David Buzzi

Davide Buzzi is a Swiss singer-songwriter and a part of the Swiss Italian scene.

Biography

Davide Buzzi was born on 31 December 19681. He comes from the former municipality of Aquila, in the canton of Ticino. A photographer, he is also a graduate in marketing and management and has worked in the public security and insurance sector, until he concentrated his activity only in the artistic branch.
Suffering from pain since 2000, he was finally diagnosed in 2012 with a gastrointestinal tumour, which forced him to take medication for the rest of his life. Divorced and father of two daughters, he lives in Acquarossa, in the canton of Ticino.

Artistic path

Author of his own lyrics, Davide Buzzi is known for his songs on social and historical themes, in Italian and Ticino dialect. From 1993 to 2022, he recorded five albums. He has given concerts in Switzerland, Sweden, Italy, France, Albania and other European countries, also working with many well-known musicians, including the Finnish rock band Leningrad Cowboys. In 1998, he won the Lissone Festival, Cantem Insemma, with the song Ul veget di Mariunètt and received the special prize for the best text and music.
In 1997, he received the international award Targa Città di Milano, in 2000, he received the international award Premio Città di San Bonifacio, and in 2002, in Sanremo, he received the international award Myrta Gabardi.
In 2012 and 2013, he received two nominations for the ISMA Awards in Milwaukee and a nomination for the Nammy Awards in Niagara Falls, for the song The She Wolf.
His novel L'estate di Achille is nominated for the Premio Strega 2023.
He wrote songs for Italian, American and Australian performers.

Discography

1993 : Da grande
1998 : Il Diavolo Rosso
2006 : Perdo i pezzi
2016 : Romaneschi
2017 : Te ne vai
2017 : Non ascoltare in caso d'incendio
2020 : Don't cross the rails
2021 : Come stai?
2021 : americanfly.chat, with Franco Ambrosetti
2021 : Radiazioni sonore artificiali non coerenti
2023 : La lupa, with Franco Ambrosetti

Duets

With Leningrad Cowboys: Gringo
With Leandro Barsotti: La borsa degli scudi
With Massimo Priviero: Nessuna resa mai
With Yolanda Martinez: Il ponte
With Massimo Priviero: Salvatore Fiumara
With Dario Gay: Non ti scordare di me
With Franco Ambrosetti: americanfly.chat
With Franco Ambrosetti: ''La lupa''

Books

2013 : Il mio nome è Leponte... Johnny Leponte
2017 : La multa
2020 : Antonio Scalonesi - Memoriale di un anomalo omicida seriale
2022 : ''L'estate di Achille''

Filmography

1982 – L'oro nel camino, directed by Nelo Risi
1995 – Romaneschi, directed by Bruno Soldini
2018 – Non ascoltare in caso d'incendio, directed by Dimitris Statiris
2020 - Memoriale di un anomalo omicida seriale de Elia Andrioletti