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Patrizia Ferrara
Background information
Birth namePatrizia Liliana Ferrara
Born (1977-02-20) February 20, 1977 (age 47)
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active1997–present
Websitewww.patriziaferrara.com

Patrizia Ferrara is a jazz singer and songwriter.

Early life

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Patrizia Liliana Ferrara was born on February 20, 1977, as the younger child of two to her Austrian mother Edith and her Sicilian father Mario. Living in an Austrian town at the country's southern border, she was raised to the sound of Italian radio pop music of the 80s and the traditional songs of her relatives from Sicily and Naples. At sixteen, Ferrara moved to Vienna, where she began found work as an intern at the national radio concert hall (ORF Radiokulturhaus). This encouraged her to start writing her first songs, enroll in conservatory to formally study jazz, and begin performing on stage. Her early engagements include work with Austrian, African, Colombian, Turkish, Cuban artists, and work as a background vocalist for resident Brazilian singer Célia Mara.[1] In 2003, she completed (with honors) her degree in jazz vocals and piano at the Gustav Mahler Conservatory in Vienna.[2]

Career

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Ferrara began working as a jazz singer with American singer Dean Bowman[3] and the American pianist Danny Grissett[4] in 2004. The following year, she visited New York with Bowman and Grissett, and subsequently settled in Brooklyn. While in New York, she worked with local jazz musicians, performed for the Hospital Audiences Inc.,[5] a charity organizing concerts for sick and underprivileged children & adults, and gave public performances in Palestine. In 2008, she independently released her debut album Simple Things in New York City. Ferrara relocated to Vienna in 2012.

Since 2016, she has been the lead vocalist for Waldeck, co-writing several songs on Atlantic Ballroom, Grand Casino Hotel, and a number of EPs Waldeck has released since.[6] The single "Rough Landing" was featured in Ferrero Roche's Golden Gallery Signature TV Commercial "Masterpiece".[7] "One Of These Days“ received a nomination for the Austrian Music Award (category: Electronic/Dance) in 2021.[8] The 2022 remix of the single "Quando Quando" by French DJ and producer The Avener reached second place on Apple Music Chart in France, number one on the Belgian iTunes Chart and number one on the Italian Radio Chart.[9]

Ferrara has also been the featured singer for Joschi Schneeberger Gypsy Swingtet since 2020.[10]

Throughout her career, Ferrara has performed, toured, and recorded with Waldeck, Lee Scratch Perry, Wladigeroff Bros,[11] Martin Spitzer,[12] Joschi Schneeberger, John Heard,[13] Dean Bowman,[14] Vinx, James Weidman, Danny Grissett,[15] Gerald Schuller, Lonnie Plaxico, Kyle Eastwood, Célia Mara, DJ DSL, Marcos Vigio, Jorge Amorim, Sertab Erener (winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2003), Jon Sass (Ray Anderson, Boston Symphony Brass, David Murry), Chester C. Washington (Earth, Wind and Fire), Rudi Wilfer†, Fred Eisler,[16] DJ CUTEX,[17] and the poet Christian Ide Hintze† for his 2004 pitch in the Austrian competition to participate in the European Song Contest 2005.[18][19]

Discography

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  • 2004 EP Link Love Ide Hintze feat. Patrizia Ferrara[20]
  • 2005 ALBUM Camena To The Fallen Fred Eisler feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2006 ALBUM Patrizia Ferrara/Edi Köhldorfer
  • 2007 ALBUM Family Business Al Haca feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2008 ALBUM Bastardista Celia Mara
  • 2008 ALBUM Simple Things Debut Album Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2012 ALBUM Songbook One: Mike Scharf & Urban Dreamtime[21]
  • 2015 EP On Solid Ground
  • 2018 EP Stay Put Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2018 ALBUM Atlantic Ballroom Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2018 SINGLE „Quando“ Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2019 ALBUM Ide Ide Hintze feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2019 LIVE EP Live in Baden Patrizia Ferrara & Martin Spitzer
  • 2019 SINGLE "One Of These Days" Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2020 ALBUM Grand Casino Hotel Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2020 SINGLE "Look at me Joe" Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2020 SINGLE "Lady Bedford" Soul Goodman Remix
  • 2020 SINGLE "Je t’aime beaucoup" Soul Goodman Remix
  • 2020 SINGLE "Rough Landing" Soul Goodman Remix
  • 2020 SINGLE "Come To Me" Patrizia Ferrara feat. Wolfgang Schmidt
  • 2020 ALBUM One Florian Klinger
  • 2021 EP It Might Be French Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2021 SINGLE "Lady In Green" Surprise 20 Years Dope Noir feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2021 SINGLE "Memories" Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2021 SINGLE "Speak To Me Darling" Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2021 SINGLE "Dressed In Black" Patrizia Ferrara feat. Wolfgang Schmidt
  • 2022 SINGLE "Quando Quando" The Avener & Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara
  • 2022 SINGLE "The Moon Above" Waldeck feat. Patrizia Ferrara

References

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  1. ^ "Interview mit Patrizia Ferrara". Soundarts.gr. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  2. ^ Jazz, All About. "Patrizia Ferrara musician - All About Jazz". All About Jazz Musicians. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  3. ^ "Dean Bowman & Patrizia Ferrara Quintet (USA/A) im Porgy & Bess, 29. April 2005". Porgy & Bess (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  4. ^ radiokulturhaus.orf.at. "Jazztime: Zwischen New York und Wien: Patrizia Ferrara und Danny Grissett". radiokulturhaus.orf.at (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  5. ^ "HAI (Hospital Audiences Inc.) – transforming lives through the arts". 2013-04-18. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  6. ^ "Waldeck | discography". www.waldeck.at. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  7. ^ Ferrero Golden Gallery Signature, 18 November 2019, retrieved 2022-11-30
  8. ^ "Archiv 2021". Amadeus Austrian Music Awards (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  9. ^ "Quando Quando (feat. Patrizia Ferrara)". www.top-charts.com. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  10. ^ "Joschi Schneeberger Gypsy Swingtet feat. Patrizia Ferrara - Joschi Schneeberger". www.joschischneeberger.at. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  11. ^ "The Wladigeroff Brothers & Friends (BG/A/ESP) im Porgy & Bess, 17. März 2021". Porgy & Bess (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  12. ^ ".::Di 15.10.19 20:30::.PATRIZIA FERRARA & MARTIN SPITZER (A)". www.stromboli.at. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  13. ^ "Patrizia Ferrara – KiG!" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  14. ^ "Dean Bowman & Patrizia Ferrara Quintet (USA/A) im Porgy & Bess, 29. April 2005". Porgy & Bess (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  15. ^ oe1.orf.at. "Patrizia Ferrara und Danny Grissett im Interview | SA | 24 06 2017 | 23:03". oe1.orf.at (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ "Albums – Fred Eisler" (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  17. ^ "live in concert: DJ CUTEX + PATRICIA FERRARA". Kunsthalle Wien (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  18. ^ "Literaturhaus Wien: Werke". www.literaturhaus.at. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
  19. ^ Online, Wiener Zeitung (16 February 2004). "- Treffpunkt Kultur". Medien - Wiener Zeitung Online (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-30.
  20. ^ link love (guitar) i love you in many languages, June 2011, retrieved 2022-12-01
  21. ^ "Artistcamp - Artist Search Result". www.artistcamp.com. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
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