Celso Valli, producer of Vasco Rossi, Eros Ramazzotti, and Laura Pausini, has died.

Bolognese composer, arranger, and record producer Celso Valli has died. He was 75 years old. During his long career, he worked with Vasco Rossi, Eros Ramazzotti, Laura Pausini, and Giorgia .

“Celso, I'll miss you, maestro,” Eros Ramazzotti's greeting on social media. Born in Bologna on May 14, 1950, he approached music at a very young age and by the age of fifteen was already at the Giovanni Battista Martini Conservatory in Bologna. The beginning of his career was marked by jazz. From jazz to progressive rock he then became one of the exponents of Italo disco. He then moved on to the profession that would lead him to work with the greatest Italian musicians: arranger and producer. In the second half of the Seventies he collaborated with Drupi ( Provincia ), Bruno Tavernese ( Marea ), Gianni Bella ( Dolce uragano ) and Mango ( Arlecchino ). In 1978 he produced Ricominciamo which relaunched Adriano Pappalardo and then with Mina ( Anche un uomo ).

In the 1980s, her career boomed, as well as working with Gianni Morandi, Marcella Bella, Raf, Matia Bazar , Fabio Concato, Fiorella Mannoia, Mogol Battisti , Ivan Graziani , and Miguel Bosé . She also collaborated internationally (in the United States and England). During those years, she met Eros Ramazzotti, with whom she began, after her victory at the 1984 Sanremo Music Festival with "Terra promessa," a collaboration that lasted for years, on songs such as Adesso tu, Una storia importante, Musica è, Se bastasse una canzone, Cose della vita, Più bella cosa, and Un'emozione per sempre .

In the late 1980s, he met Vasco Rossi, with whom he produced Guarda dove vai, the only unreleased song on the album Fronte del palco , Senza parole, Sally , and Marea from the album Nessun pericolo... per te . The collaboration with Vasco also lasted for many years. Despite these big hits, Celso Valli continued to expand his portfolio of artists: Laura Pausini, Renato Zero, Adriano Celentano, Jovanotti , as well as Biagio Antonacci and Alessandra Amoroso . Over the course of his career, he has achieved gold and platinum records, and a Latin Grammy Award for Laura Pausini's album Primavera Anticipada .

Valli was also a prominent figure at the Sanremo Music Festival for decades, conducting the orchestra for many artists, often contributing to historic victories. His last appearance at the Ariston Theatre was in 2023, alongside Ultimo and Eros Ramazzotti in a stirring medley of the Roman singer-songwriter's greatest hits.