Bianca Atzei

Veronica Atzei, better known by her stage name Bianca Atzei (Italian: [ˈbjaŋka atˈtsɛi]; Sardinian: [a(t)ˈtsei]; born Milan, March 8, 1987), is an Italian singer.

After the release of a few singles published by the record label Ultrasuoni between 2012 and 2014, she rose to prominence in February 2015 with the participation at the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 performing the song Il solo al mondo. The single came before her first album release Bianco e nero, published in the same year by Baraonda Edizioni Musicali, one of Ultrasuoni majors.

Biography

Early life and career

Veronica Atzei, better known by her stage name Bianca Atzei, was born in Milan to Sardinian parents. She has studied singing since she was 8 years old, listening to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, but she was also influenced by Italian singers from the 60s such as Luigi Tenco, Patty Pravo and Sergio Endrigo. At the age of 17 she attended a music academy, during which she had her first experience as a singer, taking part in the TV show CD Live, broadcast by the national television channel Rai Due since September 2003. In the following years she contributed to the making of theme songs and jingles, working also for a period as chorister for the TV program Domenica Cinque directed by Barbara D'Urso.

Bianca

Bianca is a feminine given name or an Italian family name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche. Bianca may refer to:

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Spyro (series)

Spyro is a series of platform games which primarily features the protagonist Spyro the Dragon and his friend, Sparx the Dragonfly. Since its introduction in 1998, there has been a complete reboot to the series called The Legend of Spyro trilogy, making it a total of ten Spyro games and three Legend of Spyro games. The Spyro series has sold more than 20 million units worldwide. After The Legend of Spyro series concluded, a spin-off franchise under the name of Skylanders was made where Spyro and other related characters were included in.

Games

Spyro the Dragon

Spyro the Dragon was first released in North America on 11 September 1998, for the PlayStation. It was released in Europe on 23 October 1998, In Australia on 15 November 1998 and in Japan on 1 April 1999. It is a platform game that placed the player as Spyro, a small, purple dragon set with the task of freeing his fellow dragons from crystal prisons, which are scattered around their world. Each level is accessed through 'portals' from a main world. The game concludes with a fight between Spyro and the primary antagonist, Gnasty Gnorc. The game sold well, most critics giving it favorable reviews. It also received acclaim for its musical score by Stewart Copeland.

Bianca (moon)

Bianca (/biˈɑːŋkə/ bee-AHNG-kə) is an inner satellite of Uranus. It was discovered from the images taken by Voyager 2 on January 23, 1986, and was given the temporary designation S/1986 U 9. It was named after the sister of Katherine in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew. It is also designated Uranus VIII.

Bianca belongs to Portia Group of satellites, which also includes Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda and Perdita. These satellites have similar orbits and photometric properties. Other than its orbit, radius of 27 km, and geometric albedo of 0.08 virtually nothing is known about it.

At the Voyager 2 images Bianca appears as an elongated object, the major axis pointing towards Uranus. The ratio of axes of the Bianca's prolate spheroid is 0.7 ± 0.2. Its surface is grey in color.

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