Aram Quartet
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Aram Quartet is an Italian
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 musical group that won the title after taking part in the first Italian edition of the talent show
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. The band split in 2010.

The group was composed of:
  • Antonio Ancora b. April 11, 1981 in Galatina
    Galatina
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  • Raffaele Simone b. May 4, 1974 in Lecce
    Lecce
    Lecce is a historic city of 95,200 inhabitants in southern Italy, the capital of the province of Lecce, the second province in the region by population, as well as one of the most important cities of Puglia...

  • Antonio Maggio b. August 8, 1986 in San Pietro Vernotico
    San Pietro Vernotico
    San Pietro Vernotico is a town and comune in the province of Brindisi in Puglia, on the south-east Italy coast. Its main economic activities are tourism and the growing of olives and grapes...

  • Michele Cortese b. September 27, 1985 in Gallipoli
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    .


The name Aram comes from the first letter of the names of the members of the "quartet". They were mentored during the series by Morgan and their vocal coach was Gaudi. They won a contract from Sony BMG estimated at 300,000 Euros.

Their first EP ChiARAMente was released on July 18, 2008 and reached FIMI (Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana) Albums charts at #9. Their first single was Chi (Who) reaching position 5 in the Italian Singles Chart. A cover
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 of Per Elisa was released by Aram Quarted and reached position 6 in Italian Singles Chart.

In 2009 they realised their first long album, Il pericolo di essere liberi.
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