Diana Winter is an Italian singer and songwriter. Diana Frodella Winter, in art Diana Winter, was born in Florence in 1985 to an Italian father and Austrian mother. Winter began studying classical guitar at the age of 10. She wrote her first song at 14, and began singing in a gospel choir. In 2004, she was discovered by Fabio Balestrieri, who produced her debut album, Escapizm, which was released in 2007. It was recorded over two years in Italy, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. Some of the album was recorded in collaboration with Phil Gould. Toots Thielemans and Mike Lindup also contributed to the album. In 2007, she also appeared on the song "Vieni Fuori", on Giorgia's Stonata album, which was also produced in part by Balestrieri. The following year, she works as a vocalist at the remake of the song "La Gatta", with the celebrated italian singer Giorgia. During the same year, she sings in the feature track of the original score of the movie "Essayette" by Beatriz Martinez-Gatell. Later on, she follows Giorgia in her "Spirito Libero Tour" as the only vocalist and joins her at the event concert "Amiche per l’Abruzzo" at the San Siro Stadium in Milan; the collaboration between the two continues in 2009 for the "Dietro le Apparenze Tour". In 2013, she participates at the first edition of The Voice of Italy, aired on Rai 2, where she wins the support of both the jury and the public and an excellent critical reception. Following the end of the show, she starts an intense live activity in Italy and the UK, where she plays with the Music Collective "Bongosaloon". In 2015, her second album "Tender Hearted" is released on Indiana Records, the album is produced by Fabio Balestrieri, in collaboration with Phil Gould, Neil Black, Rupert Brown, Al Slavik and others. The release is followed by several gigs in Italy, UK, Belgium and the Netherlands. In 2016 she joins the Italian singer Noemi as vocalist and guitarist in the "Cuore d'artista Tour", but also during different events like Anlaids, Premio Bellisoni, Guinness World Records 2017, Earth Day 2017, Prima le ragazze, Italia Open 2017, Uspidalet Onlus. She performs during the Meeting of Human Rights as a special guest in Tuscany and she founds the Capital Gospel Choir with Nehemiah Hunter Brown starting a crowdfounding campaign supporting some concerts in paediatric hospitals. She becomes Endorser Iqs Strings and Eko. She is a Tutor and creator of the Song-writing Project 'Mai in Silenzio' for Musical Lyceums with the aim of contrasting gender violence promoted by the Tuscan Region, and was a jury member in the following song contest together with Irene Grandi, Tommaso Brunori and other artists. She was a vocalist and acoustic guitarist in the “Domenica In” Orchestra directed by M. Luigi Saccà for the 2017/2018 season. She had a cameo part in the Santa Cecilia Conservatory's show on Italian futurism in music, “Futuristic Piedigrotta” followed by a seminar on methodology for artistic research held by the Orpheus Instituut and a Masterclass on choir directed by M. Mats Nilsson. She was again chosen by Noemi to be her vocalist and guitarist on her 2018 La Luna Tour, accompanying other guest stars like Arisa, Morgan, Fiorella Mannoia, Gaetano Curreri, Paola Turci. She has participated in events supporting Rome's International House for Women together with Noemi, actresses Paola Cortellesi, Jasmin Trinca and other artists on the Roman scene. She is a supporter of the ONLUS Association Tennis in Pink for the fight against breast cancer as well as a participant in the event Together Against Racism organized by the municipality of Florence and the Tuscan Region. For the current school year 2018/2019 she is teaching in the Advanced Modern Voice course at the Lizard Academy in Rome. She earned a Master degree with 110 points “Cum Laude” at the Didactis department of Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory. She hosted the XXII Meeting for Human Rights commemorating the hundred years since Nelson Mandela's birth. She has recently begun to compile a Vocality Manual for Lizard/Ricord Publishing.
