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Patrizio Buanne spent his childhood between his hometown in Naples, Italy and Vienna, Austria, due to his parent’s restaurant business.

This multi-cultural upbringing sparked in Patrizio an early passion for languages, and by the age of 17 he already spoke fluent Italian, German, English, French and Spanish. It seemed obvious for both Patrizio and his parents for him to become an interpreter, and after graduation from school he went on to study Slavic languages at University and today he can add fluent Polish to his language tool kit. But whilst his aptitude for languages is admirable, a much greater gift, apparent even from the age of 4, was emerging - his gift to be able to sing and entertain people.

While Patrizio’s parents would record old vinyl records onto cassettes to be played in their restaurant, the three or four year old Patrizio would sing along enthusiastically whilst playing with his toys. At the age of eight Patrizio received his first guitar which further encouraged his interest in entertaining his family and friends in the Buanne home.

At the age of eleven, Patrizio had the first of his many appearances in talent contests. With the conviction at such an early age to, ultimately, become a singer and actor he ended up winning all the competitions he ever participated in. Several small musical productions and gigs, with his self-formed rock and roll band, and as a solo performer then followed.

Six years later, when Patrizio was seventeen, a music industry manager who had heard Patrizio sing proposed a performance at the occasion of the Papal visit in Wroclaw, Poland. The song, which was half in Italian, half in Polish, had been written for the opening mass, and with 85.000 people in attendance Patrizio’s sudden popularity with the Polish public led to his first local record deal. But tragically, it was also to be the year that his father died from virulent cancer, and the subsequent grief became such that Patrizio almost lost his own life to a perforated ulcer. “It was music and the goal to make my family proud that kept me alive and made me strong”.

At nineteen, Patrizio graduated from school in Vienna and moved back to Italy for good. He attended a university in Rome to study languages, whilst looking out for opportunities in the entertainment industry. Patrizio quickly became popular through various talent competitions, and was requested to be a guest and entertainer on various Italian television shows such as “Momenti di Gloria”, “Domenica In” and “Libero”. This success lead to Patrizio being offered a contract to work as an entertainer for the production company that produced shows for the Italian Broadcasting Corporation, RAI and Mediaset.

Patrizio’s real ambition, however, was to become an international recording artist and from 1999 onwards he invested his own money into shaping ideas and concepts with which to approach record companies and international concert promoters. Various trips and tours were undertaken, as well as independently distributed CD’s and DVD’s – all of which without having a manager.

In 2004 Patrizio approached producer Christian Seitz to produce what would become Patrizio’s dream album - a recording with an orchestra comprising romantic Italian songs, the very songs that Patrizio was brought up listening to. It was the perfect collection of songs to dedicate to his late father. With a finished produced album under his belt he auditioned for several record companies and was finally signed to and released by a major record company. His international debut album, The Italian, was finished at the Abbey Road Studios (made famous by The Beatles) in London, accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and after its first release in February 2005 it reached the top ten on the pop charts in the United Kingdom, where it attained golden status after only 1 week.

Following international promotion, the album was certified as platinum in South Africa, as well as across Asia, New Zealand and some European countries. The album even reached triple platinum status in Australia. Following The Italian’s international release, Patrizio performed two sets of sell-out tour dates in 2006 with a six week tour of major theatres and concert venues in Australia, Asia, South Africa and also the US: His live concert DVD also certified platinum sales and was broadcasted on the American public television network PBS breaking records at PBS stations across the United States.

In October 2006 Patrizio was invited to perform in front of American President George W. Bush at the prestigious NIAF gala in Washington, D.C.Patrizio’s second album Forever Begins Tonight, in many ways a “volume 2” of the classic Italian songbook of his debut album, reached 53 in the US and 18 in the UK. The album included an Italian version of Robbie Williams' "Angels." which became Patrizio’s first radio hit in the United States.

In less than two years, his debut album “The Italian” and “Forever begins tonight” had captured the hearts of fans of timeless romantic music worldwide to the extent that over a million albums were sold, and all this without Patrizio having professional music management.

With this significant success under his belt Patrizio decided that in order to take his career to the next level that he would seek representation from a serious player within the music establishment. And, in 2008, Patrizio found that person in Jim Morey, one of America’s biggest and most long-standing managers. In Jim, Patrizio had finally found the person with the belief, passion and enthusiasm to guide him through his next chapter. This next phase included securing a new global recording contract with Warner Music and the recording of Patrizio’s 3rd album, under the helm of legendary music producer, Humberto Gatica, a man who intuitively understood Patrizio’s vision from the very first day they met. They have since collaborated on a collection of songs featuring Patrizio..s own contemporary but timeless interpretation of Italian and American classics, alongside some stunning new compositions simply titled “Patrizio”.

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