Gino Paoli: tributes pour in from fellow artists, from Fossati to Vasco Rossi, from Patty Pravo to Vecchioni

The entertainment world remembers Gino Paoli, who died today in Genoa at the age of 91. Many tributes have poured in from fellow artists acknowledging his decisive role in the evolution of Italian song, from the Sixties to today.

Among the first to express affection and admiration for the singer-songwriter behind "Il cielo in una stanza" was one of the followers of his "Genoese school", Ivano Fossati, who described him as "a wonderful person, a great man", emphasizing both his artistic greatness and his human depth.

"For you, master of words, I now find myself without words. But as long as my journey lasts, I'll keep talking about you to young people. Have a good journey, Gino", read the message posted on Facebook by Roberto Vecchioni.

"Ciao Gino.. Artista Senza Fine" ["Goodbye Gino.. Artist Without End"]. With these words, alongside a little heart, Patty Pravo remembers him on social media. Vasco Rossi also turned to his social profiles to bid Paoli farewell: "And then we'll meet again, like the stars… The first time I saw Gino sing, I understood, and I learned the difference between a singer and an interpreter… immense Gino".

"He was a dear friend, a very, very dear one. He was a truly great author and composer. Aside from his talent as a performer, I'd like him to be remembered above all as a first-rate author and composer", recalled Giulio Rapetti, known as Mogol, instead.

"Hello Gino, friend and colleague for a lifetime, I've always loved you. For your music, for your soul, for what you've left all of us. Safe travels", reads the message posted on his Instagram page by Gianni Morandi.

For Tullio De Piscopo, "he was a great artist, but above all a great man. He had a rare sensitivity, a unique ability to convey emotions that will remain part of the history of Italian music".

Renato Zero chose to remember him with a Facebook post: "They're not wrong when they call them 'The Fathers of Music'. When they give eternity to a thought, capturing it and making it eternal and accessible to everyone. Just as they give energy and emotion to seven notes, otherwise unjustly 'orphaned'. Gino Paoli, this family of gypsies and dreamers will miss you. But even your silence will be music and poetry. One of your students: Renato Zero".

Samuele Bersani also delivered a very clear tribute on Instagram: "Anyone who does my job owes you a great deal". Zucchero was terse, writing "A hole in the soul!", while Ligabue left this comment on social media: "A great songwriter. Unconventional. He leaves us beautiful songs".

Among the many messages was also one from Francesco Gabbani, kept to an essential formula: "A piece of Italian music is gone".

Jovanotti, finally, commented on his social media profiles: "The great maestro Gino Paoli. Author of masterpieces, always thoroughly modern; a classic, immense, #ginopaoli. His songs and his way of singing them are an eternal lesson for everyone who loves this art form. True greatness without emphasis, absolute class".

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