Filippa Giordano

Filippa Giordano

Filippa was born in Palermo and she is the youngest of a whole generation of musicians. At the age of nine, she started ballet at the National Academy of Rome (where she moved with her family).  Filippa grew up in the Opera world following her parents, but at the same time she fell in love with the pop world.  She took singing classes with her mother as her only teacher and she learned vocal techniques for both Opera and Pop.

In September 1998 she releases her first album “Passioni” with the biggest Italian Pop producers Celso Calli (Andrea Bocelli, Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini, etc.), and Marco Sabiu (Take That, Tanita, Tikaram, etc.).

In February 1999 she won the 2nd prize at the Sanremo Festival.  Thanks to her success in Sanremo, Filippa performed in the most important events of the year; “David di Donatello” for the awarding or “900” by Giuseppe Tornatore and “Donna sotto le Stelle” the major fashion TV event.

In August 1999 she prepared the international version of the album “Passioni” called “Filippa Giordano”.  The record was distributed by Warner Classic U.K.

Rising to the top of the classical charts, she reached Gold status in Japan and Australia.  She was the honored guest at the first edition of the “British Classical Awards” at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

The same year, Filippa performed on the most important TV shows around the world, such as Michael Parkinson and Barry More Show UK, NHK Christmas Show – Music Fair – Japan and the Lottery Show – NDR Germany.

In March 2000 Filippa opened the Maria Callas Museum at the Metropolitan Theatre in New York.

In May 2000, she was invited at the direct request of HRH Prince Charles of England, to hold a concert for his annual “Prince Trust Gala Dinner”, and a few months later the Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg organized a dinner at his house in her honor.

In October 2000 she won the annual edition of the “Echo Awards” in Germany in the category “Music Without Borders”.

In January 2001 she was invited by Mr. Mohammed Al Fayed to the opening of the famous “Harrods Sales” in London, performing after names like Cher, Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch and Christina Aguilera.

In March 2001, during the Academy Awards in Los Angeles, she performed for Dino De Laurentis, winner of the Thalberg Prize for his career.  On the same occasion she sang accompanied by M. Ennio Morricone on the piano, in order to celebrate his nomination for the G. Tornatore’s movie “Malena”.

In July 2001 she was invited by Cristina and Riccardo Muti to hold a concert during the prestigious “Ravenna’s Festival”.

In autumn 2001 she recorded the love theme of the Italian movie “Vajont” beside Andrea Bocelli, interpreter of another theme.

She was also given the voice of “Aida degli alberi”, an animated movie scored by M. Ennio Morricone.  In the movie, Filippa sang a duet with Mick Hucknell (Simply Red).

She is one of the artists along with Pavarotti, Sting, Blondie, and Dalla to perform in the album called “Cinema Italiano”, homage to the best Italian movie melodies.

In 2002 Filippa recorded her second CD, “Il Rosso Amore”, produced by Robin Smith (Tina Turner, Cher, Lionel Ritchie) for Brian Rawling Productions in England and by the famous Italian Orchestra arranger M. Renato Serio.

The album contains a mix of beautiful melodies and arias from the past and original songs written by great composers (E. Morricone, D. Foster, R. Smith, C. Muti, F. Sartori, L. Quarantotto).

With the song “Amarti Si” she participated again in the Sanremo Festival, this time in the “celebrities” category.

In the video of the English version “Heaven Knows” directed by Tim Rice (Robbie Williams, Nicole Kidman), Filippa met Giorgio Armani, who created her new look.

In the same year Filippa posed for the main magazines such as “In Style” – UK, “Gala” – Germany, appearing on the cover of “Marie Clare” as an icon of Italian fashion.

In May of 2002 she sang a duet with Frida from the legendary group “ABBA”, who really wanted to sing with her after a long time of not performing.

In the same month she met the Oscar winner Vangelis in Athens for a special interpretation of the Napolitan song “Torna a Surriento”.

