Dolcenera biography

Sweet emotion

May 16, 1977
Emanuela Trane was born in Scorrano in Salento on 16 May 1977. In homage to the song of the Genoese singer-songwriter Fabrizio de André, chooses Dolcenera as a stage name. His irrepressible passion for music is remarkable since her childhood in fact studying with diligence and commitment piano, singing and clarinet starting from classical studies to arrive at those jazz harmonies. At 14, he began writing his first songs and to perform live. He graduated with honors from high school and subsequently moved to Florence where he enrolled at the Faculty of mechanical engineering and where it gives life to his first band called "zero codes"; the band gets to do from supporter to Article 31 on tour.
The breakthrough in the music industry begins by the encounter with the maestro Lucio Fabbri, PFM component, whereby Dolcenera has the opportunity to improve his artistic personality; his style acquires originality and immediacy. In 2002 released his first single "only you", which has the chance to participate in Target "Sanremo" program presented by Pippo Baudo and Claudio Cecchetto where, in addition to the single, the song "Alive all night"; the songs allow her to enter the Festival of Sanremo.
In 2003 participates in the Film Festival of Sanremo and won in the category of new proposals with the song "we're all out there," a ballad pop folk overtones of "Salento" taranta ", reaching tenth position of best-selling singles in Italy. After the Festival they released their first album by Dolcenera, entitled "nuclear Smile" which passes a bit unnoticed and never achieved great commercial success. "I have to go to the beach" and "alive all night" are the singles from the album intended only to radio steps.
In 2005 the manager Lucio Fabbri leads her to participate in the reality show "Music Farm" under the conduct of the polyhedral Simona Ventura; Here Dolcenera awarded the victory defeating Fausto Leali. Once the reality he released single "two of us" from her second album "a perfect world" with over 80,000 copies sold get the Platinum. In the same year, winning several awards: Premio De André "," best new artist "at M," Silver Lion "as musical revelation of the year. Duets with Claudio Baglioni who chose her to sing with him "Saturday afternoon" at the concert "O ' Scià" on Lampedusa. Duets with Loredana Berté in "stupid" and "you're beautiful". He performed also the traditional concert "Christmas at the Vatican" in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI. At the Sanremo Festival 2006 is ranked second in the category women, behind Anna Tatangelo, prsentando the song "how extraordinary life" comes in fourth place among the best-selling singles in Italy. His third album is "Il popolo dei sogni" replicating the success of the second album with which follows gold and even Platinum.
In the summer of 2006 the "Welcome Tour 2006" leading Dolcenera in many Italian cities as well as in Hamburg and Munich in anticipation of the release in Germany of the special version of the album "a perfect world", containing 14 tracks taken from the same, and from "Il popolo dei sogni" in addition to a new version of "we're all out there," as well as the new version of "step by step". In the same year he published the album "Dolcenera sings the movies" in which reinterprets five film scores. In July the Festival Macerata Musicultura duets again with Claudio Baglioni, interpreting a classic of Domenico Modugno, "Tu sì ' na cosa grande: Dolcenera finally wins the award for best voice" to the Venice Music Awards. She is the author of the text and co-author of the music of the unreleased track "at the bottom of the night" in the soundtrack of the movie horror thriller "the night of my first love" by Alessandro Pambianco. The same piece is entered in the tracklist of the single "it's raining", from the album "Il popolo dei sogni" reaching number 11 in the official ranking of best-selling singles in Italy of 2006. On 16 December 2007 he debuted as host of the program "Hitlist Italy" on MTV. In March of 2007 begins the "Welcome Tour 2007" that includes eight dates in Germany, including Berlin, Leipzig, Cologne and Dresden. Together with Germany, Austria and Switzerland tour appears on the tour edition of "a perfect world" that contains some live tracks recorded in the tour the last two years, preceded by the single "we two" ever again. In 2007 Dolcenera debuts in the film world by participating in "our Messiah" a film by Claudio Serughetti, presented to RIFF-Rome Independent Film Festival.
The movie comes out in theaters on May 23, 2008. His film music production continues much that signature songs "it's you" (original "Say yes") and "Mon amour" (original "Tes petits flaws") for the soundtrack of the movie "until marriage doesn't separate us." In September 2007 is back on the big screen, playing the role of Benny beside Cristiana Capotondi, Primo Reggiani and Ludovico Fremont, in the film directed by Giancarlo Scarchilli "Scrivilo sui muri". In 2008 in response to the many requests that come from the German market, Dolcenera returns to Germany to perform live with voice and piano at the "Deutsches Theater" of Monaco. On March 28, 2008 he performed voice and piano at the "Arche de La Défense in Paris in front of over 400 delegates of the General Assembly of the BIE, in the evening organized by Italy for his candidacy with Milan Expo 2015.
April opens four concerts voice and piano for performances of sugar in Austria. The May 8, 2008 is guest at opening celebrations of the largest Museum of rock in Germany-the "Rock Museum" in Munich-happening at Olympiaicestadion. The same Museum has dedicated a space Dolcenera. In June opens the two concerts of Vasco Rossi at the Stadio Del Conero of Ancona. In July Dolcenera is in concert in Tunisia at the Carthage International Festival inside the event that explores every year the music world in the ancient Roman Theatre of Adriano in front of about 40,000 people. In summer is invited by Ambassador Claudio Moreno, Government Commissioner for Expo Zaragoza, to perform live inside the Italian Pavilion at the Expo 2008, in which the artist interprets many of his songs in Spanish version and other songs of Italian music. The Festival of Sanremo 2009 takes part among the Big with the song "my only love"; comes out at the same time her new album containing twelve new songs United by a single theme, love. The album has the title "Dolcenera in Wonderland." Back to Sanremo in 2012 with the song "see you at home" (ranked sixth) and in 2016 with the song "now or never (things change)".
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