Renato Zero sintetizza il concept di AUTORITRATTO, il nuovo album del cantautore e produttore discografico.
«Silence these days is inadvisable a little bit for everyone. I have never done anything to encourage it. My artistic output, so tangible, is proof of that! Of course, it takes good arguments, some good material and a lot of healthy determination to defeat “the dangerous stillness of nothingness.” My modest works fed me. It was an irrepressible and perpetual courage that gave me artistic and psychophysical health, without which I would never have seen the dawn again…. Thanks also to the vast array of accomplices who have done their utmost to make this, seemingly impossible, endeavor a most enjoyable and compelling crossing. People who make music like me, who speak the same language as me, who dispense emotions and foster beneficial encounters and relationships. Music only makes sense if it is done together with others! “AUTHORITRACT,” yet another tile in this Zero-mosaic, but this time it is I myself who sifts through it. I the one who feels the need to look inside myself, to assess my resilience. Verifying how much autonomy I still have and how much patience my beloved audience has. Thank you to those who dared to follow me, to understand my “uncomfortable” uniqueness, to help me turn a difficult adolescence into a truly exhilarating challenge. Stay by my side that I still guarantee: honesty and respect.
Enjoy this new work of mine that I dedicate to you with all my heart!
Renato, again and always: ZERO!»
A work destined to trace, with the finest of Zero’s calligraphy, an unprecedented page of his extremely rich artistic production and more than 50-year musical career.
The 13 tracks that make up AUTORITRATTO’s Zero-mosaic are the finest fruit of Renato Zero’s boundless creativity, a compelling new traverse guided by his unique visions and extraordinary ability to tell and narrate himself through his art. A richly evocative musical adventure, where Zero’s genius merges once again with his inimitable ability to surprise and inspire.
Alongside the previously unreleased tracks, each with its own unique story, making up the palette of AUTORITRATTO are also songs that the public was able to appreciate live during the monumental celebrations of 070 at Circus Maximus and on the stages of the “Zero to Zero – A Challenge in Music” tour, now in the studio version on the album: from “Quel bellissimo niente” to “Fortunato,” from “L’avventuriero” to “Cuori liberi” via “Zero to Zero.”
Renato Zero’s 2024 live event dates.
Renato Zero will be featured in the palasport venues of Florence (on March 2-3-5-6, 2024 at the Nelson Mandela Forum) and his Rome (on March 13-14-16-17-20-21, 2024 at the Palazzo dello Sport).
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MARCH 2, 2024 – FLORENCE @ NELSON MANDELA FORUM
MARCH 3, 2024 – FLORENCE @ NELSON MANDELA FORUM
MARCH 5, 2024 – FLORENCE @ NELSON MANDELA FORUM
MARCH 6, 2024 – FLORENCE @ NELSON MANDELA FORUM
MARCH 13, 2024 – ROME @ PALAZZO DELLO SPORT
MARCH 14, 2024 – ROME @ PALAZZO DELLO SPORT
MARCH 16, 2024 – ROME @ PALAZZO DELLO SPORT
MARCH 17, 2024 – ROME @ PALAZZO DELLO SPORT
MARCH 20, 2024 – ROME @ PALAZZO DELLO SPORT
MARCH 21, 2024 – ROME @ PALAZZO DELLO SPORT
Tickets for the Florence and Rome Event Concerts will be available from 11 a.m. Dec. 7, 2023, at renatozero.com, vivaticket.com and all Vivaticket outlets.
“Autoritratto” Songs
Renato Zero’s new album consists of 13 tracks. Along with the unreleased tracks there are also songs that the audience was able to enjoy live during the 070 celebration at Circus Maximus and on the stages of the “Zero to Zero – A Challenge in Music” tour.
Tracklist of “Autoritratto”
1. QUEL BELLISSIMO NIENTE
2. ECCOCI QUI
3. L’AVVENTURIERO
4. NON TI CAMBIEREI
5. FA CHE SIA L’AMORE
6. ZERO A ZERO
7. COSÌ TENACE
8. L’ECO
9. LA FERITA
10. CUORI LIBERI
11. FORTUNATO
12. VITA
13. PERENNEMENTE BIANCO
In every note of AUTORITRATTO, the child of Renato Zero’s inner probing, the authentic soul of the Roman artist resonates, ready to deliver to his affectionate audience 13 pieces of his experience, his places and his unchanging desire for passion and freedom.
Like a musical mirror, the album gives back the most vivid image of Zero, the geography of his deepest feeling, with a gaze always attentive to those who from the first moment understood and supported him. AUTHORITRATTOcannot fail to open with a love postcard, dedicated to his Rome and his loyal Zerofolli people, and close with a message of hope for a better tomorrow that will sweep away the fog of wars and hatred. In between, some of the artist’s most sincere and fierce autobiographical pieces, true hymns to life, but also the heartfelt dedication to a dear friend and the continuous confrontation between public and private of a Renato who has decided to split himself from 1966 until today.
To condense all the nuances of Renato Zero’s kaleidoscopic talent, AUTORITRATTO will be available in four different colors and covers, creating a unique visual experience.
