Patrizia Laquidara
| Patrizia Laquidara | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 29, 1972 |
| Origin | Catania, Italy |
| Occupation(s) | singer/songwriter |
| Years active | 1998 to present |
| Website | http://www.patrizialaquidara.it/ |
| Members | Patrizia Laquidara, Mirco Maistro, Lorenzo Pignattari, Alfonso Santimone, Daniele Santimone |
| Past members | Tony Canto, Debora Petrina |
Patrizia Laquidara (Catania, October 29, 1972) is an Italian singer.
Patrizia Laquidara was born in Catania, on the island of Sicily. When she was very young her family moved to a small town in northern Italy, region Veneto, province of Vicenza, where she began studying music and playing in piano bars during weekends.
In 1998 she attended a course at CET music school, as composer and singer of popular music of Lombardy and Veneto. This school is run by the well known Mogol, who wrote the texts of Lucio Battisti songs. She is also interested in the music of many Mediterranean countries and in the music of central Europe and balcanic region. She is often tours Italy with her group, the Hotel Rif.
In 1999 one of her songs, "Stella nascente" was included on an album titled "Canzoni per Ornella Vanoni e Mario Lavezzi", but her true love at the time was for Brazilian music. Her first solo album, in 2001, was in fact titled "Para você querido Caé" (For you, dear Caetano) and was dedicated to the Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso.
Just after this album, her song "Agisce", written with the collaboration of Bungaro, won the Città di Recanati prize for best music and interpretation.
In 2003, she participated in the Sanremo Festival with the song "Lividi e fiori" and won the Mia Martini Critics Prize and the Alex Baroni prize for best interpretation. The same year she released her second album, titled "Indirizzo portoghese" and sang its songs during the tour Indirizzo portoghese live.
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