Davide Esposito

Davide Esposito is a singer and songwriter.
Biography
Davide Esposito was born in Napoli, Italy and grew up in the 1980s listening to the music of Lucio Dalla and Lucio Battisti. He is a musician, producer, singer, author, and composer. His usual instruments are piano, guitar, and bass guitar.
He wrote songs and music for Amir, Tina Arena, Amel Bent, Cindy Daniel, Celine Dion, Élodie Frégé, Fujisawa, Garou, Kendji Girac, Martin Giroux, Johnny Hallyday, Murray Head, Ishtar, Kelly Joyce, Patricia Kaas, Serge Lama, Grégory Lemarchal, Nolwenn Leroy, Michal, Mickaël Miro, Emmanuel Moire, Yelena Neva, Vincent Niclo, Norimasa, Olympe, Dejan Ozarevic, Florent Pagny, Mario Pelchat, M. Pokora, Edu del Prado, Lilian Renaud, Saya, Hélène Ségara, Sylvie Vartan, Amaury Vassili, and Joey Young.
His songs represent over 12,000,000 albums and singles sold in France and in countries around the world (including US, Canada, Mexico, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, China, Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Italy).
Esposito has worked with Abril, Tina Arena, Quentin Bachelet, Isabelle Bernal, Mattias Blomdahl, Benoit Carré, Eric Chemouny, Emmanuelle Cosso, Lionel Florence, Franck Fossey, Brendan Graham, Yann Guillon, Murray Head, Henrik Janson, Nick Jarl, Remi Lacroix, Jean-Felix Lalanne, Katia Landréas, Grégory Lemarchal, Matthieu Mendès, Christophe Miossec, Mogol, Quentin Mosimann, Yelena Neva, Tony Nilsson, Luc Plamondon, Edu del Prado, Renaud Rebillaud, Stanislas Renoult, Christian Walz, François Welgryn, Ycare, and Marie-Jo Zarb.
He played the first parts of several artists' concerts Christophe Maé, Emmanuel Moire, Dany Brillant and took part in Jean-Félix Lalanne shows Autour de la guitare and Double jeu.
Albums
Davide Esposito released three albums between 2007 and 2015.
Amore Eterno
The first album, Amore Eterno (Eternal love), including the single Io so che tu, was released in at Peermusic/Warner Music France. The song Io so che tu was part of the top 20 of the French charts and was performed by Grégory Lemarchal with the French title Écris l'histoire. Most of the 15 songs of the album were witten in Italian language. But some others were released in French (Elle était là, lyrics by Lionel Florence, Que toi au monde, written with Luc Plamondon and performed by Céline Dion on her album Sans attendre).
Un uomo
The second album Un uomo was released on 14 at AZ. The first single Ti amo enters the Top 10.
The album is made of 12 songs, including two duets, one with Julien Doré Via da te and another one with Claudia Cardinale Dolce Vita.
Roma California
The third album, Roma California, was born in 2015. It consists of Californian songs adapted in Italian by Davide, including a duet with Nina Zilli. The album entered the iTunes Top 10 and the Top 20 of French charts. More than 40,000 copies are sold.
Awards and honors
Vincent Scotto Sacem Award in 2008 for the song De temps en temps written for Gregory Lemarchal [Song of the Year]
UNAC Prize (Union des compositeurs français – French Composers Union) in 2012 for the song Juste pour me souvenir composed for Nolwenn Leroy
SACEM Prize on 2016, December 5th Composer of the Year. The prize is given to Davide by Claudia Cardinale at the Parisian Folies Bergère.
Prix de la Création Musicale in 2017 Composer of the Year
Prix de la Création Musicale in 2017 Composer of the Year
Discography
Amore Eterno (2007)
Un uomo (2010)
Roma California (2015)
Collaborations
In seven years, 44 songs composed by Davide entered the Top 20 of several countries' charts France, Canada, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and Hong Kong.
2003 Vivre la vie Kelly Joyce
2004 Baryton, Florent Pagny,
2004 Italian Love Song, Tina Arena,
2004 La neige en été, Give Me a Reason, Ouvre-moi le ciel, Je ne plaisante pas, Tu sei dentro di me, Sylvie Vartan
2004 Viens jusqu'à moi, Élodie Frégé and Michal,
2005 Écris l'histoire, Grégory Lemarchal,
2005 Mon ange, Grégory Lemarchal
2006 Là où je pars, Emmanuel Moire
2006 Le monde où je vais, Mario Pelchat,
2007 De temps en temps, Grégory Lemarchal,
2008 Le tout premier jour, Cindy Daniel,
2008 Restons amis, Grégory Lemarchal,
2009 Cléopâtre
2009 Vincero, Amaury Vassili
2012 Dracula, l'amour plus fort que la mort
2012 Juste pour me souvenir, Nolwenn Leroy
2012 Sauve-toi, M. Pokora
2012 Un nouveau jour, Johnny Hallyday
2012 Que toi au monde, Céline Dion
2013 J'apprendrai, Mickaël Miro
2013 Merci, Olympe
2013 Toutes mes erreurs, Tu sais, Garou
2014 C'est simple, Olympe
2014 Amore puro, Vincent Niclo
2014 Jusqu'à l'ivresse, Vincent Niclo
2014 L'amour est enfant du poème, Vincent Niclo
2015 C'est Trop, Kendji Girac
2015 Ma Solitude, Kendji Girac
2015 Pour ne plus avoir peur, Lilian Renaud
2016 A ta manière, Amir
2016 Je serai là, Serge Lama
2016 Sans Nous, Patricia Kaas
2016 Tourne moi la tête, Ishtar
2017 Ce que tu m'as appris, Arcadian
2017 Ecris l'histoire, Kids United
2017 Et après, Lou
2017 Le garçon du couloir, Lou
2017 Maintenant, Caroline Costa
2017 Ton amourant, Amir
2017 Ton combat, Arcadian
2018 A perte de rue (live) Zaz
2018 Adieu je t'aime Ycare
2018 Ali di libertà Andrea Bocelli
2018 Donde estas Ludan
2018 Je reviens Claudio Capéo
2018 L'instant suprême Ycare
2018 La lumière ou la rage Claudio Capéo
2018 Que Dieu me pardonne Claudio Capéo, duo avec Kendji Girac
2018 Que Dieu me pardonne Kendji Girac, duo avec Claudio Capéo
2018 Que Vendra Zaz
2018 SI c'était a refaire Zaz
2019 Besoin d'air Lou
2019 Donne-moi Lou
2019 J'ai su Anaïs Delva
References
External links
Music video of "Io so che tu"
Music video of "Un italien à Paris"
Italian male singers
Living people
Singers from Naples
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)