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Lupa

Lupa is an Italian Female Artiste based in the UK. Singer-song writer, producer, band leader and founder of Lupamusic.

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Lupa (UK) – voice / composer/ producer/band leader/label director HISTORY ”Antima Abbamonte” aka Lupa, Italian-born/raised now resident in the UK, begun her artistic career at the age of three with classical piano lessons and modeling for the House of 'Vogue Children' in Milan. She studied the Dramatic Arts in Italy (training with popular and controversial theatrical duo Franca Rame and winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature Dario Fo') and in England where she obtained LAMDA acting qualifications. Antima pursued the acting vocation on the British stages and screens. In 1994 she translated, adapted and performed the acclaimed Italian ‘One Woman Show’ at the Carsholton Studio Theatre in south London, an 80 mins-2 acts political farce written by Franca Rame and Dario Fo'. Her musical calling came in 1996 when, during a trip to Los Angeles, at a party held at Drejss (West Hollywood) by the Artist formerly known as ‘Prince’, she met Italo-American musicians Jules Buccieri and Chris Mancini (son of the composer Henry Mancini), who were to become her friends and musical mentors, and British writer Dick Hebdige (former MD at the Californian Institute of Arts now Professor of Film Studies and Art Studio Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center at UCSB Santa Barbara CA) who named her Lupa, like the savage and maternal legendary she-wolf which raised the two infants Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome. Lupa has since been writing, arranging, producing and performing with a number of local and international talents including: Pavel Jakub Ryba (CZ), Bryan Corbett (UK), Sandro & Alfonso Deidda (Italy), Roger Inniss (UK) , The Birmingham Ronnie Scott’s House Trio (UK), TJ Rehmi (UK/India), DJ Pippi (Ibiza Spain), Jon Cotton (UK), Andrew Griffiths (Barbados), Tom Hill (USA), Paul Sawtell (UK), Edgar Macias Piquero (Venezuela), Alvin Davis (UK), Miles Levin (UK), Zoltan Dekany (USA) and Soweto Kinch (UK)…

DISCOGRAPHY 2005 Lupa releases her debut album 'HOUSE OF BLUE', (Lupamusic) a collection of recordings of original compositions including the re-working of 'Goodbye Pork Pie Hat' (a tribute to her favourite artists Charlie Mingus and Joni Mitchell) and of 'Brucia La Terra' (the love theme from the Godfather). Lupa recorded 'Brucia La Terra' during the pre- production of Francis Ford Coppola “The Godfather 4” and then met F.F.Coppola in San Francisco to discuss the inclusion of the track in the film sound track. The film ultimately never entered production. 2005 Lupa also collaborates/features on Alvin Davies ‘COMMOTION’ (Hornblower Music) and Bryan Corbett ‘PRESSURE VALVE’ (Woodland Records). 2006 during her first UK Tour in February Lupa records her band live ‘LUPA live at SYMPHONY HALL’ in Birmingham (Lupamusic). 2006/7/8/9 also see the world wide release of Lupa's new lounge project tracks such as: “if u close yr eyes”, Mirror Of My Mind are featured on on various indie jazz label such as: Irma Records, High Note Records, Tricorn Music... Lupa is currently working on her new album, a single entitled WE LOVE YOU MORE has recently been released on her lable Lupamusic and is available on sale on iTunes & Amazon worldwide. TOURS Lupa has toured the Czech Republic guesting on local jazz star (bassist) Pavel Jakub Ryba and has completed two of her own national tours of the UK last year (February / November 2006) which presented Maestro Alfonso Deidda (piano, alto sax, flute) to the British audiences. This spring 2007 UK tour features Simon King (piano/guitar), Roger Inniss (fretless, electric, acoustic bass) Miles Levin (drums) and Bryan Corbett (trumpet, fluegelhorn). Lupa has performed in various venues around the UK/Europe including the popular Birmingham Symphony Hall and the stylish London Jazz venue Pizza On The Park.

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