Arno Santamaria

Arno Santamaria – Café de la Danse

Arno Santamaria taught himself to play the guitar alone. At 15 he formed a hard-rock band and played several rock and hard-rock scenes. At 17 he discovered Léo Ferré and began writing songs. He obtained a degree from Schola Cantorum de Paris as an audio engineer.[1]

In 2009, he made his first album via Spidart, a crowdfunding platform.[2]

In 2012, his second album 1362 was made with the help of 1362 producers on MyMajorCompany. He was the opening act for concerts by Murray Head, Gérald de Palmas and Arno.[3]

In 2014, Arno was candidate at the French version of Rising Star.[4] He seduced the audience, and the singer Cali who was in the jury, by singing his own compositions. He finished in second place. After that Arno signed a contract with Capitol Records. In December, an EP with 4 tracks has been released and a third album was released in June 2015.[5]

• 2012 : Discovery by Public Francophone Radios[7]

• Official site