THE BALLAD SINGER OF 2000
Luigi Di Pino

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ARTISTIC PORTFOLIO

May 1996 – “Zappalà” theatre of Palermo – he played the ballad of Luciano Violante about the dead kids killed by the mafia.
October 1999 – contract with RAI (the first national network) for the show GEO&GEO. Mr. DiPino has presented a tale in Sicilian dialect of its own composition.
May 2001VI International Festival “Art & School” – he has been the first classified, plus a Special Award for its emotive strength and for the originality of music.
30 July 2001 – performance for RAI UNO (national network)for the show Superquark presented by Piero Angela.
July 2001 – second contract with RAI TRE (national network) about the service “Love and Hate for Etna” (GEO&GEO)
July 2001 – contract with 2DF (second German network) for a service about Etna.
3 August 2001 – he received the International Award “Castagno dei 100 Cavalli” for the music section, with him Lucio Dalla (great Italian Artist) who received the award for the literature section.
October 2001 – contract with Swiss National Network for a service about the “Castagno dei 100 cavalli”
He’s been a guest of the show “Teatriamo” for 24 episodes, on-air by Sicilia Intenational. It’s been seen in 21 countries all around the world.
December 2001January 2002 – he debuts to the “Zig Zag” Theatre. A kid’s show entitled “Giufà e lu Cicireddu”. It’s been repeated for eight weeks.
TV shows like Partime and Bus, by Antenna Sicilia (Sicilian Network) have dedicated various specials about him.
He’s also been guest of TV shows like “In Casa” and “Sala Stampa”.
4 February 2002 – he had a performance in the TV show “Insieme”(Antenna Sicilia), presenting a story about St. Agata, the patroness of Catania.
16 February 2002 – he was in the TV show “Linea Verde”, RAIDUE (national network).
March 2002 Live Tour in USA (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware), the 3rd the 5th and 13th at Philadelphia and the 15th at New York.
16 July 2002 – he gained a big success at Roma, in a live concert to Castel Sant’Angelo. A great representation entitled “Made in Sicily”, many great Sicilian artist have participated, amongst which there was Pippo Baudo.
01-03 August 2002 – live concerts at Palazzolo Acreide and Buscemi, for the review “Lithos” directed by Carlo Muratori.
December 2002 Live Tour in Queensland, Australia. Around 20 dates with best success in Tully, Innisfal, Ingham, Cairns, Ayr, Stanthorpe, Gold Coast and Brisbane.
In 2003 he is permanently guest of the TV show “Sport e Spettacolo”, transmitted by Video Mediterraneo (EuroMed), a satellite network.

Luigi Di Pino – Ballad-singer of 2000
He is a scheming and persuasive artist with many experiences in figurative, theatrical, poetic and musical field. He is a compositor and author as well, regularly affiliate to SIAE (…) with more than 100 songs.
His most mature artistic expression is to be a “Cantastorie” (ballad-singer), a figure awkward to the Sicilian tradition which expresses the main communication forms: painting, poetry, music and theatre.
He’s had a lot of live concerts taking the Sicilian tradition all over the world, in the Northern Italy and overseas. He’s appeared in the main national network.
 
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