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Charles Di Raimondo : Summer Rain
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Charles Di Raimondo : Summer Rain
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Artist: Charles Di Raimondo
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Charles Di Raimondo - Vocals, Piano, Rhodes Piano, Synthesizer
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Charles Di Raimondo is a classically trained singer/songwriter/pianist, whose talent and versatility is evident as he sings in an array of genres: from opera to pop, from jazz to rock.His busy singing career has brought him to many venues in Toronto and its surrounding areas through concerts and festivals including the CHIN Song Festival, the Ferragosto Festival, the Children's Starlight Foundation gala and the CIBC Annual Fundraising Ball.Charles has performed solo roles in Rigoletto and La Traviata under the direction of Mr. Dwight Bennett for the Opera Mississauga Company and is also one third of the singing group The Canadian Three Tenors.
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Charles performs regularly at large events and continues to please audience of all ages with his powerful vocal style and stage presence.
His first self-written and recorded album, "Tonight Will Be", was released in 1989.It received extensive airplay on radio stations across Canada and the music video was on heavy rotation on MuchMusic."The Arias", a classical operatic album released in 2000, followed the success of "Tonight Will Be".Staying true to his Italian roots, Charles released an Italian single, "Amoremio", in 2003.Charles most recently released his first full-length jazz album, "Summer Rain", in early 2005.
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As an established composer, lyricist and arranger, Charles was a staff composer for Monogram Records Montreal.He continues to write, record and produce music of all styles in his digital recording studio CD PRODUCTIONS.Most recently, Charles has written and produced songs of different styles for other Canadian artists including: "I'll Be Loving You" for France Joli's debut album, and the dance hit "I'm So High On You" for Donna Robbins.
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Charles has written and sung several jingles for commercials and most recently sung for a commercial for Ontario Tourism.
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Charles Di Raimondo was born in Brooklyn, N.Y, U.S.A., and is a dual citizen of Canada and the United States of America.With a Bachelor of Arts from York University, Charles specialized in jazz and classical piano, arrangement and composition.He later pursued a Bachelor of Education from Brock University that has enabled him to share his love of music as a music educator for the Peel Board of Education and the Merriam School of Music.Charles is a member of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), and a member of the Toronto Musicians' Association (Local 149).
Charles and his wife, Pamela, currently live in Brampton with their two young sons, Adrian and Julian.When he is not in the studio, or taking his sons to Tae Kwon Do practices, Charles can be found playing hockey and soccer, and cooking up his special Linguini a la Vongole in the kitchen.