Milva

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Milva, 2009
Milva with the songwriter Salvatore Mazzocco (left) and the singer Mario Trevi , 1961

Milva (born July 17, 1939 as Maria Ilva Biolcati in Goro , † April 23, 2021 in Milan ) was an Italian singer and actress . She sang in several languages ​​- including German - and was also internationally successful. She was nicknamed La Rossa ("the red one").

Life

Milva won a competition with the Italian television company Rai in 1961 and reached 3rd place at the Sanremo Festival . After that, she became a star in Italy. From her marriage, which lasted from 1961 to 1969, to her then manager and sponsor Maurizio Corgnati , there was a daughter, born in 1963, the art critic Martina Corgnati .

In 1965 Giorgio Strehler signed her to the Piccolo Teatro in Milan . Milva later said about it: "The theater became my great passion, and I worked a lot and very closely with Giorgio Strehler." In 1978 she recorded the single Living together with the music of Mikis Theodorakis (text: Thomas Woitkewitsch ) and became through it also known in the German-speaking area. Numerous concerts, tours and other German-language recordings followed, of which Freedom in My Language ( Ennio Morricone , Thomas Woitkewitsch) and Hurray, We're Still Living ( Klaus Doldinger , Thomas Woitkewitsch) were the most successful.

Milva took part in the Sanremo Festival a total of fifteen times between 1961 and 2007 . There Tango italiano was her greatest success in 1962 in second place. She holds the record with the most participations without a win. In the 1980s she acted in several feature films. The committed socialist also made a name for herself with songs by Bertolt Brecht . Milva has appeared on numerous music shows on television programs in Central, Western and Southern Europe. She sang her songs not only in Italian , but also in English , German, French, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Japanese.

In addition to the chanson , Milva was an interpreter of Astor Piazzolla and worked on various tango recordings with himself and groups in his tradition. Her most successful album in Germany (up to number 7 in the charts) was Von Tag zu Tag with songs by the Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, which was also produced in an Italian (La mia età) and a French (Attends, la vie) version . In August 2008 Milva performed together with Montserrat Caballé and Angelika Milster on the Theaterplatz in Dresden at Diva Maxima .

In 2010, Milva announced that she would no longer perform for health reasons. She suffered from memory problems. Her last album contains songs by Franco Battiato . In 2011, Milva and Stephan Sulke recorded the song that Sulke wrote in 1984, Das muss geht noch auf in a duet. This new version was released in 2011 on Sulke's album Ducks I should have bred … . In March 2012 she performed in the Musikantenstadl .

Milva was nicknamed La Rossa ("the red one"), not only because of her hair color, but also because of her political views. She lived in Milan and died there after a long illness in April 2021 at the age of 81.

Discography

Chart placements
Explanation of the data
Albums
From day to day
  DE 7th 
platinum
platinum
09/18/1978 (29 weeks)
What I think
  DE 18th 
gold
gold
08/13/1979 (53 weeks)
When we meet again
  DE 24 06/09/1980 (17 weeks)
I am not afraid
  DE 16 
gold
gold
03/02/1981 (48 weeks)
The concert
  DE 45 04/12/1982 (5 weeks)
Always more
  DE 20th 10/11/1982 (16 weeks)
Unmistakable
  DE 38 12/12/1983 (18 weeks)
Faces of a woman
  DE 16 04/02/1984 (10 weeks)
  CH 25th 04/15/1984 (2 weeks)
Courage to take risks
  DE 18th 03/25/1985 (20 weeks)
Secrets
  DE 41 10/06/1986 (10 weeks)
On the way to tomorrow
  DE 25th 04/11/1988 (12 weeks)
A coming and going
  DE 69 01/14/1991 (8 weeks)
Stations
  DE 66 12/07/1992 (8 weeks)
Singles
Non pianger più Argentina
  CH 7th 06/25/1977 (8 weeks)
Living together
  DE 22nd 10/16/1978 (12 weeks)
You've got it good
  DE 41 07/13/1981 (9 weeks)
I don't really know myself
  DE 65 11/16/1992 (5 weeks)
My way with you
  DE 94 02/22/1993 (2 weeks)

