Francesco Gabbani

Musician/Band
Pop, cantautore, gabbaniano
Carrara (ms)

Francesco Gabbani is an Italian singer and multi-instrumentalist from Tuscany. Born in 1982, Gabbani grew up in a highly musical household; his family even owned the only music store in town. At the age of four, Gabbani started playing the drums, and when he was nine he began playing the guitar. During his teenage years, Gabbani learned that he was able to express himself through music in a way that wasn’t possible before, and music became his reason to live.

At the age of 18, Gabbani signed his first record deal with his project Trikobalto. The music videos of their first two singles even made it onto TV screens worldwide through MTV, All Music and Rock TV. Together they played at the most important Italian Festivals including Heineken Jammin Festival and opened for Oasis. Building on the success of their first album, 2010 saw the release of Trikobalto’s second album. That year the band was chosen to open for the only Italian show of the Stereophonics.

In the spring of 2010 Francesco decided to leave the band and signed a record deal for his first solo project, his first official solo album Greitist Iz was released in 2013. Gabbani signed to BMG in 2015. In October BMG presented Gabbani’s single ‘Amen’ at the Sanremo Giovani where the jury selected him to compete among twelve finalists. The Sanremo, which is broadcast live throughout Italy, was held in February 2016, during which Gabbani not only made it into the final four of the newcomers category, but also won.

Gabbani’s album Eternamente Ora was released simultaneously with the Sanremo Festival on 12 February 2016, via BMG.