Nicola Ciccone
Nicola Ciccone is a Canadian francophone singer-songwriter, novelist and writer of Italian origin, based in Quebec. His songs have been in English, Italian, French, and Spanish. To date, he has released thirteen albums, nominated for many ADISQ, CRIA and Juno prizes and has authored two novels, "L'Étoile enfant" and "Dans les yeux d'Ophelia" and an autobiography "Cuore". Biography. Ciccone was born very prematurely, with the doctors giving him just 5% of survival, as he recounts in his autobiography titled "Cuore". Born to Italian parents originating from Abruzzo in south Italy, he lived in the Mile-X quarter  of Montreal, at the time a very poor quarter of Montreal's Petite-Italie (Little Italy) region. His father died when he was very young, and he was a victim of bullying at school. He studied Child Psychology at Montreal's McGill University and in 1998, he won "Ma Première" held annually for upcoming Canadian artists at Montreal's Place des Arts and upon win signed a record contract releasing his debut album "L'Opéra du Mendiant" in 1998. The album was certified gold. He has gone on to release a number of albums and had chart success with a number  of singles. In 2017, he was assigned a spokesman for Quebec Autism Federation. He also became one of the spokesmen for la fondation Charles Bruneau in 2019 and the spokesman for le trouble craniocérébral TCC in 2020. Nicola will be releasing this September his 13th album. The musical project is entitled Gratitude. The release will be followed by an important tour. The 12 songs record was written during the confinement which makes it both touching and universal.