Albums (selection)

  • 1968: Tango Milva
  • 1970: Canzoni di Édith Piaf
  • 1971: Milva canta Brecht
  • 1975: Brecht
  • 1976: Libertà
  • 1976: Canzone dall'Italia
  • 1977: Non pianger più Argentina
  • 1977: On the wings of colorful dreams
  • 1978: From day to day (Milva sings Mikis Theodorakis )
  • 1979: What I think
  • 1980: La rossa
  • 1981: I'm not afraid
  • 1982: More and more
  • 1983: Unmistakable
  • 1983: The seven deadly sins of the petty bourgeoisie (Brecht / Weill)
  • 1984: faces of a woman
  • 1985: courage to take risks
  • 1985: Milva and Astor Piazzolla live at the bouffes du nord
  • 1986: secrets
  • 1986: Tra due sogni
  • 1988: On the way to tomorrow
  • 1989: In Concert
  • 1989: Una storia inventata
  • 1990: Coming and going
  • 1991: feeling and mind
  • 1992: Stations (Best of incl. 2 new titles)
  • 1993: Milva canta Thanos Mikroutsikos (Volpe D'Amore)
  • 1993: Uomini addosso
  • 1994: Yours is all my heart
  • 1995: A thousand and one nights
  • 1995: I successi di Milva
  • 1996: Milva canta un nuovo Brecht
  • 1997: Mia bella Napoli
  • 1998: El Tango de Astor Piazzolla
  • 1999: being strong
  • 1999: Fammi Luce
  • 2001: Artisti
  • 2001: Canti popolari
  • 2001: La Chanson francaise
  • 2004: Milva canta Merini
  • 2007: In territorio nemico
  • 2010: Non conosco nessun Patrizio (Milva canta Battiato)

Video albums

  • Artisti - The best of yesterday and today
  • Milva canta Merini - live at Milano Piccolo Teatro
  • El tango - Live in Barcelona
  • Milva canta Brecht

Filmography

Honors

Web links

Commons : Milva  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Meo Ponte: E 'morto Corgnati, Scopri' MILVA. In: La Repubblica . March 31, 1992, accessed January 1, 2019 (Italian). Anna Eunike Röhrig: Milva. In: FemBio. Women's biography research (with references and citations). Accessed January 1, 2019.
  2. ^ A b Alfried Schmitz: Music: “La Milva” is 75. In: dw.com . July 14, 2014, accessed January 1, 2019 .
  3. ^ Davide Martin: Guida Sanremo: I grandi del Festival: Milva. In: guide.superEva.it. 2015, accessed January 1, 2019 (Italian).
  4. ↑ Milva is turning her back on the show stage after 52 years. In: Swiss television . September 9, 2010, archived from the original on June 13, 2013 ; accessed on January 1, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Diva with a big voice: Milva is 80. In: dw.com. July 17, 2019, accessed April 15, 2021 .
  6. ↑ Red was her color and her passion: Singer Milva died. Article of the culture section. In: BR24 . Bayerischer Rundfunk , April 24, 2021, accessed on April 24, 2021 .
  7. ^ "Ciao bella": Singer Milva died in Milan. In: Euronews . April 24, 2021, accessed April 24, 2021 .
  8. ↑ Chart sources: DE CH
  9. ↑ Awards for Music Sales: Gold / Platinum Database for Germany
  10. ↑ a b Federal Cross of Merit for Milva. In: MusikWoche . May 26, 2006, accessed April 24, 2021 .
  11. ↑ Biolcati Sig.ra Ilvia Maria in arte Milva. In: quirinale.it. June 2, 2007, accessed on April 24, 2021 : "Commendatore Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana"
  12. ↑ Come Letta: i cavalieri italiani della Legion d'onore, slide show. In: corriere.it. March 28, 2016, accessed on April 24, 2021 : "16/20: 11 September 2009: Jean-Marc de La Sablière, ambasciatore di Francia in Italia, conferisce a Milva l'onorificenza di cavaliere della Legion d'Onore."
personal data
SURNAME Milva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Biolcati, Maria Ilva (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer and actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Goro , Ferrara Province
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH Milan