Alice (singer)

Carla Bissi (born 26 September 1954), known professionally as Alice (Italian pronunciation: [aˈliːtʃe]) or Alice Visconti, is an Italian singer-songwriter and pianist who began her career in the early 1970s. After releasing three albums by the end of the decade, her breakthrough came in 1981 when she won the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Per Elisa". This was followed by European hit singles like "Una notte speciale", "Messaggio", "Chan-son Egocentrique", "Prospettiva Nevski" and "Nomadi" and albums like Gioielli rubati, Park Hotel, Elisir, and Il sole nella pioggia which charted in Continental Europe, Scandinavia, and Japan.

This article is about the Italian singer-songwriter Alice. For other uses, see Alice (disambiguation).

Alice
Alice live in concert, 20 March 2009
Background information
Birth nameCarla Bissi
Also known asAlice Visconti
Born (1954-09-26) 26 September 1954
Forlì, Forlì-Cesena, Italy
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals
piano
keyboards
Years active1971–present
Labels
  • CBS Records
  • EMI
  • Warner Bros. Records
  • NuN Music
Websitewww.alice-officialwebsite.com

In 1984, she represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest with "I treni di Tozeur", a duet with longtime collaborator Franco Battiato. In her more recent career Alice has explored a diverse range of musical genres including classical, jazz, electronica and ambient, and has collaborated with a large number of renowned English and American musicians. Her latest album Samsara was released in 2012.

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