Gian Marco


Gian Marco Javier Zignago Alcóver is a Peruvian singer-songwriter. He has won the Latin Grammy Award for the Best Singer-Songwriter Album three times. First in 2005 for his Album "Resucitar", in 2011 for his Album "Días Nuevos", and in 2012 for his Album "20 Años". Gian Marco was named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Peru.
His mother is the well-known Peruvian actress and singer :es:Regina Alcóver|María Regina Alcóver Ureta, and his father was the late Peruvian composer and singer Javier Óscar Florencio Zignago Viñas, known in the musical world as :es:Joe Danova|Joe Danova.

Biography

Childhood Beginnings

Gian Marco was born in Lima, Peru on 17 August 1970. His mother is the Peruvian actress and singer :es:Regina Alcóver|María Regina Alcóver Ureta, and his father the Peruvian composer and singer Javier Óscar Florencio Zignago Viñas, best known as :es:Joe Danova|Joe Danova. As the son of artists, Gian Marco was introduced to music at very early age. The art surrounded him during his childhood. Gian Marco grew up listening to the songs of his father, and watching his mother perform in theater.
As a child he traveled with his parents and learned to love the life style of an artist. At age 12, Gian Marco sang for the first time on television in the Argentine TV show "Domingos Gigantes", broadcast by Channel 9 in Buenos Aires under the direction of Orlando Marconi. A year later, Gian Marco sang in Caracas on the TV show "La Revista de los Sábados" impressing viewers that enjoyed a thirteen-year-old child singing a popular song titled "Eva Maria". At the age of six he recorded a 45 rpm together with his father entitled "Navidad Es".
Gian Marco attended elementary school, middle school, and High school at the Colegio Santa Margarita located in Monterrico, a middle-class neighborhood in the district of Santiago de Surco, . He played the guitar and sang in all school activities. In 1981, at age 11, Gian Marco recorded a song for the musical "Papito Piernas Largas". His mother also participated in the play. During his youth, Gian Marco participated in a series of artistic events, singing and acting, developing his talents and preparing for what would become a successful career.
After finishing school, at the age of 18, Gian Marco traveled to Santiago de Chile to pursue a graphic design career. Although things were going well for him in the graphic design field, Gian Marco continued to feel the pull of a music career. To prove himself as an artist, he began playing in the most popular venues in Santiago and Viña del Mar where he began to make a name for himself.

First album

A year and a half later he returned to Lima and one of his songs classified for the Peruvian version of the Festival OTI 1989. He managed to capture the attention of the press, being the most publicized artist at the event. It was there that Discos Independientes proposed recording his first album. At the beginning of 1990 his first production hit the national record market with the title Gian Marco: Historias that achieved hits as "Domitila" and "Mírame", under the musical direction of Pepe Ortega.
In 1992 he recorded his second album, production with the title Personal, produced in Santiago, Chile by Pepe Ortega. From this recording the songs "Te Extrañaré" and "Dame un Beso" made the charts that year. In September 1993 he won first place in the national version of the Festival OTI, and gained the right to represent Perú in the "XXII edition of the International Festival OTI" with his song "Volvamos a Empezar". The International Festival took place in Valencia, Spain.

Television and national recognition

In the mid to late 1990s he came back with other successful productions. He began to dedicate himself to composing songs, and he was called to conduct one of the most popular game shows, Campaneando, with Bruno Pinasco. Conducting this program was crucial in gaining the recognition of the wider Peruvian public. His television appearance combined with a prolific period of musical activity. He composed and recorded the albums Entre la arena y la luna, , Señora, Cuénteme , and Al Quinto Día . His fourth album, Señora, Cuénteme, is a tribute to canción criolla in which he affirms with his music the appreciation that he has for the feeling of native peoples like those in Perú.

International success

Inspired by his own dreams and a blind faith in his talent, Gian Marco decided to travel to the United States, convinced that he needed to introduce his artistic talent to the international market. He got the attention of Emilio Estefan who hired him as a composer and performer. He worked with Estefan on a couple tracks for Mandy Moore's self-titled album. This did not stop him from working on his own material, and he published A Tiempo under the label Crescent Moon/Sony; this album was heard on the most significant radio stations in the world, and sold more than 50,000 copies in Spain. The album earned him with three Latin Grammy nominations and confirmed him as the most significant Peruvian sing-songwriter of recent times.
In that same year, Gian Marco recorded the theme song for the Americas Cup that would be played in Perú in 2004. The song entitled "Más allá de los sueños", became a resounding success. In 2003, he received the "Artista Revelación Latino" prize in the Musical Arts Awards of the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores de España .
Later came the album Resucitar , a much more organic album that, as he says "doesn't sing as much about lost love as the previous one, it's a more positive album". This disc had unbelievable success, which brought him a Latin Grammy in 2005. Several singles were released from this album: "Resucitar", "Sin querer", "Gota de lluvia", "Después de mi", "Lejos de ti",, and "Soy".

