Italian pianist, songwriter and producer (born 1957)
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Mauro Malavasi (born 21 March 1957) is an Italian pianist, songwriter and producer.[1] He was an important figure in Italian disco with his business partner Jacques Fred Petrus[2] and went on to write and produce hits with various Italian musicians. He received a Pico Mirandola Award in his hometown in 2008.[3] 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".[4] Later in his career he became co-writer and producer of Italian superstar singer Lucio Dalla.
