Nella Martinetti

Nella Martinetti (21 January 1946 – 29 July 2011) was a Swiss singer-songwriter, affectionately nicknamed "Bella Nella".

She was born in Brissago, Ticino, Switzerland. In 1986, she became the first winner of the Grand Prix der Volksmusik with the song "Bella Musica", which she composed. In 1987, along with Atilla Şereftuğ, Martinetti approached a then unknown young Canadian singer Céline Dion, asking her to represent Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest.IMDb profile Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi", which she composed along with Şereftuğ. 

Martinetti entered into a civil union with her longtime partner Marianne Schneebeli in 2009.

Martinetti died in Männedorf, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland, aged 65, in 2011, from pancreatic cancer.

References

 Other websites 

 Martinetti's Yahoo.com music page
 Nella Martinetti's official website

Category:1946 births
Category:2011 deaths
Category:Swiss singer-songwriters
Category:Folk singers
Category:Swiss LGBT people
Category:Swiss composers
Category:LGBT singers
Category:LGBT songwriters
Category:20th-century composers
Category:People from Ticino