# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mauro-malavasi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:04:12.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mauro-malavasi"
name: "Mauro Malavasi"
slug: "mauro-malavasi"
description: "Mauro Malavasi is an Italian pianist, songwriter and producer. \nAfter graduating from the Bologna Conservatory and performing in several jazz ensambles, in 1977 he started collaborating with Jacques Fred Petrus in various disco, Italodisco and dance projects, and went on to write and produce hits with various Italian musicians. He received a Pico Mirandola Award in his hometown in 2008. He created the R&B band Change, in the process discovering vocalists Luther Vandross and Jocelyn Brown, and had a million-selling single, \"A Lover's Holiday\". Starting from the 1984 album Viaggi organizzati, he became co-writer and producer of Italian superstar singer Lucio Dalla. In the following years he collaborated with numerous high-profile Italian artists, including Andrea Bocelli, Gianni Morandi, Gianna Nannini, Elisa, Luca Carboni, Mango, Biagio Antonacci, Tony Esposito, Gerardina Trovato, Ron.\nIn 2023 he co-produced and co-arranged Luca Frigeri's album Connessione Spirituale."
tagline: "Italian musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.259688
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539010/"
    handle:    "nm0539010"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/106187"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "ماورو مالايڤاسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Malavasi"
    title: "Mauro Malavasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Malavasi"
    title: "Mauro Malavasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Malavasi"
    title: "Mauro Malavasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Malavasi"
    title: "Mauro Malavasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Malavasi"
    title: "Mauro Malavasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Малавази, Мауро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Malavasi"
    title: "Mauro Malavasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eb37a469-ad68-44f2-a3e3-520cfd3653a8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q462285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1180677"
    title: "Mauro Malavasi"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump