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Alex Formosa Baudo, born in 1962 in Rome, Italy, comes from a musical family background, and was raised in three parts of the world – Italy, Canada, Australia. Alex began his music career playing drums for different young bands around Sydney and Melbourne at the age of fifteen. In his early twenties he began backing many local established Oz artists, but also taught himself the piano and developed a love for singing and songwriting. After many demos and submissions, Alex landed a contract with the prestigious Montreal-based label Justin Time Records, which led in 1992 to the release of his debut solo record “Alex Formosa.” Two of this album’s pieces, “River of Gold” and “Backstreet Girl,” became top-twenty Canadian hits at that time. Between 1993 and 2006 Alex involved himself in many musical projects. In 2008 Alex released through New Market Music a new CD titled “Bilingual Sessions,” which is a collection of covers and originals, sung in both English and Italian. It includes