Domenico Serafino

Domenico Serafino (aka Serafino) is an Italian musician, composer, singer, and music producer.

He released his first album at the age of 20.

During the 49th San Remo Festival, on Feb. 26, Serafino held a performance at the Video and Radio Italia Solo Musica Italiana space that began satellite broadcasting of the Videoclip with Baggio.

In the month of July, Serafino was the lead of a really original event: in Fuscaldo, a small town in the Calabria hinterland, a real people’s petition was made to the local town councillors to ask to organise a concert of the singer-songwriter who would perform on Aug. 8, on an overcrowded waterfront.

Serafino is a musician and music producer – and has had some popularity within South America during his musical career, particularly in the mid-1990s through to the 2000s.

"His style defies conventional definitions, lying somewhere at the intersection of rap, funk and rock, with African influences in both sound and aesthetic".

1992 – First record-making experience: the magazine Tournèe produced the promotional CD "Albaria" and enclosed it to the magazine.

Until 1994, Serafino made a series of concerts positively reviewed by the journalists of the sector.

1995 – In November the CD "Serafino" was published.

The album contained a single, "Mina Vagante".

It was broadcast by several radios.

On June 7, Serafino played, with his band, in the Paolo Rossi show Il Circo.

On Dec. 22, at the Teatro Smeraldo in Milan, he opened Jesus Christ Superstar, the musical.

1996 – He presented “Suono Vitale”, a music TV program for a private TV broadcasting circuit together with Ilaria Paganini.

On Dec. 24, he made a sound performance, in Piazza Duca D'Aosta, in Milan.

TG3 broadcast an interview with Serafino.

In those years, Serafino strived together with Mimmo Ferrante against architectural and cultural barriers which trouble the disabled.Many impressive initiatives were shot by the nation-wide media.

Ferrante, the dearest friend of the musician, died in December 1996 due to a very serious form of muscle dystrophy.

1997 – On Dec. 4, the CD "Provare per credere" is presented.

Serafino both wrote music and interpreted the piece with the vocal support of top artists like Franca Rame, Paolo Rossi, Claudio Bisio and Pino Scotto.

This project was meant to be tribute a Mimmo Ferrante.

Always in December, the singer participated to Telethon (RAIDUE) with the song "Mi dichiaro in arresto" and to “Help” a Red Ronnie programme.

It is also worth mentioning the review on “Tutto Musica” with the interview to Paolo Rossi and Serafino.

1998 – On Jan. 28, a Serafino concert at Palavobis in Milano opened a week of celebration in honour of Ghandi.

In October the Cinquestelle circuit began to cross the South of Italy, a program called Sudando Musica, a container of trips to discover talents in the southern regions who, through television, tell the ups and downs of an artist’s life.

Serafino lead and improvised a jam session with his colleagues … La theme song of the programme is the song "Mi converto".

On Dec. 16, Fuego (ITALIA 1) presented as an avant-première the Videoclip "Chi mi accompagna?".

An exclusive interview to the football player Roberto Baggio was broadcast and Serafino managed to make the football player rap on a pressing involving music; the initiative, coordinated by Luca Bonato, belonged to an awareness-raising campaign promoted ANFFAS to review a law for those affected by serious mental troubles.

The video for his 1999 song Ma Chi M’accompagna features former Italian international footballer, Roberto Baggio.

1999 – On Feb. 2, a single "Chi mi accompagna?"

was officially distributed (RTI): RAI, MEDIASET and many private TV networks gave a wide space to the event with many reports; nameplates like TV Sorrisi & Canzoni, Corriere della Sera, la Repubblica, il Mattino, La Stampa and La gazzetta dello Sport published many reviews, also due to a press release by ANSA.

In January 2000, Serafino was invited as guest at many emissions of the TV programme Casa Mosca, presented by Maurizio Mosca, where he proposed his music with acoustic live performances.

On Feb. 26, he was again in Sanremo but as a guest, with his band in full force, at the Sanremo Rock Festival event.

The recording of new songs began as well as an artistic co-operation with the actress Bedy Moratti who lent her voice in an atmosphere piece titled "Cerco Spiegazioni" to be launched on the web.

Late in the year, Serafino was recognized as the best emerging artist of Mediterranean music.

With the song "Il mio Compare" (2001).

For 11 months he remained at the top of the ranking of the most listened to songs of a popular music portal.

His style is between funk, rock, rap, with Mediterranean influences.

In Buenos Aires (Argentina), Serafino wrote and composed the songs performed in the last few years.

2001 – Unplugged concerts confirmed the versatility and the talent of an artist who began to be appreciated by World-fame artists as Tullio De Piscopo.