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Tani was born in
Palermo,
Italy. At the age of 16, he and his family moved to the
United States. |
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Since early
childhood, Tani has always been attracted to poetic
thought, a fascination that has grown |
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with
his interest in music. |
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Tani
began to pursue music in 1991. The early ‘90s marked a time
of learning and experimentation |
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for the musician. From
1992 to 1994, Tani took his first singing lessons
and studied guitar. |
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The following year, Tani
taped various “demos” and performed at various Greenwich
Village venues. |
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Many
of his pieces received acclaim from local critics, including
“An Unusual Stranger in a Stranger |
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Place,”
“Face in the Dark,” a piece inspired by the death of a close
friend’s father, and “Incomincia |
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la festa (The party begins),” a song
of
a journey during sleep. |
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From 1997 on, Tani
concentrated mainly on composition. In December of 1999, he encountered |
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David
Jones, a teacher of “bel canto,” the Italian 19th
century lyrical style. This meeting marked |
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an
important step in the
development of Tani’s voice. That same year, he
began to rehearse his first |
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single,
“Io e il presente (The present and I)”. |
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2000 was a
progressive year: in May, he released his mini CD
which included three songs, “Io e il presente,” “La
sposa del re,” and “Padre millennio”. |
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He
also established his own record company, Harmony Tales
Music. |
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In February 2001,
Tani dabbled with theatre. He performed at Lincoln
Center in “America! America!”. |
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In July 2003, Tani
released his second CD, entitled “Che cosa sta
accadendo (What’s happening)”. On this album, he
collaborated with Gabriele Solarino |
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on the
arrangement and on the production for Harmony Tales
Music. The mini disc, which includes four songs (“Che
cosa sta accadendo,” “Il segno della |
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storia,” “Lo
san solo gli angeli,” and “Una storia a metà”) was
recorded in New York at GS Music and Recording. |
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Recently,
a deeper vision and understanding of social and religious
issues has led the singer to express the problems that
afflict the world through poetic |
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language
and music. |
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Tani’s upcoming
release, entitled Fragment of Your Love, is
comprised of four songs, “Young Mary,” “Fragment of
Your Love,” “Feeling the Rain,” and |
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“Heart
Pierced
with Pain”. The CD was recorded in Sabella Recording
Studios in Roslyn Heights, Long Island, and was
produced and arranged by Tani |
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and
Gabriele Solarino
with collaboration by Mike Mulieri on the guitar,
Fabrice Francese on the bass, and Gabriele Solarino
on the drums. |