15 years of career

On 2005 Gian Marco held a show at the Estadio Monumental de Perú to celebrate his career of 15 years, and had more than 40,000 spectators. Several guests including Regina Alcover, Mauricio y Palo de Agua, Pelo Madueño and Antonio Cartagena, among others, clothed in this emotional Gianmarco concert. The concert ended with a rendition of "Hoy", which ended with a mix of "huaynos". Grandes Éxitos, was released in 2006, by Phantom Records only in Peruvian territory. This album focuses at Gian Marco's fifth album Al Quinto Día, and also highlight the best songs of his other works. Also that year, he recorded the song for the animated film Dragones: Destino de fuego , where is the performer of the soundtrack, also titled "Destino de fuego".
On 17 November 2006, Gian Marco releases 8, which includes ten unreleased tracks and features the first single in Peruvian territory, a song titled "No te avisa", for the rest of the world, the first single was "¿Qué Pasa?", a song in which Gian Marco foray into the rap and gives its followers a somewhat different sound than they normally are used to hear. The album 20 Years, was made to celebrate 20 years of artistic life. There are 20 songs, 18 of which are re-recorded, and two unreleased songs "Invisible" and "In another Life". The song "Invisible" was composed by Gian Marco and Amaury Gutierrez. In 2012 he was awarded in Mexico a Quadruple Platinum Certification by his label for selling over 400,000 copies of his albums in Latin America since the beginning of his career as an independent artist in 2006. Later that year he won his third Latin Grammy.

Artistry

The singer has been making public the Latin American market as a composer, and also has written songs for Marc Anthony, Pandora, Jon Secada, Jaci Velasquez, Obie Bermúdez, Emmanuel, Alejandro Fernández, and Gloria Estefan, Luis Enrique, among others. Gian Marco has been important brand image as Pepsi, Inca Kola, currently one of the leading companies in mobile telephony in Peru Claro. Is recognized as one of the best songwriter in Peruvian history.

Awards and nominations

Discography

''Historias'' (1990)

  1. Canción De Amor
  2. Domitila
  3. Te Extrañaré
  4. Ojalá No Sea Tarde
  5. Dame Un Beso
  6. Mírame
  7. Dos Historias
  8. Avísame
  9. Somos Dos
  10. ¿Cuántas Horas Más?
  11. Dejame Soñar Contigo
  12. Libres
  13. Corazón Solitario
  14. Shubi Duwa
  15. No Hieras Mi Corazón

    ''Personal'' (1992)

  16. Dame Un Beso
  17. Te Extrañaré
  18. Libres
  19. Shubi Duwa
  20. ¿Cuántas Horas Más?
  21. Negrita
  22. No Hieras Mi Corazón
  23. Canción de Amor
  24. Dos Historias
  25. Te Estoy Buscando
  26. Somos Dos

    ''Entre la Arena y la Luna'' (1994)

  27. No Puedo Amarte
  28. Gorrión
  29. Quédate
  30. ¿Dónde Estarás?
  31. Parte de Este Juego
  32. Cuando Quiero Amarte
  33. Corazón de Cartón
  34. Tómate el Tiempo Que Quieras
  35. Ya Tienes Dueño

    ''Señora, Cuénteme'' (1996)

  36. La Flor de la Canela
  37. Caricia
  38. Camarón
  39. Extravío
  40. Jamás Impedirás
  41. Jarana
  42. Gracia
  43. Señora, Cuénteme
  44. Secreto
  45. Cuando Llora Mi Guitarra
  46. El Plebeyo
  47. Ojos Azules
  48. Viva el Perú y Sereno
  49. Corazón
  50. Shadia

    ''Al Quinto Día'' (1997)

  51. Si Estuvieras Aquí
  52. Verano o Primavera en Abril
  53. Mírame
  54. Sé Que Piensas en Mi
  55. Muero Por Ti
  56. Fragilidad
  57. Corazón en la Ciudad
  58. Déjame Amarte
  59. Funky Aha

    ''A Tiempo'' (2002)

  60. Se Me Olvidó
  61. Al Otro Lado de la Luna
  62. Su Encanto en Mi
  63. Te Mentiría
  64. Por Ti
  65. Lamento
  66. Simplemente Espiritual
  67. No Logro Entender
  68. Retrato
  69. Mujer
  70. Ave María
  71. Volveré
  72. Sentirme Vivo
  73. Se Me Olvidó
  74. Se Me Olvidó

    ''Resucitar'' (2004)

