Biography
(English)

CLAUDIO TADDEI was born in Minas (Uruguay) in 1966 and spent his first three years in Montevideo. In 1969, the family emigrated to Switzerland, his father's home. Taddei began his studies in Lugano; in 1981 the family returned to Montevideo, where Taddei took his degree in arts.
In 1984 he won his first award as a soloist at the “Festival de La Paz”, Uruguay.
From 1986 until 1990 he attended the “Fine Arts School" at Montevideo and worked as a drawing and painting teacher. 
From 1986 Taddei's artistical activities oscillate between painting and music.  
He recorded 8 CD's in cooperation with Emi and Universal. It is due to his talent and his success that he worked with several other famous musicians; he also worked as producer and art director for bands like Vela Puerca. ("Deskarado”, 2000) and Rossana Taddei ("De Minas a Paris", 1992, "Alas de Mariposa", 2001). 

In 1987, being inspired by Soul and Funk, Taddei founded his band Camaron Bombay.
In 1988 he started working for his CD “La Ultima Tentaciòn de Caperucita Roja” which was published two years later and sold out within a short time. 

The videoclip of “Estoy Contento Nena”, produced in collaboration with the excellent director Leonardo Ricagni and in participation with Ruben Rada, did not only support the sale of his record “La Iguana en el Jardin” (EMI) but let them win several awards in their category. Further videoclips followed:

·     “Cebras, Nàcar y Rubi” (EMI) with the song “Noche de Sal” directed by Cacho Bagnasco

·     “Dormite Tranquilo” directed by Paulina Portela

·     “No se si Salgo hoy” directed by Diego Fernandez part of the record “Espantapàjaros” (Obligado Rds)

·     The CD “PSNL” directed again by Leonardo Ricagni

·     Last but not least the clip of the backstage of “Puerto Mestizo” by Stefano Ferrari.

The record “Para el Sur el Norte Esta Lejos (PSNL)” was made in collaboration with the Argentinean art producer Carlos Villavicencio, in cooperation with artists like Fito Páez, Luis A. Spinetta, Ketama, Charly Garcia, etc. 

By the end of the year 2002, when finishing the CD “Para el Sur el Norte Esta Lejos (PSNL)”, Taddei learns that he has serious health problems. For that reason he and his family came back to Switzerland and he had to stop working for several months. 

During the period of convalescence (2003/2004) the “Radio della Svizzera italiana (Swiss Television)” produced the biographical documentary “Quando le canzoni si avverano”, directed by Stefano Ferrari.

Link: http://www.rtsi.ch/trasm/storie/welcome.cfm?idg=0&ids=3291&idc=7949

This Biography was broadcasted in the television program “Storie”, where Taddei met another guest, Eugenio Bennato, with whom he improvised a personal version of the famous song “Alfonsina y el mar”. 

In 2004/2005 Taddei started to retake his business with new spirit and energy; he launched different expositions and concerts.

The record “PSNL” was published in the United States, followed by a Tour through Florida, Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. By the end of 2005 he got two awards “Graffiti” for his work as soloist and for the video clip “PSNL”.

2006 Taddei founded, together with a group of Swiss and Uruguayan friends, the “Pueblo Sur” Association (www.pueblosur.org). 

2006/2007 Taddei publishes his last CD “Puerto Mestizo”, which was produced in collaboration of Swiss and Uruguayan musicians. This new “piece of Art” has been presented for the first time for the closure of "Trasguardi" at the Swiss-Italian Radio and Television (RTSI) auditorium. Several world-famous musicians have been invited to this event: Osvaldo Fattoruso, drums and percussions; Nicolas Mora, guitar and bandoneón; Andres Ibarburu, bass and violoncello; Italo Pesce, drums; Daniele Cuzzocrea, bass; Max Pizio, saxophone; Ruben Sacher, guitar; Fratelli Pietro, percussion.  

2007 Taddei returned to Uruguay in order to produce his first live record in the “Sala Zittarosa” in Montevideo. All the tickets for these concerts had been sold out in a very short time.

For this concert, he invited other well-known musicians like Federico Righi, Gustavo Etchenique, A. Ibarburu y N. Mora as well as Taddei’s permanent group members (Alejandro Moya y Alejandro”Cuba” Reyes). His group supported him at the production of all his records. 

At the end of 2007 Taddei had to take a short time-out again. In 2008 already he gave several concerts and exhibitions all over Switzerland. The most important ones took place in Berne in the Uruguayan Embassy as well as  in Tessin at the Molino Nuovo, on the background of the “ConSenso” project, organized by the city of Lugano (More information: www.myspace.com/taddeiart). 

In the present time, Taddei is creating the new live-record “LuzAzul” in the Daniel Baez's Studios in Montevideo; the record will be on market by the end of November 2008. Since October 2008 certain components of the new record can be found under www.myspace.com/claudiotaddeimusic