Jessica Brando

Jessica Brando (born Jessica Vitelli 6 December 1994) is an Italian singer.

Jessica Brando
Birth nameJessica Vitelli
Born (1994-12-06) 6 December 1994
Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy
GenresSoul, Pop
Occupation(s)Singer
Years active2008–present
LabelsEMI Music Italy
Websitewww.jessicabrando.it

Biography

Born in Grosseto, Tuscany, Jessica started singing at the age of five, studying for her own fun on great singers from the past like Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington and many others.

She started her first band with some teenage friends, making cover versions of 80s dance tracks.[1] Jessica won various local singing contests, pop and jazz, including a scholarship for the Cinecittà Studios. In 2005, she won a scholarship for the Washington School Of Ballet in the United States. At nine years old she was admitted to the Modern Dance Academy of Kledi in Rome. At thirteen she sang for the Pope, John Paul II and appeared on the TV show Il Senso della Vita singing with a band full of Italian jazz superstars.[2]

She attended Liceo classico in Grosseto and also studied piano at Conservatorio.

In 2008, she signed a deal with EMI Music Italy.[3] Jessica completed the recording for her debut EP in 2009, which includes four cover versions revisited in a very personal way.[4]

On 12 January 2010 was officially admitted to the Sanremo Music Festival in the category New Generation with the song Dove non-ci sono ore, written by the singer Valeria Rossi. Brando passes the first turn, entering among the four finalists, but did not win the final.

On 8 May 2010 on the stage of TRL live from Porto Antico in Genoa on MTV Italy, she launched her single Il colore del cuore, accompanied by his band: Daniela Mornati (piano), Francesco Tringali (guitar), Giacomo Tagliavia (bass guitar), Andrea Chircoff (drums). On 12 May, it was shot the official video of the song. The single was included in the album Dimmi cosa sogni, released on 13 July 2010.

Discography

Studio albums
  • Jessica Brando, 2009, EMI Music.
  • Dimmi cosa sogni, 2010, EMI Music.

Singles
gollark: No, just lie to yourself by claiming that you've *always* done X.
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gollark: Just don't do that.
gollark: Our world-leading products are made of solid tungsten, and contain miniature fusion reactors to make tungsten to self-repair.
gollark: Install GTech™ GTeeth™ instead.

References
  1. "From TGCom Spettacolo 28 September 2009 (Italian)". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  2. YouTube video of Il senso della vita (Italian)
  3. From L'Espresso 3 October 2009 (Italian) Archived 29 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. From Yahoo Musica 6 November 2009 (Italian)
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