Franco Fasano

Its official debut was at the Sanremo Festival in 1981 with the song island in Hawaii. In later years he participated as an interpreter, for three more years of the Festival in 1989, in the new proposal, and that day I lost again, ranked in third place in 1990 with the romantic song Come and stay here (second place ) and the last in 1992 for the world, a song played in pairs with Flavia Fortunato and positioned himself in seventh place. Franco, fresh from the success of Sanremo, in 1990 she released her first album A sky that you do not know written with Fabrizio Berlincioni , among the many unreleased songs contained in the LP stand a maverick (eponymous acronym RAI TV with Sergio Castellitto ) and From brother to brother, sang a hymn to the brotherhood together with Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali . 3 other albums were published the time, while in 1992, which incorporates themes and ideas from the first album, Whatever the truth in 1994, joking and joking on the threshold of 2000. Over the years, Hoku signed, as the author, numerous pieces for exponents of Italian music, among many others: I'll leave that won the Sanremo Festival in 1989 sung by Faust and Anna Oxa , I love and miss you to Fausto fair , Give me a smile for Drupi , a song made famous by a well-known commercials, some things you do to Mina , a dirty poem for Fiordaliso and Guilty, song presented at the Sanremo Festival by Nicola Arigliano which won the Critics' Award Mia Martini , a recognition that led Hoku to accept, from 2005 to 2007 , the role of Artistic Director of the renowned Premio Mia Martini held every year since 1995 in Bagnara . Hoku also dealt with children's music by writing songs for several songs including the Zecchino d'Oro , acronyms, cartoons and programs for children and working at another music festival for children, the ' Golden Ambrogino , for whom he wrote the song Like a tide, which won the first prize. His approach to the Zecchino d'Oro occurred in 1994, under guidance of Maria Perez , historical founder of Topo Gigio , who advised Franco to send a song selections for the famous festival for children. So it was that same year he wrote together with Franco Di Stefano Emilio Drop by drop the Zecchino who participated and was taken by ' Unicef as the flag of that year. This was followed by numerous successes, many of which won several editions of the Zecchino, including: Mario is better (first place in 1996), A child and the terrible catalikammello (first and second place in 1997), High five! (Also recorded in 'Joking joking album by Franco with the Piccolo Coro Mariele Ventre dell'Antoniano of Bologna), Mythical angel (second edition 1999), hiccups (winning song of the Zecchino d'Oro and Silver 2001), Wolfgang Amadeus ( first prize 2006) and What the World Aquarium (first prize 2007). Shortly after his approach at the Zecchino d'Oro Hoku was contacted by producer Alessandra Valeri Manera , the former band capostruttura boys network Mediaset group, which began with a collaboration that led him to write numerous acronyms for cartoons and TV series Children, many remained popular, often played by Cristina D'Avena , the most popular emerging Calimero, Small heart problems, Beethoven, A spell of time between the petals opened, Fishing and Rossana Sakura your card. Hoku's contribution to the world of children continued with the artistic direction of Baby Radio , satellite radio station devoted entirely to music for children. In 2007, Franco has begun to collaborate with the ' Golden Ambrogino , an event for children resumed last year after 23 years after its discontinuation, participating with the song or chamomile or ragout, written together with Emilio Di Stefano . Out of competition has been awarded the prize of the critics of proverbs little dance to the song written by Virgilio Savona Mojana and Marco Franco. In the same year, at the Grand Gala of 50 years of Zecchino d'Oro , Hoku has personally received the platinum, derived from sales last record of the festival. In the television season the 2,009th - 2010th visitor is to leave you a song where he sings along with one of the boys of the program in his famous song And that day I lost again .