"Le note non conoscono ostacoli, gli uomini sì. Per questo la musica è la mia forza, la mia vita." Pierfrancesco Madeo è nato il 28 marzo 1984 e vive a Longobucco in provincia di Cosenza. A diciassette anni si iscrive alla Giuseppe Verdi, scuola musicale di Rossano Calabro, dove frequenta il corso di tecnica vocale. Raccoglie i primi applausi in festival popolari e concerti di piazza. La distrofia muscolare non uccide la sua creatività: così inizia a dedicarsi alla scrittura di testi musicali e alla realizzazione della propria idea di arte. Nel 2003, a San Giacomo d'Acri, partecipa al suo primo concorso canoro e si classifica terzo. Nell'estate dello stesso anno, i primi successi: a Rossano Calabro è premiato come Miglior talento e con il brano Se adesso te ne vai vince nella categoria Cover. Nel 2004 partecipa al prestigioso Mia Martini, festival dedicato alla grande artista calabrese: Sento, scritto con il musicista Egert Pano, arriva in semifinale. È il suo primo inedito. Identico risultato al Festival di Napoli, dove esegue Tracce di te di Francesco Renga e presenta Amica Forever. Il 2005 è decisivo: interpreta Angelo, altro brano di Francesco Renga, e vince Armonia fra le note, concorso musicale promosso dall'associazione socioculturale Firmo di Cosenza. Sempre nel 2005 è tra i finalisti di Voce di Calabria con l'inedito Immenso mare e incide il suo secondo album Editi e Inediti. Nel 2006 partecipa e vince il Festival della Canzone Cristiana di Rossano Calabro. Il 4 giugno 2006, ancora a Rossano Calabro, nell'ambito del sesto concorso nazionale per giovani musicisti, riceve dalla giuria tecnica F.I.D.A.P.A il premio speciale Cantautore. Due mesi dopo partecipa a Sanremo Rock e a Una Voce per Sanremo: in entrambi i concorsi raccoglie due ottimi terzi posti. Sono proprio queste importanti gratificazioni ad ispirare Scalata al successo, suo terzo album semiprofessionale. Nel 2008 partecipa alle selezioni di X-Factor e del Festival di Castrocaro Terme. Nel frattempo, oltre a numerose esibizioni nelle piazze d'Italia, intensifica la sua attività autoriale collaborando con compositori e arrangiatori professionisti. A maggio del 2009 esce Magma: è il suo primo album professionale, distribuito dall'etichetta discografica Sound On Sound. Il 2010 è l'anno della consacrazione: a gennaio raggiunge le selezioni finali del Festival di Sanremo, nella categoria Nuova Generazione. A settembre approda negli States, dove è finalista al Festival della canzone Italiana di New York. A dicembre è invitato da Rai Uno come ospite per la maratona di Telethon. Nel 2011 è semifinalista al celebre Hyundai Music Awards della Universal Music. Il 2012 è l'anno di San Remo: alle selezioni del festival della canzone italiana presenta il singolo Angeli di un sogno. Utopia, e siamo nell'aprile 2013, è il suo ultimo disco: sognante, combattivo e sprezzante dell'ipocrisia dei falsi sorrisi, è il suo manifesto artistico e di vita più completo. Nel 2014 entra come associato in Muovi La Musica, no profit diretta da Alberto Salerno. ENGLISH "Notes don't know obstacles, men do. For this reason, music is my strength, my life." Pierfrancesco Madeo was born on the 28th of March, 1984 and lives in Longobucco, in the province of Cosenza. At seventeen years he enrolls to Giuseppe Verdi, a music school in Rossano Calabro, where he attends the course of vocal technique, picking up the first applauses in popular festivals and square concerts. The muscular dystrophy doesn't kill his creativity so he starts dedicating to the writing of musical texts and to the realization of his own idea of art. In 2003 participates in his first singing competition in San Giacomo d'Acri and he comes out third. In the summer of the same year his first hits: he is given a prize as Miglior Talento (The best Talent) in Rossano Calabro and he wins with the song Se adesso te ne vai in the category Cover. In 2004 he participates in the prestigious Mia Martini, the festival dedicated to the big artist from Calabria and Sento, written together with Egert Pano, is in semifinal. It's his first unpublished work. The same result at the Festival of Naples, where he performs Tracce di te by Francesco Renga and Amica Forever. The year 2005 is crucial: he interprets Angelo, another song by Francesco Renga and wins Armonia tra le note, a musical competition promoted by the socio-cultural association Firmo"in Cosenza. Always in 2005 he is among the finalists in Voce di Calabria (Voice of Calabria) with the unpublished Immenso mare and cuts his second album Editi e Inediti (Published and Unpublished). In 2006 he participates and wins the Festival della Canzone Cristiana (Festival of Christian Song) in Rossano Calabro. On the 4th June, 2006, again in Rossano Calabro, he wins the special prize for young musicians, Cantautore (Singer-songwriter) within the sixth national competition. After two months he participates in Sanremo Rock and in Una Voce per Sanremo (A Voice for Sanremo) ranking third in both competitions: these important gratifications inspire Scalata al Successo (Climb to the Success), his third album semiprofessional. In 2008 he participates in the selections of X-Factor and in the Festival of Castrocaro Terme. In the meanwhile, he intensifies his activity as an author, works together with composers and arrangers and performs in a lot of Italian squares. In May 2009 his first professional album, Magma, comes out and is distributed by the record company Sound on Sound. The year 2010 is the year of the consecration: he is in the final selections of the Festival of Sanremo, Nuova Generazione (New Generation) category. In September he comes to The United States and is a finalist at the Festival of the Italian Song in New York. In December he is called by Rai Uno as a guest for the Telethon marathon. In 2011 he is a semifinalist at the famous Hyundai Music Awards of the Universal Music. The year 2012 is the year of Sanremo, where he performs Angeli di un Sogno (Angels of a dream). Utopia, and we are in April 2013, is his last record: dreamy, fighting and disdainful of the false smiles, it is the manifesto of his art and of his life. In 2014 he is a member of Muovi la Musica, a no profit by Alberto Salerno.
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