Roberto Bignoli of Milano (Italy) He had a passion for music since he was a child, and his artistic career had a start when he was sixteen. He took part in several musical entertainments as well as various pop music festivals, being the backer of many ..big.. and singing in the streets of Italian and foreign cities getting consent and audience. In 1984, however, thanks to a very strong experience of faith, he decided to undertake as a professional a new musical trend, suggesting by his songs as a singer new subjects of social and religious character. Thus, not only he worked in the typical environments of the show but he also started to sing in schools, churches, prisons, hospitals and in recovery communities, telling the experience of his troubled life and unhappy childhood injured by illness as well as the experiences that had been pushing him towards emptiness and darkness until a Light had come: the light of hope born by Faith. His testimonial is simple and lies in expressing, through music and words, the Love of Christ that can get to the heart of every man who desires to open out to Him. He has already produced several albums of songs and, after four years silence, he then issued with Edizioni Paoline ..Tempo di pace... It is a work rich in musicality along with strong matters where you also feel his desire of telling his own story and the story of the ways he has gone to come to Christ, source of endless Peace, and, along with that, the social disasters that are nowadays upsetting the earth, that are to fight against with true Love. A proposal of songs full of commitment, born by real life and not just by tall talks; an impulse to live the evangelic message deeply inside and to embrace with strength the faith in God and in his providence to finally attain the long desired peace: peace among all men and peace in the heart of every man. One of the pieces making up the collection is ..Concerto a Sarajevo.., dedicated to the children who were victim of the wars and in particular to Mons. Tonino Bello on the occasion of the peace march held in Sarajevo together with the association ..Beati costruttori di Pace.. (Blessed fighting for peace). Many mass-media such as Radio, Televisions (domestic as well as international) and newspapers, both catholic and secular, have talked about him. Roberto has been the promoter of international festivals of christian music and art director of compilations of international christian music. He is also the author of Radio Maria..s jingle ..Ballata per Maria.. available also in Spanish (Balada por Maria). On 2001 he received in Washington DC (USA) from UCMVA two Unity Awards as International Artist of the Year and as International Song of the Year. On December 2003 received in Rome at Christmas Village in Villa Borghese the Golden Graal as christian artist commited in social field. As an art director he contributed to four international compilations of christian artists, two of which ecumenical, and organized concerts of international christian music. Roberto has issued six CD and his last cd, that is multimedial is called ..Ho bisogno di te.. (I need you).On 2005 he received in Minnesota (USA) from UCMVA two Unity Awards as International Artist of the Year and as International Song of the Year He also took part to 15 compilations, of which three were international. Roberto took part to the following events : Music Life .. Rome 1989 Il nostro canto libero Milan 1991 .. Lecce 1992 Multifestival David (Spain) 1993 .. 1994 ..1999 Multifestival Hosanna (Florida-Usa) 1994 Multifestival Magnificat (Italy) 1994 .. 1995 - 1996 Multifestival Banuev (Argentina) 1995 Christian Artist Festival (Holand) 1998 Festival des Jubilaums Singen(Germany) 2000 Meeting Internazionale dei giovani (Italy) 1999 .. 2000 Il mio Dio canta giovane(Assisi) 1988 - 1996 Sanremo Cristiana (Italy) 1999 JMJ Paris 1996 Meeting dei Giovani .. Pompei .. Naples Italy 1997 Jubilee Gospel Festival Turin Italy 1999 Convegno Nazionale ..Giovani Verso Assisi.. 2000 GMG Tor Vergata Rome .. per i volontari 12 Agosto 2000 Chapel Millenium Malta 2000 Il Re dei Versi Italy 2000 Insieme per un mondo d..amore Acquarossa Ticino Swiss CH 2000 2001 Il mondo canta Maria 2001 Italy Song Of Songs Festival 2001 -2002 Tourun Poland Festival dei Giovani Cristiani Bulgary 2001 2002 2003 Festival Wessobrunn Germany 2001 2002 Festival di Musica Cristiana Internaz. Caposele (AV) 2001 Rassegna Internazionale Mariana di Bitonto (BA) 2001 Christian Music Festival - Toronto Canada 2002 WYD 2002 Toronto Canada La Memoria e il canto San G. Rotondo 11 settembre 2002 Regnum dei - Verona 2002 2003 Franciscan festival 2002 Tour Canada Song of songs Festival Poland 2002 2003 Jasna Gora Poland 2003 Young people festival Malta 2003 Gloria Dei Festival Germany 2003 Concerto Pace Rocca di Papa - Rome 2003 Golden Graal .. Rome Christmas Villane 2003 WYD 2005 Colonia Germany I thank you all musician friends of mine who played into my cd production: MARIO FERRARA - MASSIMO IDA' - MARCELLO SURACE - FRANCESCO ISOLA - ERCOLE CANTELLO - PAOLO CARTA - NICO FORTAREZZA - TONY CORIZIA - PAOLO PETRINI - RAMON ROSSI - AURELIO PITINO - LUIGI SCHIAVONE - DAVIDE BRAMBILLA - MARCELLO COSENZA - PINO DI PIETRO - NEWS - "Unity Awards" Grammy International Christian Music 2007 Roberto Bignoli's song "Dulcis Maria - Totus Tuus has been awrded in Arizona, it is the fourth award received for his artistic career in the chritian music the glamorous award is for the "international song" category Phoenix, AZ. 10 ott 2007 MUSIC: ROBERTO BIGNOLI WINS THE 2007 "GRAMMY" FOR CHRISTIAN MUSIC Roberto Bignoli won the 2007 "Unity Awards" by Ucmva (United catholic music and video association), the world’s Christian Music "Grammy" Award which is given in the USA every year. He won the prize as “international song” for his "Dulcis Maria -Totus Tuus" from his last record, produced in cooperation with Radio Kolbe Sat of Schio (Vi), arranged and produced by the musician singer/songwriter who also works for Enrico Ruggeri, Nico Fortarezza, who wrote the music of the song, while the lyrics were written by Bignoli with the musicologist and author of many church and liturgical songs, father Stefano Varnavà. The ceremony was held in Phoenix, Arizona (Usa). Other winners of the Unity Award are the American rapper Stan Fortuna who will be a guest at the WYD of Sydney in 2008, for rock music the Irish band "Ceili Rain", for Latin music the Salvadorean singer/songwriter Jaime Cortez, for pop music the singer/songwriter Kara Klein. It is the eighth year that artists of Christian music are awarded the prize: the initiative began in 2000 for the Jubilee. The event was filmed by Ewtn, the biggest US Catholic TV, with over 70 million viewers.
