Mauro Malavasi (1957-), Italian pianist, songwriter and producer. Malavasi had during the early 70s educated himself at the conservatory of Bologna, Italy in the composition, choir and orchestral disciplines. During those years he also developed his piano to become a masterful piano player. After a crucial meeting in Bologna, Italy, with businessman Jacques Fred Petrus in the mid 70s the pair created a production company called Goody Music Productions (GMP) in 1978.

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  • Mauro Malavasi (1957-), Italian pianist, songwriter and producer. Malavasi had during the early 70s educated himself at the conservatory of Bologna, Italy in the composition, choir and orchestral disciplines. During those years he also developed his piano to become a masterful piano player. After a crucial meeting in Bologna, Italy, with businessman Jacques Fred Petrus in the mid 70s the pair created a production company called Goody Music Productions (GMP) in 1978. After their first project release that year called Macho (including the top ten track "I'm A Man") the followed up that success with new projects like Peter Jacques band and Revanche. All these projects were to be considered more or less studio projects that toured successfully both in Europe and in the US with several different line-ups during the late 70s. Malavasi, that was Petrus' right hand and closest co-worker, wrote most of the tracks on the earliest projects before he got more competition from other by Petrus used Italians like Davide Romani and Paolo Gianolio and later on even from American songwriters like Kashif, Timmy Allen and Kevin Robinson. Petrus and Malavasi launched several new projects during the 80s like Change, B. B. & Q. band and High fashion. Change became both Malavasi's and Petrus' biggest success. During 1980-1983 Malavasi wrote several hits of which "Searching" (#1 spot for nine weeks on Billboard's Club Play Singles chart; featuring Luther Vandross) by Change in 1980, "On the Beat" (#8 spot on for FMA-Milanthe Billboard Black Singles chart), "Time for Love", "Starlette" and Mistakes" from B. B. & Q. band's 1981 album and "I'll do my best (for you baby)" (#17 on Billboard's Club Play Singles chart) by The Ritchie family in 1982 are the highlights. After 1983 Malavsi left Petrus due to the latters serious economical problems and embarked on a successful career as songwriter and producer outside the Petrus sphere with mostly Italian artists like Lucio Dalla and italien super star Andrea Bocelli. Malavasi has co-produced several Bocelli albums from 1997 until present of which Romanza (titel track written by Malavasi) from 1997 earned huge success and reached the # 1 spot on both Billboard's Heatseekers and Top World Music Albums charts. The collaboration brought Malavasi back to his original roots of classic music that he studied at the conservatory at Bologna in the early 70s. For FMA-Milan, Mauro Malavasi is now superviewing, among others, the artistic production of the Canadian classical-crossover soprano Karine Carusi, whose album Bolero (2006) has been released in Japan by PonyCanyon Inc. Her voice and artistry have been defined by Tokyo's CD Journal as proper of a "post Kathleen Battle".
  • Dall’età di sei anni frequenta la scuola di musica di Mirandola con Serafino Giglioli e già da bambino entra a far parte della banda cittadina come tamburo. Nel frattempo inizia anche lo studio della tromba che all’età di dodici anni lo porta ad iscriversi al Conservatorio “Giovan Battista Martini” di Bologna, presso la cattedra di Alberto Mantovani, anch’egli mirandolese. Contemporaneamente si iscrive a composizione, direzione d’orchestra, musica corale, musica elettronica e d’uso, diplomandosi in breve tempo in tutte le suddette discipline. Nel 1978 gli viene commissionata la realizzazione di una cover della canzone I'm a Man di Steve Winwood. Il disco diventa un successo negli Stati Uniti e di riflesso in tutto il mondo. A seguito di ciò cominciano le commissioni da parte delle più importanti etichette discografiche americane (Atlantic, Warner, Capitol, etc) e un’intensa attività di successo nell’ambito della musica soul- black - dance internazionale ricevendo diversi Awards e innumerevoli dischi d’oro. Nel 1983 incontra Lucio Dalla a New York che gli chiede di lavorare con lui. Si avvia così una lunga collaborazione che lo porta a produrre ed arrangiare vari dischi di grande successo e colonne sonore di film. In quegli anni decide di ritornare in Italia dove comincia a collaborare con vari artisti pop italiani come Gianni Morandi, Tony Esposito, Mango, Gianna Nannini, Luca Carboni, Biagio Antonacci, Pavarotti e Dalla stesso. Nel 1992 scrive Romanza ed inizia a produrre ed arrangiare Andrea Bocelli, collaborazione che continua fino ai giorni nostri. Si stima che la produzione di Mauro Malavasi abbia venduto più di 100 milioni di copie nel mondo. Nel 2008 gli viene assegnato il Premio Pico della Mirandola. Ultimamente a fianco della propria attività di musicista,scrittore e arrangiatore sta interessandosi all'attività di editore, sostenendo e promuovendo nuovi autori e giovani artisti di talento.
  • Mauro Malavasi, född 21 mars 1958 i Bologna, Italien, musiker, låtskrivare och producent.
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  • Mauro Malavasi (1957-), Italian pianist, songwriter and producer. Malavasi had during the early 70s educated himself at the conservatory of Bologna, Italy in the composition, choir and orchestral disciplines. During those years he also developed his piano to become a masterful piano player. After a crucial meeting in Bologna, Italy, with businessman Jacques Fred Petrus in the mid 70s the pair created a production company called Goody Music Productions (GMP) in 1978.
  • Dall’età di sei anni frequenta la scuola di musica di Mirandola con Serafino Giglioli e già da bambino entra a far parte della banda cittadina come tamburo. Nel frattempo inizia anche lo studio della tromba che all’età di dodici anni lo porta ad iscriversi al Conservatorio “Giovan Battista Martini” di Bologna, presso la cattedra di Alberto Mantovani, anch’egli mirandolese.
  • Mauro Malavasi, född 21 mars 1958 i Bologna, Italien, musiker, låtskrivare och producent.
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