Renato Zero can’t stay away from his loyal audience and is getting ready to re-embrace fans with iConcerti Evento, a series of unmissable live shows produced by Tattica that, starting next March, will see him starring in the palasport venues of Florence (on March 2-3-5-6, 2024 at the Nelson Mandela Forum) and his Rome (on March 13-14-16-17-20-21, 2024 at the Palazzo dello Sport), the perfect opportunity to listen live to the songs contained in AUTORITRATTO and the best of his entire repertoire.
Tickets for the Florence and Rome Event Concerts will be available from 11 a.m. on December 7, 2023 at renatozero.com, vivaticket.com and all Vivaticket outlets.
The radio partner of the Event Concerts is RTL 102.5
AUTORITRATTO
CREDITS
Produced by Renato Zero
Arrangements, piano, keyboards and programming:
Adriano Pennino for the tracks Quel bellissimo niente, L’avventuriero, Zero a Zero, Così tenace, L’eco, Cuori liberi
Alterisio Paoletti for the songs Eccoci qui, Non ti cambierei, La ferita, Vita, Perennemente bianco
Danilo Madonia for the tracks: Fa che sia l’amore, Fortunato
Drums: Lele Melotti
Bass guitar: Lorenzo Poli
Acoustic and electric guitars: Giorgio Cocilovo, Fabrizio “Bicio” Leo, Maurizio Fiordaliso
Sax: Bruno Giordana
Percussion: Rosario Jermano
Orchestra: Budapest Art Orchestra conducted by Maestro Andras Deak
Arrangements and choir direction: Alterisio Paoletti
Pop choir: Silvia Aprile, Serena Caporale, Frankie Lovecchio, Letizia Liberati, Fabrizio Palma, Michele Ranieri, Zoe Ranno, Riccardo Rinaudo
Opera chorus:
Sopranos: Daniela Rosaria Barbara, Fabrizia Carbocci, Costanza Fontana, Marta Vulpi
Altos: Elisa Caldarazzo, Francesca Calò
Tenors: Marco Santarelli, Francesco Toma, Alfio Vacanti Basses: Alessio Masotti, Alessio Potestio, Massimo Simeoli
The bass, drums and guitars were recorded at the Drumming Room Studio in Usmate-Velate (MB) by Carlo Miori
The keyboards and piano in the tracks Quel bellissimo niente, L’avventuriero, Zero a Zero, Così tenace, L’eco and Cuori liberi were recorded at Pennylane Studio in Rome; in the tracks Eccoci qui, Non ti cambierei, La ferita, Vita and Perennemente bianco at AlterStudio in Benevento and in the tracks Fa che sia l’amore and Fortunato at Danworks Studio in Genoa
The choruses were recorded at the Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone
The orchestra was recorded at East Connection Music Recording studios in Budapest by Gabor Buczko, Digital recordist David Lukacs. Orchestra organization: Miklos Lukacs
Renato Zero’s voice was recorded at the Zerosei studio in Rome
Renato Zero’s voice for the song La ferita was recorded by Roberto Bortoluzzi
Mixed at the Zerosei studio in Rome
Sound engineer and recordings: Maurizio Parafioriti, assistant Riccardo Finocchiaro
Monitor sound control: Roberto Marchesi, Alessandro Fantin
Editing and premixing done at Artv studio in Magenta (MI)
Mastered at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studio in Los Angeles by Patricia Sullivan
Executive production, management and legal advice: Avv. Simone Veneziano for Tattica s.r.l.
Production coordination for Tattica s.r.l.: Andrea Rinaudo, Valentina Muro, Arianna Verginelli
Artist Assistance: Mariano Mariani
Artwork and graphic elaborations: Paolo De Francesco (MoltiMedia)
Photos by: Roberto Rocco
The surprises at Zero’s home are not over: to retrace the most iconic moments in Zero’s musical history, the “A Thousand and One Zero” series (Tattica editions, distributed by Indipendente Mente) arrives in stores and newsstands in 15 releases starting Dec. 22. Fifteen unprecedented titles, featuring authentic rarities̀, live and studio albums never before released on vinyl, for an emotional and poetic journey into the songs, historical interpretations and transformations of the most̀ revolutionary artist in Italian music. All releases will be enriched by an unprecedented and valuable booklet with archive photos and iconic images inside.
RELEASE CALENDAR
22/12/2023 ICARO
05/01/2024 AMORE DOPO AMORE
19/01/2024 IL DONO
02/02/2024 CATTURA
16/02/2024 L’IMPERFETTO
01/03/2024 LA CURVA DELL’ANGELO
15/03/2024 SULLE TRACCE DELL’IMPERFETTO
29/03/2024 PROMETEO
12/04/2024 TUTTI GLI ZERI DEL MONDO
26/04/2024 AMORE DOPO AMORE TOUR DOPO TOUR
10/05/2024 LA COSCIENZA DI ZERO
24/05/2024 TREGUA
07/06/2024 QUANDO NON SEI PIÙ DI NESSUNO
21/06/2024 LEONI SI NASCE
05/07/2024 CALORE
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