EROS RAMAZZOTTI WAS BORN IN ROME ON OCTOBER 28TH 1963. SINCE HE WAS VERY YOUNG HE SHOWED AN INSTINCTIVE PASSION FOR MUSIC. HIS INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC AS A SINGER WAS IN 1981, WHEN HE TOOK PART IN A NEW VOICE CONTEST AT CASTROCARO WITH THE SONG "ROCK 80" AND HE SIGNED HIS FIRST RECORD CONTRACT WITH A NEW LABEL, DDD. THE YEAR AFTER HIS FIRST 45' COMES OUT "AD UN AMICO", WHILE EROS REFINES HIS TALENT WITH THE INSTRUMENT HE LOVES MOST , THE GUITAR.
EROS BECAME WELL KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC BY WINNING THE FESTIVAL DI SANREMO IN 1984 IN THE "YOUNG ARTISTS" SECTION WITH THE SONG "TERRA PROMESSA", A HIGH IMPACT BALLAD. IN THE FOLLOWING EDITION OF FESTIVAL HE INTERPRETED "UNA STORIA IMPORTANTE", INCLUDED IN HIS FIRST ALBUM "CUORI AGITATI", WHICH ENABLES HIM TO FACE THE EUROPEAN MARKET. THE VICTORY OF THE FAMOUS AT SANREMO IN 1986 WITH "ADESSO TU" CONFIRMS THE POPULARITY OF THE YOUNG RAMAZZOTTI ( WHO JUST TURNED 22) IN ITALY, FOLLOWED BY AN INCREDIBLE INTEREST FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC.
THE SONG IS INCLUDED IN THE ALBUM "NUOVI EROI".
THE THIRD LP, "IN CERTI MOMENTI" , THAT CAME OUT IN 1987 ( WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF PATSY KENSIT IN THE SONG "LA LUCE BUONA DELLE STELLE"), CONSECRATES THE ROMAN ARTISTS EUROPEAN SUCCESS.

THE TOUR, THAT FOLLOWS THE ALBUMS PUBLICATION, TAKES RAMAZZOTTI TO PERFORM FOR THE NEXT NINE MONTHS IN FRONT OF OVER ONE MILLION SPECTATORS: IT WAS THE FIRST ITALIAN ROCK SHOW TO HAVE SUCH A VAST AUDIENCE.
IN LATE SPRING OF 1988 THE MINI ALBUM "MUSICA È" WAS PUBLISHED, WHICH HAD AN UNEXPECTED IMPACT ON THE RECORD MARKET, EXCEEDING THE SALE OF "IN CERTI MOMENTI".

AFTER TWO YEARS OF ABSENCE FROM THE STAGE "IN OGNI SENSO" COMES OUT, THE ALBUM THAT ANTICIPATES THE FIRST RAMAZZOTTI SHOW IN USA, A SHOW SOLD OUT AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL OF NEW YORK.
THE LONG TIME PASSED ON THE TOUR WRAPS UP WITH THE PUBLICATION OF A DOUBLE LIVE ALBUM, "EROS IN CONCERT". IT FOLLOWED WITH A CONCERT IN BARCELLONA, WHICH WAS TRANSMITTED IN MONDOVISIONE, WORLDWIDE. EROS REAPPEARED THREE YEARS LATER WITH "TUTTE STORIE", THE MOST EXACTING REALIZED BY EROS UP UNTIL NOW, WHICH REACHES THE TOP OF ALL EUROPEAN CLASSIFICATIONS IN A SHORT TIME. THE VIDEO OF "COSE DELLA VITA" THE FIRST SINGLE, WAS FILMED BY SPIKE LEE. THE EUROPEAN TOUR IS AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE SEASON AND CONCLUDES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OCEAN, WHERE EROS FILLS STADIUMS OF FIFTEEN LATIN-AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

ON THE RETURN TO ITALY, THE MUSICIAN IS THE INVENTOR OF "TRIO", THE MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR, AT WHICH HE IS PARTICIPATING ALONG WITH PINO DANIELE AND JOVANOTTI. IN NOVEMBER 1994 EROS IS INVITED TO THE EUROPEAN MTV AWARDS IN BERLIN TO PERFORM LIVE.

IN THIS PERIOD RAMAZZOTTI CREATES HIS OWN MANAGEMENT COMPANY, "RADIORAMA" AND SIGNS A NEW WORLDWIDE RECORDING CONTRACT FOR BMG INTERNATIONAL.

