Massimo Di Cataldo

Massimo Di Cataldo
Di Cataldo in concert
Born	25 April 1968 (1968-04-25) (age 49) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Singer-songwriter

Massimo Di Cataldo (born 25 April 1968) is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor, mainly successful in the 1990s.

Born in Rome, after the high school Di Cataldo made several experiences poised between singing and acting, including a 1993 appearance in the Rai 2 TV-series I ragazzi del muretto in which he played a singer. The same year he was a finalist in the Castrocaro Music Festival.

In 1995 Di Cataldo entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Che sarà di me", ranking second in the newcomers section. The same year he released his debut album, Siamo nati liberi, which was a commercial success replicated a year later by the album Anime (whose lead single, "Se adesso te ne vai", ranked fourth at the Big Artists competition of the Sanremo Music Festival) and in 1997 by the album Crescendo.

In 1999 Di Cataldo participated for the third and last time at the Sanremo Festival with the song "Come sei bella", which was followed by the album Dieci. In the following years he mainly focused on live performances and concerts.