{"id":5351,"date":"2019-11-04T15:40:10","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.barrettamusic.com\/?page_id=5351"},"modified":"2019-11-04T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:52:35","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.barrettamusic.com\/index.php\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"BIOGRAPHY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><section data-kc-fullheight=\"true\" class=\"kc-elm kc-css-738078 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-657737 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-387911 kc-raw-code\"><link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css?family=Oswald:400\" rel=\"stylesheet\" property=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">\n<div id=\"rev_slider_14_1_wrapper\" class=\"rev_slider_wrapper fullscreen-container\" data-source=\"gallery\" style=\"background:transparent;padding:0px;\">\n<!-- START REVOLUTION SLIDER 5.4.8.3 fullscreen mode -->\n\t<div id=\"rev_slider_14_1\" class=\"rev_slider fullscreenbanner\" style=\"display:none;\" data-version=\"5.4.8.3\">\n<ul>\t<!-- SLIDE  -->\n\t<li data-index=\"rs-32\" data-transition=\"zoomin\" data-slotamount=\"default\" data-hideafterloop=\"0\" data-hideslideonmobile=\"off\"  data-easein=\"default\" data-easeout=\"default\" data-masterspeed=\"default\"  data-thumb=\"https:\/\/www.barrettamusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bio-photoshop-100x50.png\"  data-rotate=\"0\"  data-saveperformance=\"off\"  data-title=\"Chill\" data-param1=\"\" data-param2=\"\" data-param3=\"\" data-param4=\"\" data-param5=\"\" data-param6=\"\" data-param7=\"\" data-param8=\"\" data-param9=\"\" data-param10=\"\" data-description=\"\">\n\t\t<!-- MAIN IMAGE -->\n\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/www.barrettamusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/bio-photoshop.png\"  alt=\"\" title=\"bio-photoshop\"  width=\"2043\" height=\"1376\" data-bgposition=\"right top\" data-bgfit=\"cover\" data-bgrepeat=\"no-repeat\" data-bgparallax=\"4\" class=\"rev-slidebg\" data-no-retina>\n\t\t<!-- LAYERS -->\n\n\t\t<!-- LAYER NR. 1 -->\n\t\t<div class=\"tp-caption NotGeneric-Title   tp-resizeme  font-family-oswald  rs-parallaxlevel-3\" \n\t\t\t id=\"slide-32-layer-1\" \n\t\t\t data-x=\"['center','left','left','left']\" data-hoffset=\"['-381','10','11','12']\" \n\t\t\t data-y=\"['middle','middle','middle','top']\" data-voffset=\"['-169','-56','-76','86']\" \n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-fontsize=\"['53','53','53','40']\"\n\t\t\tdata-lineheight=\"['','70','70','60']\"\n\t\t\tdata-width=\"['457','none','none','none']\"\n\t\t\tdata-height=\"['93','none','none','none']\"\n\t\t\tdata-whitespace=\"['normal','nowrap','nowrap','nowrap']\"\n \n\t\t\tdata-type=\"text\" \n\t\t\tdata-responsive_offset=\"on\" \n\n\t\t\tdata-frames='[{\"delay\":1000,\"speed\":1500,\"frame\":\"0\",\"from\":\"z:0;rX:0;rY:0;rZ:0;sX:0.9;sY:0.9;skX:0;skY:0;opacity:0;\",\"to\":\"o:1;\",\"ease\":\"Power3.easeInOut\"},{\"delay\":\"wait\",\"speed\":1000,\"frame\":\"999\",\"to\":\"opacity:0;\",\"ease\":\"Power2.easeIn\"}]'\n\t\t\tdata-textAlign=\"['left','left','left','left']\"\n\t\t\tdata-paddingtop=\"[10,10,10,10]\"\n\t\t\tdata-paddingright=\"[0,0,0,0]\"\n\t\t\tdata-paddingbottom=\"[10,10,10,10]\"\n\t\t\tdata-paddingleft=\"[0,0,0,0]\"\n\n\t\t\tstyle=\"z-index: 5; 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You feel carried away to a summer\u2019s night in Italy with his Celentano Show. He will take you on an unforgettable musical journey around the world, with hits in 7 languages from Celentano, Zucchero and Ramazotti to Pavarotti. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From his vast repertoire of over one thousand songs he can delight you with southern rhythms and stir you to dance with a hot mix of Salsa, Flamenco, Rock \u2018n Roll, Foxtrot or Twist! No matter where, his infectious personality and brilliant musicality gets the audience to \u201crock around the clock\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-335216 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-531032 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\">            <div\n                class=\"heading style-2\" >\n                <h2 class=\"title\">\n                    Musician of exceptional talent: Michele Barretta                                            <i class=\"fa-star\"><\/i>\n                                    <\/h2>\n                                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-582467 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p><em>Michele Barretta comes from a musical family in Italy. His grandfather was known as one of the best Tarantella dancers of Calabria. 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