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Mikelangelo Loconte (December 5, 1973,
Cerignola) is an Italian singer, author, composer, musician, performer and artistic director.
He began an actor and performer career in France in the musical Les Nouveaux Nomades by Claude Barzotti and Anne-Marie Gaspard. Without speaking French, he recording in a studio all his songs using the phonetic writing.
Discovered in Belgium by Alec Mansion (member of Léopold Nord & Vous band), Loconte worked as artistic director in the studio La Chapelle in Waimes.
He reached star status portraying Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the musical Mozart, l'Opéra rock, directed by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen. His first single, "Tatoue-moi", was a number-one hit in France in 2009.[1]
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- ^ "Tatoue-moi", French Singles Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved March 25, 2009)