Ricardo brief biography
In early childhood, he was taken away by his parents to France, and then, when the boy was eleven years old, the family moved to Rome, closer to his father's family. Riccardo had to adapt not only to another language, but also to a completely new way of life for him. In his youth, Riccardo Kochchiant began to be interested in opera and classical music. At the same time, he began to sing, studying the possibilities of his deep, hoarse voice.
Soon, Riccardo headed his own group of The Nations, and in his free time he began to learn to play piano on his own. Still loving classical music, the young man discovered the Beatles and Blues group. After several years of experiments, Riccardo Kochchiant began to work on his first solo album MU, which was recorded in Italy, and then entered the French market. Criticism appreciated the album “MU” very high, and the musical world became interested in this novice talent.
The second album of Kochchiant, Poetry Poesia, appeared in the year. In France, they learned about him in the year when the composition of Marguerite, the French version of the Italian hit Margherita, was released. The original version, which was part of the “concert for Margarita” album, Concerto Per Margherita was arranged by another famous composer Vangelis Vangelis. In the year, Kochchiant's career reached a new stage: he signed an agreement with the recording company Virgin and traveled to Los Angeles to release a new Sincerita album.
The album was recorded at once in four languages Italian, English, Spanish and French; At the same time, poems to the French version of the album were written by the famous French poet-author of songs Etienne Rod-Zhil Etienn Roda-Gil. After Sincerita’s album “Sincerity”, Kochchiant went on tour in Italy. His performances were very successful; In PLAS de Signor Place des Seigneurs, forty thousand spectators gathered in PLAS de Signor de Signor Place des Seigneurs.
In the year, the next album of Riccardo Kochchianta Il Mare Dei Rapaveri “Sea Macs” was released. Next year, the composer was again in the spotlight, offering the public the new hit Quando Si Vuole Bene “when you love”. Concerts of the tour of the year took place with Angels. In the year, Kochchiant wrote and himself performed the composition of Il Mio Rifugio “My Flight” - the main musical theme of the film “Tandem” - Patrice Lekont Patrice Lecomte, France.
The next year the composer spent in London, completing the work on the next album La Grande Avventura “Great Adventure”. Meanwhile, it turned out that the work of Riccardo Kochchianta became extremely popular in South America: each of his new Album sold out there in a matter of weeks. Therefore, a long concert tour of Latin America was planned in the year. Kochchiante invariably refused to participate in the music festival in San Remo, but in the year he finally agreed to appear there-and immediately received the main prize for the song SE Stiamo Insieme “If we are together” from the Cocciante album.
In the same year, Kochchiant first tried to play in a dramatic role in the film by Catherine Lara Catherine Lara “Sand and Romance”, playing Chopin. In the light, two new albums were seen - the “impression” of Empreinte, recorded in French and Eventi E Mutamenti “Events and Changes” recorded in Italian. In May, the album of Riccardo Kochchiant was released: Greatest Hits - the result of more than twenty years of work.
Almost immediately, copies were sold throughout the world, and the author of this album continued his performances in Italy, Chile at the opening of the Vina Del Mar festival and France at the La Rochelles festival Francofolies; Including he took part in a special evening within the framework of this festival dedicated to Luke Plamondon, Librettist "Starmania", "Legend of Jimmy" and the author of the texts to songs.
The release of the new album of the Un Umo Felice “Happy”, recorded in Italian, was followed by a new series of concerts - first in Italy Rome and France Paris, then in a number of other European countries and, finally, in Canada. The noisy success of the musical, oddly enough, quarreled his authors. It so happened that the librettist pushed the composer in some way, drawing the attention of criticism and the public primarily to himself.
For a long time, Kochkiant and Plamondon refused to talk to each other. Former co-authors made each with a new musical performance: Plamondon-with Cindy based on the fairy tale about Cinderella, and Kochchiant-with a musical based on the book of Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the little prince. The show could not be compared with its success with the "Cathedral of the Parisian Mother of God", and yet it gained a circle of devoted fans.
It included compositions in French, English and Italian. The merits of Riccardo Kochchiant in the field of art were recognized not only by his fans and musical critics, but also by officials.