Birth name Antonino Porzio Name Nino Porzio Years active 1993–present | Occupation(s) Singer and actor Origin Palermo, Italy Role Singer | |
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Born June 4, 1972 (age 51) Palermo ( 1972-06-04 ) Albums Caruso, Brividi nel cuore, Rosa Genres Canzone Napoletana, Pop music Record labels Warner Music Group, ZYX Music, Mint Records Associated acts Lucio Dalla, Adriano Celentano, Domenico Modugno, Lucio Battisti | ||
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Antonino "Nino" Porzio (born 4 June 1972), is an Italian singer and actor. He has released five albums and his songs have been included in various Italian and international compilations.
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Career
Born in Palermo in 1972, Porzio since childhood dedicated to singing and acting. In the late 1970s he moved with his younger brother and his family in Germany. In the 1980s, he began working in his father's grocery store in between studying singing and acting. From 1983 to 1989 he began studying drums formed his first band, playing drums in various street festivals.
He began his career as a soloist in Germany in 1990s, performing in other parts of Europe. In 1995 he recorded his first album, titled Rosa; the album was presented to the United States by City News Service news of Southern California. In 1998 Porzio composed the song "Sogno", which was selected and included in a compilation of HDN Music label.
On 20 July 2000 he recorded his second album, Mille pazzie, distributed in Italy by Musicanapoletana.
In 2001, he participated in the singing competition “Voci Nuove Per La Discografia” in Rome organised by CBS Italia. April 21, 2011 he released his new album titled Caruso, after a song by Lucio Dalla, produced by Mint Records and distributed by ZYX Music. In 2011 Made in Italy was released: it contains 8 covers, including "Nel blu dipinto di blu" ("Volare") by Domenico Modugno, "Ancora tu" by Lucio Battisti, and "Quando, quando, quando" by Tony Renis.
On 19 August 2013, the song "Ti amo" was placed in a box set of four CDs of Italian songs distributed by Mondadori. Also in December 2013 a new single, "Io penso a te", was released: it stayed for 4 weeks in the charts reaching the 38th place in the megacharts, Mallorca in Spain.
In June 2014 he released his new single "Attimi", which anticipated the fifth album Brividi nel cuore, released September 17, 2014, recorded live and produced and distributed by Seamusica.
On 28 February 2015 He was mentioned in the novel on the life of Lucio Dalla, Caruso The Song Lucio Dalla and Sorrento, by Raffaele Lauro.
From 1 February 2016 until the end of June 2016, Porzio will be in the Schauspielhaus Theater in Düsseldorf