On the occasion of her tour in Japan she presented a new and different show, surrounded by dancers with the choreography of Susanna Beltrami from “La Scala Theatre”, Milan.  The tour was sold out after only one week of advance sales.

On her return to Italy, the Mayor of Palermo presented her with “the keys to the city”.

For Christmas 2002, she sang at the prestigious TV Shaw “Natale in Vaticano”, for the second time in her career, with artists like Dionne Warwick, Tom Jones, Lionel Richie, etc., singing for the Pope for the third time (Jubilee 2000).

In the summer of 2003, Filippa attended a Stanislavsky Method workshop with Michael Margotta from the Actor’s Studio of New York.  For a special event at the University of Rome, she sang Ennio Morricone’s songs conducted by his son Andrea Morricone.  After the performance Filippa was asked by M. Ennio Morricone to repeat the concert at the Auditorium in Rome with him personally conducting the orchestra.

In December 2003 she gave recitals at the International Forum Hall in Tokyo (two dates), the Festival Hall in Osaka and the main theatres in Nagoya, Fukuoka and Sendai.

During her career, she performed live with prestigious orchestras such as “The Super World Orchestra” and the “BBC Orchestra”.

In February 2004 she was invited by the City of Guadalajara to celebrate its birthday.  She also performed in the historic Josepha Ortiz theatre in Queretaro, where she received recognition from the University.

In March 2004 Filippa moved to Los Angeles to work on her new classical album, on which she wrote new tracks and coproduced it.

In October 2004 she sang the “Ave Maria” for the Columbus Day Parade at St. Patrick’s Church in New York.

During her whole career she has been invited, as testimonial, for major brands’ special events like Longines, Armani, Ferragamo, BMW, Roger Dubouis, Damiano and Bulgari.

In October 2005 Filippa was a special guest for the Ennio Morricone Tour in Japan.  On this occasion she had the pleasure to meet Mr. Junichiro Kolzumi, Japanese Prime Minister.

In November 2005 she released the album Prima Donna in Japan.  The song she wrote “When I come Back Home”, reached the 2nd position on the Hot 100 Chart on JWave Radio, following Madonna’s hit “Hang Up”.

In 2006, Filippa performed at the biggest and most important arenas in Latin America: Auditorio Nacional in Mexico City (receiving the nomination for “Best Classical Show” at the LUNAS).  More than eight thousand enjoyed a spectacular show.  This performance followed presentations in other major Mexican cities.

She was also honored by the Zacatecas Governor during her show in the city, and accepted the invitation for the Delicias and the Juarez Cultural Festival where she gathered more than thirty thousand people.

Filippa performed on Sept. 26, representing international women before an estimated audience of more than 10,000 attendees at the Conference on Women, organized by the Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady, Maria Shriver.  Among the attending celebrities were Dalai Lama, Martha Stewart, Sarah Ferguson, Tyra Banks and many more.

At the end of the year, Prima Donna is released by Sony/BMG in Mexico and other Latin American countries.  The album contains for the first time in her career, two songs in Spanish; “Me He Enamorado de Ti” (Woman in Love) and “Como He de Vivir Sin Tu Carino” (How Am I Supposed to Live Without Your Love). Prima Donna is produced by Steve Galante and Filippa; the album was recorded in Montreal, Canada and Rome, Italy.

In November she performed for the 100th Anniversary of Grupo Salinas for a special audience including Felipe Calderon, Vincente Fox, Ricardo Salinas and Carlos Slim.

In December she sings on the movie sound track “Guadalupe” released in Mexico and the United States.

In February 2007 Prima Donna reached gold status in Mexico.  In May she toured and performed in the National Auditorium, again being nominated for the second time at the October 2007 LUNAS.

In December 2007 she gave a recital at the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore with the Philharmonic Orchestra.

In December 2007 Filippa entered the recording studio to write and co-produce her new material “Capriccio”, where for the first time, she sings almost the entire album in Spanish, reaching the first positions on the Mexican Charts until March 2008.