Gigliola Cinquetti celebrates at the Sanremo Festival 2024 the 60th anniversary of "Non ho l'età". Let's discover something more about the singer.
Who is Gigliola Cinquetti?
Gigliola Cinquetti was born on December 20, 1947 (she is 76 years old) from a wealthy family of noble origins in Verona, but for some years she grew up in the town of Trevenzuolo. She graduated from the art school in Verona, also obtaining the teaching qualification, she enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture first and then in Philosophy. She interrupted her studies to dedicate herself exclusively to her musical career. However, Cinquetti has always cultivated, alongside music, a strong inclination for art and painting: she personally made some covers of her records, such as "La Bohème" and "Mistero". In 1973 she began a collaboration with the children's fairy tale writer Umbertino di Caprio, illustrating for him the book Il pescastelle. Experience then repeated in 1976 with her second artistic work, "Inchiostrino".
The career
She began studying piano at the Verona Conservatory, from 9 to 13 years old. At 15 she won the Castrocaro Festival in 1963, the year her career began. The following year she achieved two even more prestigious goals, with the double victory at the Sanremo Festival and the Eurovision Song Contest, driven by the single "Non ho l'età", to this day still the most successful song of the singer. In 1966 she repeated the victory at Sanremo with the song "Dio come ti amo", sung in duet with Domenico Modugno. From 1963 to today Gigliola Cinquetti has released in Italy a total of 21 albums (including one live) an EP and 53 singles. The production for the foreign market is also very prolific, with as many as 13 albums (including one live) and 16 collections. Gigliola's records have in fact been released in 120 countries around the world, where she has sold more than 15 million copies. In addition, the artist is also remembered for being among the few Italian singers who managed to enter the charts in Great Britain. On May 14, 2022, she was invited to perform in Turin as a guest at the 66th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, re-proposing the winning song of the 1964 edition.
Private life
Gigliola Cinquetti is married to journalist Luciano Teodori. The two met by chance on the Island of Ponza, during a holiday. They got married in 1979 after a very short time of dating. "The third time we met we didn't leave each other for a second. We stuck together, we were together for three months and we got married", the singer told Oggi è un altro giorno. The two have been together for forty years and have had two children: Giovanni Teodori, born in 1980, and Costantino Teodori, known as "Costia", born in 1984. Giovanni graduated in Communication Sciences and Journalism at the Sapienza University of Rome and works as a historian. Costantino, on the other hand, graduated in Architecture. With the latter, the mother recorded a single, "Leggerezza", released in 2013. Giovanni and Costantino Teodori became known to the general public for their participation in the reality show Pechino Express in 2013.
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