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Lodovico Guenzi (born 1 July 1986), known as Lodo Guenzi, is an Italian singer, musician and actor, member of the indie rock band Lo Stato Sociale.
Early life and education
Guenzi was born in Bologna in the Santo Stefano neighborhood on 1 July 1986. His father, Alberto, is a professor of Economic History at the University of Parma and director of the Department of Economics, while his mother is a judge.
He graduated from the Liceo Classico Galvani in Bologna and briefly moved to Udine to study acting at the Nico Pepe Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career
= Music career
=Upon returning to Bologna, he decided to focus on music and began working as a DJ at the local radio station Radio Città Fujiko. At the radio station, he met Alberto Guidetti (Bebo) and Alberto Cazzola (Albi), and they formed the indie rock band Lo Stato Sociale in 2009. Guenzi, in addition to singing, also plays guitar, piano, and synthesizer. The trio, which later expanded to a quintet with Enrico Roberto and Francesco Draicchio, was noticed by the record label Garrincha Dischi, which produced their first album Turisti della democrazia in 2012.
The band achieved considerable success in Italy and released five more albums and several EPs. They performed multiple times at the Concerto del Primo Maggio, a televised concert promoted by Italian trade unions to celebrate the International Workers' Day, with Guenzi hosting it alongside Ambra Angiolini in 2018 and in 2019. In 2018, they placed second at the 68th Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Una vita in vacanza". That same year, Guenzi replaced Asia Argento as a judge in the twelfth edition of X Factor.
In 2021, they returned to the Sanremo Music Festival with "Combat Pop". In 2024, following the death of their manager and mentor Matteo Romagnoli, the band announced their withdraw from the scene.
= Acting career
=In 2020, Guenzi made his acting debut with a leading role in the film Adventures Italian Style (Est - Dittatura Last Minute) by Antonio Pisu. In 2022, he starred in the comedy Il giorno più bello by Andrea Zalone, in the drama film La California by Cinzia Bomoll, and in the Amazon Christmas comedy Improvvisamente Natale by Francesco Patierno.
In 2023, he starred in the film The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, directed by Pupi Avati.
Discography
Turisti della democrazia (2012)
L'Italia peggiore (2014)
Amore, lavoro e altri miti da sfatare (2017)
Primati (2018)
Lodo (EP, 2021)
Attentato alla musica italiana (2021)
Stupido sexy futuro (2023)
Filmography
References
External links
Lodo Guenzi at IMDb
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Lodo Guenzi
- Adventures Italian Style
- X Factor (Italian TV series) season 12
- Lo Stato Sociale
- X Factor (Italian TV series)
- Virginio (singer)
- Improvvisamente Natale
- Lucca Film Festival