  75. Gota de Lluvia
  76. Después de Mi
  77. Resucitar
  78. Sortearme en Tu Suerte
  79. Sin Querer
  80. Flor de Arena
  81. Si Me Vuelvo a Enamorar
  82. Lejos de Ti
  83. En Cada Recuerdo
  84. Soy
  85. Ayer
  86. Tú y Yo

    ''Grandes Éxitos'' (2006)

  87. Sé Que Piensas en Mi
  88. Fragilidad
  89. Mírame
  90. Sin Querer
  91. Se Me Olvidó
  92. Resucitar
  93. Lamento
  94. Lejos de Ti
  95. Si Estuvieras Aquí
  96. Gota de Lluvia
  97. Al Otro Lado de la luna
  98. Corazón en la Ciudad
  99. Después de Mi
  100. Te Mentiría

    ''8'' (2006)

  101. El Amor Es Un Juego
  102. Dibújame el Camino
  103. Cuando Tú No Estás
  104. Quiero Saber
  105. Sin Permiso
  106. ¿Qué Pasa?
  107. No Te Avisa
  108. Loco
  109. Nunca Más Te Ví
  110. Vientos del Sur

    ''Desde Adentro'' (2008)

  111. Canta Corazón
  112. Hasta Que Vuelvas Conmigo
  113. Hasta Que la Vida Pase
  114. Tu Fotografía
  115. Mientras Tanto
  116. Tengo Ganas
  117. Me Cansé de Ti
  118. Parte de Este Juego
  119. Sentirme Vivo
  120. Todavía
  121. Hoy
  122. Lamento

    ''En Vivo Desde el Lunario'' (2009)

  123. Vientos del Sur
  124. Hoy
  125. Canta Corazón
  126. Hasta Que la Vida Pase
  127. Mientras Tanto
  128. Me Cansé de Ti
  129. Lamento
  130. Se Me Olvidó
  131. Gota de Lluvia
  132. Tu Fotografía
  133. Todavía
  134. Hasta Que Vuelvas Conmigo
  135. Quiero Saber
  136. Lejos de Ti
  137. Retrato
  138. Sin Querer
  139. Sentirme Vivo

    En Tiempo Real DVD (2010)

  140. Dime donde
  141. Ando por la visavida
  142. Amores imperfectos
  143. De paseo
  144. Desde hace un mes
  145. En venta
  146. Expreso 2222
  147. Ojos azule/Adiós pueblo de Ayacucho/Valicha
  148. Roxanne
  149. Imagina
  150. Sentirme vivo

    ''Días Nuevos'' (2011)

  151. Cuéntame
  152. Más Allá
  153. Respirar
  154. Desde Hace Un Mes
  155. De Paseo
  156. Dime Dónde
  157. Amores Imperfectos
  158. Sabes Que Cuentas Conmigo
  159. En Venta
  160. Si Me Tenías
  161. Días Nuevos

    ''20 años'' (2012)

  162. Canción de Amor
  163. No Puedo Amarte
  164. Parte de Este Juego
  165. Invisible
  166. Sé Que Piensas en Mí
  167. Fragilidad
  168. Sentirme Vivo
  169. Se Me Olvidó
  170. Te Mentiría
  171. Retrato
  172. Lamento
  173. Resucitar
  174. Lejos de Ti
  175. Al Otro Lado de la Luna
  176. Hoy
  177. En Otra Vida
  178. Hasta Que Vuelvas Conmigo
  179. Canta Corazón
  180. Dime Donde
  181. Días Nuevos

    ''Versiones'' (2013)

  182. Cartas Amarillas
  183. Almohada
  184. Capullito de Aleli
  185. Amor de mis Amores
  186. Come Fly With Me
  187. Perfidia
  188. La Flor de la Canela
  189. Domitila
  190. Ella
  191. Corcovado
  192. Tal Para Cual
  193. La Vida Nos Espera
  194. Si No Fuera Por Ti
  195. Rabo de Nube

    ''Libre'' (2015)

  196. Aunque ya no vuelva a verte
  197. Mis Cicatrices
  198. Vida de mi Vida
  199. La Vida Entera
  200. Tengo el Alma Perdida
  201. Tan Fuerte
  202. Siempre Tú
  203. El Amor Que Te Tuve
  204. Quiéreme
  205. Tu Mejor Amigo

    ''Intuición'' (2018)

  206. Más de lo que yo te Quiero
  207. Tú No Te Imaginas
  208. Me Gusta mi Soledad
  209. Bésame
  210. Lo Que Nunca Fui con Nadie
  211. Nadie Más que Tú
  212. Sácala a Bailar
  213. Empecemos a Vivir
  214. Nada Cambia
  215. Cómo Decirte Que No
  216. Tú No Te Imaginas – Bachata Version

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