio Samaga Hukapan Kariyana Turu". In 1990, thanks to the inventiveness of Stefano Belisari, that idea lyrics and rhymes on the fly, the band beat the then world record for a song played in 12 hours of live: cantata. The following year the band was invited to the concert of the 1 St may, and are censored directly from Rai for a blatant musical attack then-political class. Of 1992 is part of training the friend and former classmate and architect Mangoni, that doesn't sound any instrument, but it fills the performances. The winning formula of the band lies not only in the ingenuity of texts, seeking treble puns, in the mix of parody and inventiveness, but also an excellent technique and musical taste of each component, that is as a whole a real explosion of creativity. In the year 1993 Helium began working with Radio DJ and co-leads with Linus, with the participation of some guys in the band, "Cordially". In 1996 the Band placed second in the Sanremo festival in his first participation. Helium will perform during prime time with a fake arm, with his hand tucked into his pants pocket. Amazes the audience during a performance by extracting the real hand from under his coat and grabbing the boom mic. Other mythical exhibition during the Festival is the one that sees the entire formation disguised as Rockets (famous rock band-early 80 's electro-pop), and also one in which Stefano assisted by its members manage to concentrate almost all the lyrics with which they participate ("La terra dei Cachi") in a minute. A fact nefarious upsets these golden years; the companion and friend Rapput dies at the end of 1998 of a stroke. During those years he collaborated with MTV and double "Faso" the irreverent cartoon Beavis and Butt-Head. In 2002, Stephen resumes broken electrical engineering studies in the past and he graduated at the Politecnico di Milano; It collaborates then with shindong Graziano Romani to the publication of the song "there's Inter." From 1988 to 2008, the band released seven albums receiving all gold in Italy, not to mention, i live and compilations. The Group also collaborates with the Gialappa's Band and contributes to the success of the tv show "Mai dire Gol". The Group realized an innovative marketing idea for the world of discography, which takes advantage of the fact the whole band artistic potential: the always amazing live performances by Elio e le Storie Tese are immortalized night after night in a disco-operation called "Cd Wine"-that is mastered and sold on site, as soon as the concert ends. After the Cd "Wine" is the time of the DVD "Wine". In 2008, Stefano soul and leads with his group after the Festival. On October 30, 2009, the "Eddie Eagle" Edit album "Kittens", a symphonic interpretation of their biggest hits. The "first" is held at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi in Milan, where I recorded the episodes of Zelig. Stephen and the band perform with an orchestra of more than forty elements between the Ovation and applause of the audience. For the 2010 edition of the successful tv show "X factor" helium is chosen to be part of the jury, along with the veteran Mara Maionchi and new jurors Enrico Ruggeri and Anna Tatangelo.
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