Valente Bertelli

Valente Bertelli is an Italian singer, composer and record producer based in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his musical project Slow Shiver and his "velvet-like voice". 
==Early life and education==
Bertelli was born in Rome, Italy, son of American Jazz Singer Shanda Lear (daughter of American inventor Bill Lear and granddaughter of vaudeville comedian Ole Olsen) and Gian Carlo Bertelli, Italian theater director who noticeably produced the first Three Tenors concert (recording that became the highest selling classical disc in history). His family left Rome in 1981 to escape the country after a period marked by terrorist attacks ravaging Italy (Anni di Piombo). He grew up in the Italian part of Switzerland where he studied violin and piano. In 1999, Bertelli moved to Los Angeles to study bass at Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, and continued his education at UCLA studying film scoring and songwriting. After uploading a song to Myspace under the moniker Valente (Home), Bertelli started garnering the attention of other musicians such as Guy Sigsworth, and T Bone Burnett.
==Career==
1. Valente 
Escape Artist (2006) was Bertelli’s first self-released EP. He would later release two other projects under the moniker Valente. Alexandria (2012), EP including a cover by Avi Buffalo and a remix by Big Black Delta. Music for Rooftops (2013), his first album engineered by Appu Krishnan, and recorded with the help of musicians' Aaron Embry, Steven Nistor and Thibaut Barbillon. The album was followed with an EP of remixes by Guy Sigsworth, Anoraak and Walter Sobcek of Bertelli's song The Distant Lights. 
2. Nouvelle Vague 
After the release of Escape Artist french producer Marc Collin invited Bertelli to work on the album Two For the Road (with Danish singer Katrine Ottosen), album imagined as the soundtrack of a movie that doesn’t exist. After the success of this musical project, Bertelli joined Nouvelle Vague (Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux’s main musical project) on several international tours (often being invited to also be the opening act with his project Valente), culminating in a sold-out performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London. 
3. Slow Shiver
The death of artist David Bowie led Bertelli to "rethink his approach to his musical work", in "bringing back the unapologetic vulnerability of male pop singers". In 2016, he released Dead Man Walking under the moniker Slow Shiver that, to this day, is Bertelli’s main musical act. 
4. Composer 
As a composer, Valente Bertelli created music for TV series (such as Bushido Battleground for Robert Rodriguez’ El Rey Network and Confused, by the Salto Brothers), documentaries and international ad campaigns which have gone on to win several Golden Clio in New York and two Golden Lion in Cannes.
==Discography==
Official Releases
Year	As 	Title 	Type
2006	Valente 	Escape Artist 	Album
2012	Valente 	Alexandria 	EP
2013	Valente 	Music For Rooftops 	Album
2016	Slow Shiver 	Dead Man Walking (cover) 	Song
2016	Slow Shiver 	In Blue (Drive By Delivery) 	Song
2017	Slow Shiver 	Set In Stone 	Song
2017	Slow Shiver 	California 	Song released under the collaborative project Lauren Canyon
2019	Slow Shiver (ft. knight)	When the Party’s Over (cover)	Song
Collaborations
Year	Artist 	Title 	As a writer	As a producer	As a singer
2007	Marc Collin ft. Valente and Katrine Ottosen	Two For the Road (album) 	Yes 	No 	Yes
2009	Nouvelle Vague 	Don't You Want Me (song) 	No 	No 	Yes
2011	Angela McCluskey 	Lullaby (song) 	No 	Yes 	No
2012	Mette Skou 	At Night (album) 	No 	Yes 	No
2012	Blackout Babies 	Ballad in Plain G (song) 	Yes 	No 	No
2012	Angela McCluskey 	Bring It All Back (song) 	No 	No 	Yes
2014	Yasmine Hamdan 	Nediya (song) 	Yes 	No 	No
2015	Dessau Dancers O.S.T. 	Space Is The Place (song) 	Yes 	No 	Yes
2016	Anoraak 	We Lost (song) 	Yes 	No 	Yes
2018	Christian Gibson 	Tethered (song) 	Yes 	No 	Yes
2019	Nouvelle Vague 	Under The Flag (song) 	No 	No 	Yes
2019	Nouvelle Vague 	Brass In Pocket (song) 	No 	No 	Yes
2019	Nouvelle Vague 	I’m in Love With a German Film Star (song) 	No 	No 	Yes
2019	Nouvelle Vague 	Don't You Want Me (song) 	No 	No 	Yes
2019	Dreaming Of Ghosts 	Where To Look in the Dark (co-written with Fiora and Robot Koch) (song)	Yes 	No 	Yes
2020	Anders Mouridsen 	Yesterdays (album) 	No 	Yes 	No
Reworks
Year	Artist 	Title
2019	Construction	All The Time (Slow Shiver rework)
2020	Robot Koch 	Dragonfly / Friendly Fire (Slow Shiver rework)
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Valente Bertelli on imdb
* Valente Bertelli on Spotify
* Valente Bertelli - Music on Google Play
* Filmography — SLOW SHIVER
* Valente Bertelli - Listen on Deezer | Music Streaming
* ‎Valente Bertelli on Apple Music
* Valente Bertelli | Discography | Discogs
* Valente Bertelli - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News - BBC
Category:Italian composers
Category:Italian singers
Category:Italian record producers
Category:Singers from Los Angeles
Category:Italian people
Category:Musicians Institute alumni
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Category:Film scores
Category:Songwriting
Category:Bass