Mauro Malavasi

{{short description|Italian pianist, songwriter and producer (born 1957)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Mauro Malavasi

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|03|21}}

| birth_place = Mirandola, Modena, Italy

| occupation = {{hlist|Music producer|songwriter}}

| years_active = 1979–present

}}

Mauro Malavasi (born 21 March 1957) is an Italian pianist, songwriter and producer.{{cite book|last=Anderson|first=Sheila E.|title=How to Grow as a Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYfI31aJt9gC&pg=PA44|year=2005|publisher=Allworth Communications, Inc.|isbn=978-1-58115-416-0|page=44}}

After graduating from the Bologna Conservatory and performing in several jazz ensambles, in 1977 he started collaborating with Jacques Fred Petrus in various disco, Italodisco and dance projects, and went on to write and produce hits with various Italian musicians.{{cite book |last1=Deregibus |first1=Enrico |title=Dizionario completo della canzone italiana |date=2006 |publisher=Giunti |isbn=978-88-09-04602-3|chapter=Mauro Malavasi}}{{cite book|author=Jones, Alan|year=2000|title=Saturday Night Forever: The Story of Disco|location=Chicago|publisher=A Capella Books|pages=52–53|isbn=9781556524110}} He received a Pico Mirandola Award in his hometown in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://fondazionecrmir.it/pico_fondazione_crmirandola.asp|title=Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Mirandola|website=fondazionecrmir.it|access-date=2020-04-07}} He created the R&B band Change, in the process discovering vocalists Luther Vandross and Jocelyn Brown, and had a million-selling single, "A Lover's Holiday".{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco, 1974-2003|publisher=Record Research|year=2004|isbn=9780898201567|location=Menomonee Falls, Wis.|page=54}} Starting from the 1984 album Viaggi organizzati, he became co-writer and producer of Italian superstar singer Lucio Dalla. In the following years he collaborated with numerous high-profile Italian artists, including Andrea Bocelli, Gianni Morandi, Gianna Nannini, Elisa, Luca Carboni, Mango, Biagio Antonacci, Tony Esposito, Gerardina Trovato, Ron.