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______________________ENGLISH_____________ Nadia Straccia is an accomplished singer and songwriter.She was born in Detroit of italian origins and now follows her passion for music all over the world.. She has studied gospel skills with M.Grazia Fontana, Attended an Acting training workshop with Marilyn Fried from the Actor Studio,N.Y and studied with Beatrice Bracco, Rome,and ballet with Piero Moricone. Her first approach to music is mixing in clubs and improvising on house music . She has performed with Todd Terry, and Raymundo Rodrigetz , Ministry of sound and has been in Japan, Italy, Hungry Croatia, Usa for shows and concerts. She is now on tour with Massimo Lopez,a well acclaimed actor/singer and the Gabriele Comeglio Big band in all the magiore theatres of Italy; Teatro Sistina di Roma,Parioli,Smeraldo di Milano,Politeama di Genova, Versigliana and Saint Vicent and Slovenia casino. She has worked with numerous bands and orchestras and as well, live back vocals and gospel for various rock and pop American and Englsh artist like, Michael Bolton, Mick Hucknall from Simply red,Geri Halliwell from the Spice girls, Noah and Dee Dee Bridgewater and italian artists like Giorgia, Alexia, Biagio Antonaci, Ron , Pino Daniele , Massimo Ranieri , Antonella Ruggero,"sorelle Cesler", G.Gannini , Max Pezzali Cesare Cremonini,Edoardo Bennato, Paola Cortellesi, Renato Zero and Luisa Corna . Nadi has featured in many shows, on the maggior chanels of Italian television; Premio Internazionale Ischia, rai 1. Natale in Vaticano,canale 5.Un dono per un sorriso, SKY tv. Alberto Sordi Special, rai uno. Rassegna Gospelrai tre. Grande Fratello,Canale 5, quinta edizione. Sanremo Fashion, rai uno. Adesso Sposami, rai due. Dance it, sky tv, Italia teen .Di tutte di più, rai 1. Easy rider, rai due.Cominciamo Bene Estate, rai tre.Tg 1,rai uno. Operazione Trionfo, Italia 1, Carramba che sorpresa, rai uno. Donna sotto le stelle, canale 5. Uno di noi, rai uno. Gran Gala di Miss Italia, rai international . Festival di Sanremo, rai 1. La vita in diretta rai due. Costume e società , rai due. Domenica in, rai uno. RaiSat, Radio 105, Kiss Kiss, One O One, Radio Radio At the same time,She is a live and recording artist and has released several dance and house music tracks in Europe as well as recording the soundtrack of the thriller movie The Mark .She also enjoys performing with her four piece band , a blend of original and cover songs with a twisted acustic flavor, fuses elements of funk, soul , "70s" disco and the hits of the 80s, resulting in a combination that is as sleek, as it is sexy. She opened for Planet funk with her band and followed Claudio Baglioni in his concert in Hungry.The songs she writes are mood inspired and often have funk and rock influences filled with soul. She recently cowrote "A te" for Luisa Corna and "A new Christmas day", the soundtrack of the "Christmas in Orchestra" album for the "Movimento della vita" association. She is now composing and recording her own album and is searching for a promoter and a record label------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- -----------------------------------A LITTLE MORE PERSONAL DETAILS FROM THE HEART------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- I chose and live for music everyday..."exposing" my soul every time I sing...so I'll let the music do the talking but ...first....I have a story to tell. This is how it all started....I was born and grew up in Detroit of Italian origins. As a child /teenager dedicated every moment to art /drawing/pasting things together or just smudging paint on any clean surface..well for the rest pretty much assuming a pretty regular life.....little did I know that the random mentioning of my parents intentions of returning to "the old country", meaning Italy, actually had a truth.... Though it seemed possible, as years went by it slowly became unlikely..Until the day my brothers and I were told that the time had come to try selling our yellow brick house and move off to Europe. After so many years abroad mom and dad were leaving everything behind. The dream of returning was stronger than anything .It was very common back then to move to America, for a while in search of new ideas. But very rarely did many families actually decide to return to their native country...well though I had lived my whole life in the states I guess there was a bond with Italy I had to deepen. Once we arrived in this little town (that compared to Detroit was more like a village), things started getting tough. The language barrier, different culture, making new friends. I was confused and decided to give Europe a try .I loved art and thought I'd start from there. I went to art school. Started painting for art shows and returned to America every time I had the chance and the cash. I often found a get away dressing up with extravagant clothing. In other words dudes I would dress like Madonna..OH NO! Ok you can laugh! And every time I felt lonely or home sick I'd sing it out and feel so much better. My longstanding love for music especially R&B and soul encouraged me to mix and play my personal music selections in clubs, also because in Italy at the time it was such an unknown concept. From mixing came the desire to create my own tunes and from creation the need to sing