Maurizio Arcieri | |
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 Arcieri performing with Krisma 2007 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Maurizio Arcieri |
| Born | 30 April 1942 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 29 January 2015 (aged 72) Varese, Italy |
| Genres | Pop |
| Instrument(s) | Synthesizer, vocals |
| Years active | 1962–2015 |
| Labels | Polydor, Saar |
| Website | http://www.krismatv.net |
Maurizio Arcieri (30 April 1942 – 29 January 2015) was an Italian singer who was a member of the 1960s Italian beat band the New Dada, and the 1970s/'80s band Krisma.[1]
In the spring of 1967, the New Dada supported the Beatles at their Milan concert. The group eventually split. Some members of the New Dada followed Maurizio as a supporting group. "Ballerina" and "Il comizio" were released.
Maurizio participated at the "Disco per l'Estate" Festival with "Cinque Minuti e poi..."; the song is one of the greatest hits of the year and the leit-motiv of "Quelli belli siamo noi" ("We Are the Beautiful Ones"), a "musicarello" (musical comedy movie) in which Maurizio acts and sings some of his hits. The movie features - among others - Carlo Dapporto, Carlo delle Piane, Isabella Biagini, Ric e Gian and a young Loredana Bertè. Maurizio was invited as a guest in the most important TV shows of the time. Some videos of those appearances are now available. The album "Maurizio - 1970" was released.
The albums "Maurizio - 1975" (a collection of Maurizio's cool seventies singles), and "Trasparenze" (a progressive experiment) were released.
Maurizio was then chosen as the Italian narrator for the pan-European album The Rock Peter and the Wolf, a Polydor project that involves Brian Eno, Phil Collins, Alvin Lee, Manfred Mann and many others. In 2014 he also worked in the film-comedy Sexy Shop.
Arcieri died on 29 January 2015, in Varese, Italy, aged 72.[1]
He was married to Christina Moser.[2]
