Trivia

Italian singer, who has performed on stage since 1959.

Colloborated with many popular composers and musicians such as Ennio Morricone, Francis Lai, Mikis Theodorakis, Vangelis, Franco Battiato, James Last and Giorgio Strehler.

Longtime companion of Luigi Pistilli until his suicide in 1996.

Sings in Italian, German, English and French.

Although also singing pop songs, she is respected for her more committed repertoire, for example songs of Bertolt Brecht or the Italian resistance movement.

Has participated 14 times at Sanremo Music Festival (1951) since 1961, but has never won to date.

From 1969 until 1974 she was the partner of actor Mario Piave.

One daughter, Martina (b.1963).

Collaborated with many prominent musicians, including Ennio Morricone, Mikis Theodorakis and Vangelis.

Was popularly known as "La Rossa" (or "The Redhead"), because of the color of her hair.

Recorded 173 albums throughout her life and sold some 80 million records. Many of her albums have sold in France, Japan, Korea, Greece, Spain and South America.

She was the only contemporary Italian artist who simultaneously held the titles of Chevalier of the National Order of the Legion of Honour of the French Republic (Paris, 11 September 2009), Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Rome, 2 June 2007), Officer of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Berlin, 2006) and Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Paris, 1995).

In 1959, when she was twenty, she won a contest for new voices and was named the overall winner from more than seven thousand six hundred participants.