The live album 80 Happy birthday Ivan (live in Teramo) he won Tenco 2026 license plate as Best Project Album. Since this is a category that rewards the producer, the recognition goes to the work of Filippo Grazianito the production and artistic direction of the album and the event, and to IMARTSwho conceived, produced and organized the entire journey with the collaboration of Dorina Gelmi (TATO MUSIC), the artist's manager.
80 Happy birthday Ivan wins the Targa Tenco
The project was born in 2025 as EIGHTY. Happy Birthday Ivana traveling birthday party to celebrate the eightieth anniversary of the birth of Ivan Graziani. In its first phase the tour visits six theatres, between Rimini, Milan, Rome, Florence, Bologna and Ancona, each with a different guest to accompany Filippo on some songs: Federico Mecozzi, Manuel Agnelli, Irene Grandi, Mario Biondi and Raphael Gualazzi.
Faced with growing demand, the journey continues and culminates on 29 August 2025 in Teramo, Ivan's hometown, where the tour merges with the historic Premio Pigro in Piazza Martiri della Libertà. On stage, together with Filippo and his band, Lucio Corsi, Toe in the sore, Frankie hi-nrg mc, Eugenio Finardi, Mario Biondi And Michele Pecora reinterpret Ivan's repertoire, with the reunion of the historic Cicli e Tricicli band (Carlo Simonari, Bip Gismondi, Pasquale Venditto) in the songs Only Art And Never be careful. It was that evening that became the award-winning album, released on 12 December 2025 by Officine Pan Idler Tommy, distributed by Sony Music Italy.
The words of Filippo Graziani
These are the statements of Filippo Graziani after the Targa victory:
«This award comes to a project that was born as a birthday party and in some way continues to be one. Seeing it recognized as Best Project Album, right in the place that matters most for songwriting, means that the way in which we chose to describe my father's music has been listened to and is a great joy for me and my family. This plaque belongs to all those who took to the stage in Teramo, the guests and musicians who lent their art and made the concert memorable, to Marco Battistini who supported me and mixed the album and to IMARTS and his entire team, who believed in the project from day one.”
The Targa confirms the qualities of Filippo Graziani not only as a performer, an ability already recognized in his projects dedicated to his father, but also as an artistic director and producer: it is his vision that brought guests, band and repertoire together, transforming a series of concerts into a single coherent story and, finally, into a record. The recognition is added to the register of this year's winners: here you will find all the winners of the 2026 Tenco Plaques.
The project continues and the new album of unreleased songs
Today the project continues to live on stage: EIGHTY. Happy Birthday Ivan continues throughout the summer of 2026 in a more intimate form, focused on Filippo and his band, with dates throughout Italy.
A recognition that also comes at a key moment in Filippo's personal journey as an author. After the years dedicated to his father's legacy, he has started the journey towards a new album of unreleased songs, to be released in autumn by INRI Recordsalmost ten years later Games Roomanticipated by the single Poor Mealready performed live on the current dates.
