She also came to be much influenced by 20th century composers Messiaen, Ravel, and Debussy, attracted 'to the impressionistic element of the music,' and would try to recreate this feeling on the guitar. She frequently played along to the records of Jimi Hendrix, whom she idolized. By the age of ten she was using a double cassette karaoke machine to overdub her guitar playing. Whenever I saw an instrument I would get so excited and my heart would beat really fast.' Д¬alvi began playing violin at the age of six, before beginning to learn guitar at age eight. Calvi grew up being exposed to a multitude of genres of music by her music-loving Italian father, as well as her grandfather, with whom she spent summers in Rome this eclectic array ranged from Captain Beefheart to The Rolling Stones to Maria Callas, combined with classical music: 'I was so taken by the sound. The early things stick with you,' she later remembered. And that's what my relationship with music is вЂ“ a world of my own creation that I escape into. 'The way I dealt with that was to create my own world. Calvi spent most of the first three years of her life in a hospital undergoing treatment and surgeries to correct congenital hip dysplasia. Life and career Early life (1980вЂ“2007) ДЄnna Margaret Michelle Calvi was born on 24 September 1980 in London, the youngest of two children born to an English mother and Italian father, both of whom are therapists and 'amateur musicians.' Her sister Nuala Calvi is a journalist. 1.6 Peaky Blinders and other projects (2019).1.4 One Breath and other projects (2013вЂ“2017).Calvi released her third full-length album, Hunter, in August 2018 earning her a third Mercury Prize nomination. She followed this in 2014 with the EP Strange Weather and subsequently wrote the music for a stage production of the opera The Sandman, directed by Robert Wilson. Her second album, One Breath was released in 2013, earning her a second Mercury Prize nomination. She released her eponymous debut album in 2011 through Domino Records to critical acclaim, earning a Mercury Prize nomination for Album of the Year, a British Breakthrough Act nomination at the 2012 Brit Awards and a European Border Breakers Award. She subsequently worked as a private guitar instructor before embarking on a music career. She has been noted by some critics as a virtuoso guitarist, as well as for her powerful, wide-ranging operatic contralto voice and sometimes androgynous stage appearance.Д«orn to therapist parents in London, Calvi graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in music, having studied violin. Her accolades include three Mercury Prize nominations, one Brit Award nomination, and a European Border Breakers Award. Anna Margaret Michelle Calvi (born 24 September 1980) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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