Iva Zanicchi

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Iva Zanicchi, MEP

Iva Zanicchi (born 18 January 1940, Ligonchio, RE) is an Italian pop singer and an MEP from the former Italian political party Forza Italia.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality
• Substitute, Committee on Development
• Substitute, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with the United States

Record and Controversies

Declaration of Financial Interests

• Nothing to declare.

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Diploma, School of Music and Song (Maestro Bertani) - Reggio Emilia (1958-1959).
• Participant, Castrocaro Festival (1962).
• Prizewinner, Zurich International Music Festival (1963).
• Performance at Carnegie Hall, New York (1963).
• Prizewinner, San Remo Festival (1967, 1969, 1974): remains the only woman singer to have won that festival's prize three times. Has worked with Mikis Theodorakis and Charles Aznavour and has made numerous recordings. Has performed at Madison Square Gardens, New York (1974) and the Regio di Parma theatre.
• Has toured worldwide (South America, Japan, Australia, Korea, the US and Europe) (1984-1999).
• Was the first Italian singer to perform in the Soviet Union (1981).
• First performed on television in 1984.

Publications

• 'Polenta di Castagne' (2000)
• 'I Prati di Sara' (2004).

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

09E142

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45422

Fax

+32 (0)2 28 49422

Email:

zanicchi_iva@libero.it

iva.zanicchi@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.ivazanicchi.it

Resources

• European Parliament, Dichiarazione degli Interessi di carattere finanziario dei deputati: Iva Zanicchi, 14 January 2009, accessed 22 April 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Iva Zanicchi, accessed 22 April 2009.