Giorgio Gaber

Giorgio Gaber , byname of Giorgio Gaberscik , was an Italian singer, composer, actor and playwright. He was also an accomplished guitar player and author of one of the first rock songs in Italian . Together with Sandro Luporini, he pioneered the musical genre known as teatro canzone .

He was born in Milan into a lowermiddleclass family. His father, Guido Gaberscik, was born in Trieste, when the city was still part of AustriaHungary. The surname Gaberscik is of Slovene origin . His mother was from the Veneto region. The two met and married in Veneto and later moved to Milan, where Giorgio was born.

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