Perhaps not everyone knows that Laura Valente, Angelina Mango’s mother, has a long artistic career behind her. Here is everything you need to know about the private life and career of Pino Mango’s wife.
Angelina Mango she is the singer of the moment in our country. The 23-year-old Italian singer-songwriter, in fact, won the Sanremo Festival with the song ‘La noia’, ranking ahead of Geolier. Furthermore, with the same song you represented our country at the Eurovision Song Contest, placing seventh in the final.
Angelina is 23 years old and is the daughter of the unforgettable Italian singer-songwriter Pine Mango. Her mom Laura Valente, however, is also a name not unknown to music. The whole family, therefore, has been or is having success. Angelina’s mother was a very famous singer, especially in the nineties. And the reason is easy to tell.
Who is Laura Valente, Angelina Mango’s mother
Laura Valente she was born in Milan on 3 September 1963. Her name is the pseudonym of Laura Bortolotti. At just 20 years old she met her future husband Pino Mango. He is immediately struck by her artistic skill and chooses her as a backing vocalist for some of her very famous songs, including ‘Oro’.
Laura Valente and daughter Angelina Mango
The couple only got married in 2004but 3 years earlier their daughter was born from their love Angelina Mango. Then, in 1995, their first child was born Philip. Their marriage ended in 2014, when Pino Mango suffered a heart attack on 8 December of that year in Policoro during a concert on stage. A loss that profoundly affected her and Angelina’s life.
The carreer
Laura Valente she is famous artistically for having been the female voice of Matia Bazar, following the abandonment of Antonella Ruggiero. Laura joined the historic group in 1990, also taking part in the Sanremo Festival in 1992at the Festivalbar and at many concerts around Italy.
The woman was part of Matia Bazar until 1998, the year of the death of bassist Aldo Stellita. She continued to sing solo for a short time. Her latest single dates back to 2010 and is called ‘Yo soy Callas’.
Many will remember her splendid performance at the 2007 Sanremo Festival together with her husband Pino Mango with the song ‘Chissà se nevica’. Over the course of her career, Laura Valente released 4 albums with the Matia Bazar group and a solo album in the 1980s.