DURING THE SUMMER OF 1995 EROS TAKES PART IN THE SUMMER FESTIVAL, THE HAPPENING EUROPEAN MUSICAL IN WHICH OTHER PARTICIPANTS ARE ROD STEWART, ELTON JOHN AND JOE COCKER. ON MAY 13TH 1996 "DOVE C'È MUSICA" COMES OUT, THE EIGHTH ALBUM, THE FIRST EVER COMPLETELY SELF PRODUCED. MADE BETWEEN ITALY AND CALIFORNIA, ENRICHED BY THE COLLABORATION OF MUSICIANS KNOWN WORLDWIDE, IT'S AN ALBUM WHERE A "NEW EROS", CREATIVE AND STIMULATING, COMBINES WITH THE ONE WE KNOW. THE RECORDING RESULT IS ENTHUSIASTIC: MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION COPIES ARE SOLD. THE EUROPEAN TOUR THAT FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF THE CD ENDS A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE BIRTH OF AURORA SOPHIE, DAUGHTER OF EROS AND HIS COMPANION MICHELLE. IN THE FOLLOWING MONTHS RAMAZZOTTI A FATHER, PUTS DOWN THE BASES FOR THE NEW ALBUM AND WRITES "THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW" FOR JOE COCKER.

IN OCTOBER 1997 "EROS", HIS GREATEST HITS ALBUM, COMES OUT THAT BUILDS AN IDEAL BRIDGE BETWEEN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CARRIER AND THE PRESENT, A COLLECTION THAT RETURNS A FRESHNESS TO ALL SONGS FROM HIS FIRST TO THE POP-ROCK EXCITING AND INTERNATIONAL ONE "DOVE C'È MUSICA " THE MUSICAL DISCUSSION, RICH WITH NEW PERSONALITY, CONTINUES WITH TWO UNPUBLISHED SONGS. "EROS" CONSISTS OF SIXTEEN SONGS: FIVE IN ORIGINAL VERSION (OF WHICH "FAVOLA", "L'AURORA" AND "PIU` BELLA COSA"), SEVEN RELEASES (FROM "TERRA PROMESSA" AND "ADESSO TU") AND THE TWO UNPUBLISHED ("QUANTO AMORE SEI" AND "ANCORA UN MINUTO DI SOLE").
TWO ABSOLUTE SURPRISES IN THE FORM OF DUETS: "MUSICA E`", UNUSUAL COLLABORATION WITH ANDREA BOCELLI, AND "COSE DELLA VITA/ CAN'T STOP THINKING OF YOU", WITH THE LEGENDARY TINA TURNER.

IN FEBRUARY 1998 A TRIUMPHANT WORLDWIDE TOUR BEGINS WHICH TAKES HIM TO SOUTH AMERICA, IN USA AND IN ALL OF EUROPE, AND WHICH CONTINUES UNTIL THE NOVEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR. THE 24TH OF APRIL THE TOUR IS INTERRUPTED FOR THE MARRIAGE OF EROS AND MICHELLE HUNZIKER, CELEBRATED IN THE CHURCH OF CASTELLO ODESCALCHI, IN BRACCIANO NEAR ROME.
IN MAY EROS PARTICIPATES IN THE EVENT "PAVAROTTI AND FRIENDS" DIRECTED BY SPIKE LEE, WHERE HE DUETS WITH THE MAESTRO PAVOROTTI IN "SE BASTASSE UNA SOLA CANZONE".

THE NEW ALBUM, "EROS LIVE", IS PUBLISHED AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
AMONGST OTHER THINGS, OUT COMES THE EXHIBITION OF EROS AND TINA TURNER AND JOE COCKER, RECORDED IN OCCASION OF THE CONCERT OF MONACO OF BAVIERA, TRANSMITTED IN ON TELEVISION IN VARIOUS EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

IN MARCH 1999 EROS RAMAZZOTTI IS AWARDED IN HAMBURG THE GERMAN MUSIC OSCAR, THE ECHO AWARD, IN THE CATEGORY OF "THE BEST MALE INTERNATIONAL ARTIST".

WITH THE NEW MILLENNIUM MANY NEW PROJECTS TURN UP FOR EROS.
IT CONCLUDES WITH THE SETTING UP AND INAUGURATION OF THE OFFICES OF RADIORAMA-MEDASTUDIOS, THAT CAME ABOUT FROM STUDIES OF THE EX FONIT CETRA WITH A RECORDING STUDIO AND TWO POST-PRODUCTION. EXACTLY IN THESE ROOMS THE PRESENTATION OF GIANNI MORANDIS NEW ALBUM "COME FA BENE L'AMORE" CAME ABOUT. IN WHICH EROS ACTIVELY COLLABORATES AS PRODUCER AND CO AUTHOR OF BOTH THE WORDS AND THE MUSIC.

DURING THE SUMMER EROS PARTICIPATES IN SOME OF THE FESTIVALS IN GERMANY AND IN THE MEAN TIME HE IS BUSY MAKING A NEW ALBUM WHICH WILL COME OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

 written by Annalisa Carraro (free7@itcgbianchi.mi.it)