Davide Buzzi (David Buzzi) (born 31 December 1968 in Acquarossa, Switzerland) is a Swiss singer-songwriter and a part of the Swiss Italian scene.
Biographie
Davide Buzzi was born on December 31, 19681. He comes from the former municipality of Aquila, in the canton of Ticino. Photographer, he is also a graduate in marketing and management and has worked in the public security and insurance sector, until he concentrated his activity only in the artistic branch.
Suffering from pain from 2000, he was finally diagnosed in 2012 with a gastrointestinal tumour, which forced him to take medication for the rest of his life. Divorced and father of two daughters, he lives in Acquarossa, in the canton of Ticino.
Artistic path
Author of his own lyrics, Davide Buzzi is known for his songs on social and historical themes, in Italian and Ticino dialect. From 1993 to 2022 he recorded five albums. He has given concerts in Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, France, Albania and other European countries, also working with many well-known musicians, including the Finnish rock band Leningrad Cowboys. In 1998 he won the Lissone Festival (Italy), Cantem Insemma, with the song Ul veget di Mariunètt and received the special prize for the best text and music.
In 1997 he received the international award Targa Città di Milano (Italy), in 2000 he received the international award Premio Città di San Bonifacio (Italy) and in 2002, in Sanremo (Italy), he received the international award Myrta Gabardi.
In 2012 and 2013, he received two nominations for the ISMA Awards in Milwaukee and a nomination for the Nammy Awards in Niagara Falls, for the song The She Wolf.
His novel L'estate di Achille is nominated for the Premio Strega 2023.
He wrote songs for Italian, American and Australian performers.
Discography
1993 : Da grande
1998 : Il Diavolo Rosso
2006 : Perdo i pezzi
2016 : Romaneschi (single) 2017 : Te ne vai (single) 2017 : Non ascoltare in caso d'incendio (Album) 2020 : Don't cross the rails (single) 2021 : Come stai? (single) 2021 : Non ascoltare in caso d'incendio|americanfly.chat, avec Franco Ambrosetti (single) 2021 : Radiazioni sonore artificiali non coerenti (Album)
Duets
With Leningrad Cowboys: Gringo (original title "Ten lost gringos") With Leandro Barsotti: La borsa degli scudi With Massimo Priviero: Nessuna resa mai With Yolanda Martinez: Il ponte (The bridge) With Massimo Priviero: Salvatore Fiumara With Dario Gay: Non ti scordare di me With Franco Ambrosetti: americanfly.chat
Books
2013 : Il mio nome è Leponte... Johnny Leponte (96, Rue de-La-Fontaine Edizioni) 2017 : La multa (ARBOK / ANA Edizioni) 2020 : Antonio Scalonesi - Memoriale di un anomalo omicida seriale (96, Rue de-La-Fontaine Edizioni) 2022 : L'estate di Achille (Morellini Editore)
Filmography
1982 – L'oro nel camino, directed by Nelo Risi
1995 – Romaneschi, directed by Bruno Soldini
2018 – Non ascoltare in caso d'incendio, directed by Dimitris Statiris
2020 - Memoriale di un anomalo omicida seriale de Elia Andrioletti (Scénariste)