Beppe Carletti, founder, leader and keyboardist of Nomadi, the longest-running Italian musical group

Giuseppe "Beppe" Carletti (born August 12, 1946) is an Italian musician, founder and keyboardist of the band I Nomadi.[1]

Career

Carletti was born in Novi di Modena, Emilia-Romagna.

He founded the Nomadi at the age of sixteen, together with Augusto Daolio, Franco Midili, Leonardo Manfredini, Gualtiero Gelmini and Antonio Campari. After Daolio's death, he remained the sole founder member still active with the band.

Carletti has always distinguished for his humanitarian and social engagement. He founded a hospital in Cambodia and Vietnam where girls victims of slavery were helped.

On February 18, 2005, Daolio's birthday, he was named Knight of Italian Republic by president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

His favourite football team is Juventus.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bonacich, Drago. "Biography: I Nomadi". Allmusic. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
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