Nino Vella
{{Short description|French composer, pianist, singer, and music producer (1992–2024)}}
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| birth_place = Cholet, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2024|07|01|1992|11|18}}
| death_place = Paris, France
| nationality = French
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Nino Vella (18 November 1992 – 1 July 2024) was a French composer, pianist, singer, and music producer.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2 April 2023|title=Une première mondiale pour le Choletais Nino Vella|trans-title= |url=https://www.francelive.fr/teaser/ouest-france/une-premiere-mondiale-pour-le-choletais-nino-vella-7951285/|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221151131/https://www.francelive.fr/teaser/ouest-france/une-premiere-mondiale-pour-le-choletais-nino-vella-7951285/|archivedate=21 December 2023|language=French|work=France Live|location= |access-date=4 July 2024}}{{cite news |last=Vignaud|first=Juliette|date=3 July 2024|title=Le musicien Nino Vella, membre du groupe Rouquine, est mort à l'âge de 31 ans|trans-title= |url=https://www.lepoint.fr/people/le-musicien-nino-vella-membre-du-groupe-rouquine-est-mort-a-l-age-de-31-ans-03-07-2024-2564709_2116.php|language=French|work=Le Point|location= |access-date=4 July 2024}}
Biography
Born in Cholet on 18 November 1992, Vella took up an interest in music at a young age, beginning music school at age six. He first studied classical music and jazz before learning electronic music at the age of 11 in a small studio in his parents' home. He joined his first bands at age 14, where he was a pianist, singer, guitarist, and drummer. In 2012, when he was 19, he received the Prix de Piano et le Prix d’Orchestration au Conservatoire de Cholet.
After finishing his baccalauréat, Vella composed original music for multiple plays before created the band Babel.{{cite news |last=Delafontaine|first=Sophie|date=24 April 2017|title=Musique. Nino Vella, le compositeur que l'on s'arrache|trans-title= |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/cholet-49300/musique-nino-vella-le-compositeur-que-l-s-arrache-4947624|language=French|work=Ouest-France|location=Cholet|access-date=4 July 2024}} With the band, he performed in France, Canada, and China from 2010 to 2018. In 2016, he produced his first rap album for {{ill|Boostee|fr}} before signing a contract with Universal Music Publishing Group. Afterwards, he collaborated with the likes of Maes, Yseult, Yannick Noah, Olivia Ruiz, Mylène Farmer, and Eddy de Pretto.{{cite news |last=Bureau|first=Éric|date=17 September 2022|title=Festival Paris Paradis : cette piquante Rouquine n'a pas froid aux yeux|trans-title= |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/festival-paris-paradis-cette-piquante-rouquine-na-pas-froid-aux-yeux-17-09-2022-XK6ZNN3XFRH4TEI6AVIIDO6ZTI.php|language=French|work=Le Parisien|location= |access-date=4 July 2024}} In 2020, he composed music for the Netflix original film {{ill|How I Became a Super Hero|fr|Comment je suis devenu super-héros}}.{{cite news |last=Maz-Loumides|first=Julia|date=27 July 2021|title=ENTRETIEN. Du conservatoire de Cholet à Netflix : le parcours fou du musicien Nino Vella|trans-title= |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/cholet-49300/cholet-du-conservatoire-a-netflix-entretien-avec-nino-vella-9ed7beb8-edfa-11eb-9cf7-7bee30f25d08|language=French|work=Ouest-France|location=Cholet|access-date=4 July 2024}} In 2021, he went on tour with the singer Yseult as a pianist and singer.{{cite news |last=Boiteau|first=Yves|date=18 January 2021|title=Musique. Le pianiste choletais Nino Vella vit un bonheur éveillé aux côtés de la chanteuse Yseult|trans-title= |url=https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/cholet-49300/cholet-nino-vella-un-bonheur-eveille-aux-cotes-d-yseult-db9492e0-58e0-11eb-ac38-a10ca3f77d04|language=French|work=Le Courrier de l'Ouest|location= |access-date=4 July 2024}} He also accompanied the singers Vianney and Julien Clerc. After creating his own record label, he founded the band Rouquine alongside Sébastien Rousselet in 2020. A year later, the duo won the show The Artist, hosted by Nagui.{{cite news |last=Merle|first=Sylvain|date=16 October 2021|title=Le groupe Rouquine, vainqueur de «The Artist» sur France 2 : «On voulait juste aller au bout, gagner, c'est du plus»|trans-title= |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/tv/le-groupe-rouquine-vainqueur-de-the-artist-sur-france-2-on-voulait-juste-aller-au-bout-gagner-cest-du-plus-16-10-2021-WQCOCJV7YJBCPG4BRHRBGRQSUY.php|language=French|work=Le Parisien|location= |access-date=4 July 2024}} The victory was followed by an album titled Masculine, which was toured through France, Switzerland, China, and Belgium, as well as at the Printemps de Bourges.
Vella died in Paris on 1 July 2024, at the age of 31.{{cite news |last=Marolle|first=Emmanuel|date=2 July 2024|title=Mort du musicien Nino Vella, membre du duo Rouquine, à l'âge de 31 ans|trans-title= |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/mort-du-musicien-nino-vella-membre-du-duo-rouquine-a-lage-de-31-ans-02-07-2024-L4QYFVNSD5ARBDNJKGEHUODZDM.php|language=French|work=Le Parisien|location= |access-date=4 July 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{discogs artist|Nino Vella}}
- {{imdb name|5971407}}
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Category:21st-century French pianists
Category:21st-century French singers
Category:French film score composers