Background
Cocciante was born in Saigon, French Indochina, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to an Italian father and a French mother.
Cocciante was born in Saigon, French Indochina, now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to an Italian father and a French mother.
He moved to Rome, Italy at the age of 11 where he attended school and started his career as musician coming to success around 1972.
His oeuvre includes recordings in Italian, French, English, and Spanish. He has recorded some of his songs in all four languages. He also lived in the United States of America and Ireland.
In 1976, Cocciante covered the Beatles song "Michelle" for the musical documentary All This and World World War II, as well as releasing his sole English album in the United States. As of 2008, Cocciante has three musicals running, probably Notre-Dame de Paris being the most known.
This musical may later be put into competition against another musical in progress, Disney"s Hunchback of Notre Dame (musical). Notre-Dame de Paris (1997.
Lyrics by Luc Plamondon)
Le Petit Prince (2002. Lyrics by Elizabeth Anais)
Giulietta e Romeo (2007.
Lyrics by Pasquale Panella).