The commemoration ceremony in memory of Paolo Benvegnù, the singer-songwriter who passed away on 31 December at the age of 59, will be held on Sunday 19 January in Perugia at the Teatro Del Pavone (Via Luigi Bonazzi, 67), from 3pm. Entrance will be free until sold out places. “The family, friends and collaborators – underlines a note – want to thank all those who, publicly in the media and privately, paid homage to Paolo's memory, as a man and as an artist. Those messages, today as in the future, are and they will be of great comfort to those who Paolo loved him and will remain in future memory so as not to forget all the affection received in this moment of profound pain. Articles and private messages will find space during the commemoration: for those who wish to participate in the function by reading their own I remember you can write to the address giorgia@woodworm-music.com. We will select a limited number of interventions, compatible with the number of requests we receive”.
Benvegnù, born in Milan but resident for years in Perugia, was experiencing a particularly happy and intense period in his career. Only a few weeks ago, he started the tour celebrating the twentieth anniversary of his famous album “Piccoli fragilissimi film”, revived in a special version enriched by prestigious duets with artists such as Paolo Fresu, Ermal Meta, La Representative di Lista, Dente, Malika Ayane, Tosca, Piero Pelù, Giovanni Truppi, Fast Animals and Slow Kids and Lamante.
To testify to his recent success, this year Benvegnù won the prestigious Targa Tenco in the “Best Album” category with “It's useless to talk about love” and obtained second place in the Best Song category for The oceanan exciting song created in collaboration with Brunori Sas.
Paolo Benvegnù's career, which began in the 90s as a member of Scisma, a symbolic band of the Italian alternative rock scene, continued with a successful solo adventure after the dissolution of the group in 2003.
From the first single “Suggestionabili” to the recent award-winning album, Benvegnù had been able to continuously renew itself, maintaining a strong bond with the public and a unique poetics in the Italian musical panorama.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
