Berthe, Loredana

She was born in a family of teachers, her father taught Latin and Greek at the Lyceum , her mother worked as a teacher in high school. The elder sister - Mia Martini , also became a famous Italian singer. After her parents divorced, she moved with her mother and sisters to Rome in 1965 , where she started as a dancer at the famous Piper Club, meeting Renato Dzero .

In 1966 she performed in the dance group “Collettoni and Collettini” (“Collettoni e Collettini”), accompanying the tour of Rita Pavone . She played in performances with Renato Zero. The first studio recording, as a chorus girl , along with sister Mia, in Chico Buarque de Hollanda's album “In the rhythm of samba” (“Per un pugno di Samba”), arranged by Ennio Morricone . In 1970 he participated in the Italian version of the musical “Hair” , in 1971 - backing vocalist of the first album of Mia’s sister, starring in the first episodic roles in the films “Those Beauties Are Us” (“Quelli belli ... siamo noi”) D. Mariuzzo (1970) and “Enough to look at her” (“Basta guardarla”) by L. Salse (1971), in the experimental rock opera “Orpheus-9”. Her first love story began with tennis player Adriano Panatta . In 1974 he participated in the televersion of the operetta “No, no Nanette” (“No no Nanette”), starred nude for “Playboy” . In 1974, Mia Martini introduced her to producer Alfredo Cherruti, the result was a contract with CGD and the first album “Streaking”, excessive provocative sexuality prompted censorship to remove the album from sale.

The first success came in 1975 , the song “You are Beautiful” (“Sei bellissima”, by C. Claudio Daiano and J.-P. Felisatti), also censored, was performed by Loredana at the “Disco” festival per l'estate ”, and despite not reaching the finals, spent 14 weeks in the Italian charts, then entered the album“ Normal or Super ”(“ Normale o super ”, 1976) - the first produced by Mario Lavezzi , as well as with the first song of one of the largest Italian composers Ivano Fossati. His song “Dedicato”, performed in 1978 by Berthe, and again censored, this time political, was repeatedly heard on Italian TV. The 1979 album “BandaBertè”, including the song “And the moon knocked ...” (“... E la luna bussò”, in the reggae rhythm), again reached high places in the Italian charts. For this album, Berthe again receives the Vota la voce award as the best performer. In 1981, Loredana spent several months in the USA , recording the album “Made in Italy”, in New York he meets with E. Warhol .

In 1982, Berthe won the “Festival Bar” with the song “I am not that Signora” (“Non sono una signora”, which rose to 5th place in the weekly and to 32th in the annual charts of Italy ^[2] ), included in one of the most her successful albums “Relocations” (“Traslocando”, 7th and 38th places, respectively ^[3] ). The album producer is again I. Fossati, who also became the author of a number of songs that differ in interesting melodies and philosophical texts. In 1983 , the albums “Unreleased” (“Lorinedita”) and “Jazz” (“Jazz” recorded in London and New York , prod. - Fossati) appeared. Berthe speaks at Madison Square Garden , participates in numerous Italian television programs (Fantastico et al.), Marries Roberto Berger, son of billionaire Tommaso Berger, the marriage did not last long. In 1984, in the delicate and sophisticated album "Ability to create" ("Savoir faire"), the third time the producer was I. Fossati. The ambitious 1985 album "Carioca" ("Carioca"), dedicated to the work of the Brazilian musician Javan, lyrics written by Bruno Lautzi and Enrico Ruggeri.

In 1983, Berthe first came on tour to the USSR , Soviet television made the musical film Autograph (1984), which included recordings of concert performances, including in the circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard (it was supposed to be included in the New Year's attraction, but did not miss the performance censorship), in Leningrad and Tallinn . However, only the fragment with the song “Movie” was broadcast, which also appeared in the USSR on a flexible flexi-disk. Soviet television decided to show the film in full only in February 1990.

Since 1986, Berthe begins to participate in the festival in San Remo . The debut with the Mango song “King” was marked by scandal over Loredana's costume, reminiscent of pregnancy. In March 1986, Loredana, along with other festival participants, came to the USSR for the second time to the concert “Flowers and Songs of San Remo in Moscow”, shown both by Italian TV and Soviet TV, which again subjected Berthe to censorship, cutting out the final fragment. The song was included in the collection of the best songs of past years, "Fotografando ... i miei successi", which was a success on the radio and the "Festival Bar". In 1988, he performed the song "I" in San Remo, which was called by the viewers the most witty.

In 1988, during the stage of the "Festival Bar" in Ibiza , he met with the prominent Swedish tennis player Bjorn Borg . In 1989, it was Loredana who saved the Borg from suicide ^[4] , and in September 1989 their wedding took place. Berthe left her career, refused a world tour. During this period, the media everywhere pursued the couple. Berthe performed in a gala concert in front of the Swedish king Charles XVI Gustav , and with her husband she was a guest of the White House (USA) many times.

Only in 1991 Loredana returned to music, performing in San Remo the song Pino Daniele “In questa città”. In the same year, her husband rescues Loredana while trying to commit suicide in Milan , Berthe lives in constant stress, these events prompted her sister Mia Martini to resume communication after a long break. In 1993, both sisters performed a duet in San Remo with the song “Stiamo come stiamo”.

In recent years, Berthe continues her career, one of the most successful was her album "BabyBertè" (2005).

In May 2018, a video was released for the song "Non Ti Dico No" recorded in collaboration with the Italian group Boomdabash. In 2019, Berthe took part in the festival in San Remo for the 11th time. The audience made a standing ovation three times, the singer was awarded a public award. However, according to the results of the vote, the jury Berthe took only fourth place, after the announcement of such a result, the audience in the hall protested for a long time and whistled, expressing disagreement with the vote ^[5] , which led to discussion even in the Italian government ^[6] .