GIFFONI50PLUS - 21.31 JULY 2021

ANDREA SANNINO

JULY 30

Biography

Andrea Sannino is a singer, actor and author born in Naples on the 5th of July 1985. 

Passionate about music since childhood, he began to write songs at the age of 9, while at 15 he approached theatre by joining an amateur company in Ercolano and for 5 years he performed as an actor and singer in several musicals.

From theatre to music, from live shows to cinema, Andrea's career is a complete 360° journey marked by important collaborations.

In 2006 he came to television, in the Rai 1 programme Il treno dei desideri, where Sannino had the opportunity to duet with Lucio Dalla. His greatest success in the musical field, however, came a few years later, when he wrote and launched the song Abbracciame, which became a sort of anthem for contemporary Naples: released in 2015 as part of the album Uànema, published by Zeus Record of Naples, the song was signed by Sannino himself with musician and composer Mauro Spenillo and produced by guitarist and composer Pippo Seno together with Spenillo and Sannino themselves.

"Uànema" was the best-selling Neapolitan album in 2015, with the stable presence of 'Abbracciame' at the top of the charts-Spotify, with over 9 million streams and 47 million views on YouTube (and around 80 million total on the official channel).

Among his most famous songs is 'Na Vita Sana', written by Gigi D'Alessio and included in his second album, Andrè, published by Zeus Records.

Andrea Sannino was the face and voice of the first musical written and directed by Alessandro Siani, 'Stelle a metà' for Tunnel Produzioni (with Sal Da Vinci) and the musical 'C'era una volta Scugnizzi' written by Claudio Mattone and Enrico Vaime.

In 2021, Andrea Sannino's CD dedicated to the songs of Renato Carosone will be presented. "Carosone, l'americano di Napoli", this is the name of the disc based on the musical of the same name by the well-known music critic, writer and journalist: Federico Vacalebre.

February 2021 _ Voglia, new single by Andrea Sannino, preview of the videoclip at Domenica In (Rai 1).

March 2020 - Abbracciame (37 million views on YouTube) is in the soundtrack of the new film by Giampaolo Morelli "7 ore per farti innamorare March 2020 - He is the protagonist of the theatrical performance dedicated to Renato Carosone "L'americano di Napoli".

February 2020 - Guest on Gigi Marzullo's shows "Settenote",  "Applausi" and "Cinematografo".

December 2019 - Andrea performs on stages all over Italy with Alessandro Siani in the show "Felicità tour".

October 2019 - Andrea plays himself and sings "Abbracciame" in three episodes of the Rai 3 TV drama "Un posto al sole".

February 2019 - Andrea Sannino is among the award-winners of the Los Angeles Italia Film Festival, singing at the opening ceremony in the prestigious "Chinese Theatre" Oscar Theatre.

June 2018 - The third album "Andrè" is released: 14 tracks written and composed by Andrea Sannino, Mauro Spenillo and Pippo Seno. Produced by Zeus Record. Collaborations with Gigi D'Alessio, Dario Sansone (Foja), Adriano Pennino, Antonio De Carmine and Antonio Spenillo.

April 2018 - Abbracciame is the soundtrack of the episode of Emigratis, a TV programme hosted by Pio and Amedeo, in prime time on Italia Uno, dedicated to autism, on the occasion of World Autism Day.

And much more...

AWARDS:

2021 Golden disc for Abbracciame (45 thousand copies sold)
2020 Carosone Award
2020 Massimo Troisi Award
2020 Ischia Global film festival Award
2019 Charlot Prize
2017 San Gennaro Award

Theatre:

2010/2011 C' era una volta... Scugnizzi (Claudio Mattone)
2012/2013 Quartieri Spagnoli (Gianfranco Gallo)
2014/2015 Stelle a metà (Alessandro Siani)
2019/2020 Felicità Tour (Alessandro Siani)
2020 Carosone, L'americano a Napoli (Federico Vacalebre - Nello Mascia)

Television:

2020 /2021 Domenica In (Rai Uno)
2021 Detto Fatto (Rai Due)
2021 Felicissima sera (Canale 5)

Cinema:

"7 ore per farti innamorare di Giampaolo Morelli" (music Abbracciame)

Discography: 

ALBUM

2010 Without chords (Obra Maestra)
2010 C'era una volta ... Scugnizzi (Easy record srl)
2014 Stelle a metà (Buona Luna)
2015 Uànema! (Zeus Record)
2016 Uànema! Deluxe Edition (Zeus Record)
2018 Andrè (Zeus Record)

SINGLES

2015 Abbracciame (Zeus Record)
2019 Nanà (with Sal Da Vinci and Franco Ricciardi; written by Renato Zero)
2020 E' Gioia (Uànema Record)
2021 Voglia (Uànema record)