David Riondino (born 10 June 1952) is an Italian singer-songwriter, actor, comedian, writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and composer.
Life and career
Born in Florence, Italy, the son of a teacher, Riondino started his career in the mid-1970s as a member of the musical ensemble Collettivo Victor Jara.[1][2] In 1979 he made his solo debut with the album David Riondino, and the same year he was the opening act in a series of concerts by Fabrizio De André and Premiata Forneria Marconi, including those in Florence and Bologna, where De Andre's very famous live album Fabrizio De André in concerto - Arrangiamenti PFM was recorded.[1][2] In 1980, following his second album, Boulevard, with arrangements by Shel Shapiro, he focused on his live activity, where he mixed improvisation, music and cabaret.[1]
Starting from the second half of the 1980s Riondino enjoyed a large success thanks to the semi-regular participation to the Canale 5 show Maurizio Costanzo Show, where he used to improvise surreal songs imitating the style of the Brazilian singer-songwriters.[1][2][3] In 1987 he released his third album Tango dei miracoli, whose booklet was illustrated by Milo Manara.[1]
Riondino's variagated career includes films, TV series, comedy plays as well as novels, poems and several collaborations with newspapers and magazines as a humorist and a semi-serious columnist.[1][2][3]
