Biography

In November 2001 he was touring Japan with an orchestra composed of 32 musicians (tour N° 7 ), invited by the Sony Foundation (the previous tour was in 1996). At this time, Sony Music Japan assembled a 2-CD set Caravelli plays Michel Polnareff and ABBA, being the first (Polnareff) a selection from '60 & '70 albums (including his cover of "Love me, please love me") and the second (ABBA) a selection from 70' recordings. In December 2003 he toured Japan again; the 6 concerts were sold out.

In 1962 he composed Et Satan conduit le bal original soundtrack under his real name, French film starred by young Catherine Deneuve.

In the middle 1980s in order to update his sound he used rhythm arrangements by his son Patrick Vasori (born c.1950) using musicians like Gilles Gambus and Serge Planchon, who also played keyboards with the orchestra.

Japan being a country in which he has a following, Caravelli is one of the few Western artists who have been invited to conduct of the Japanese TV Network's NHK Orchestra.

In 1978 he composed and recorded the title song of "Goldorak et les 2 Mazingers", for the Japan anime/cartoon.