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I was born in Argentina, in the province of Cordoba, in a town with the same name, Cordoba, in a wonderful district full of trees, orchards, green open areas, clean air and lots of children to play with. I deeply loved my parents, looked at Mom respectfully, sometimes almost fearing her, but my relationship with Dad was wonderful. He used to pamper me, told me stories, but not fairy tales…tales about Italy, the people there, relatives, friends, about life there, happy moments and how sad war had been. I was fascinated and dreamt of being able to see the country of his memories one day. I attended Primary School in a school run by Nuns, kind and tender, actually. Secondary School was in the same Boarding School, one of the best periods in my life: ambitions, true friends, delusions, singing, dancing, plans for the future, falling in love….and love for music, too, but somewhere deep in my heart I kept on dreaming of Italy, of my family’s places. And success as a singer and university…and wonderful friends….but Italy stood there. University time was brilliant. I studied, had a part-time job but, very important, I discovered my true passion: music. We formed a band, a quartet of four singers.The memories of what we did, the people we met, the wonderful moments together …I think I could live on memories and be happy with them! At last circumstances, need for adventures, my dad’s memories took me to Italy. I wanted to live what he had lived, meet his family, experiment the happiness, joy, love Dad used to talk about even if all this had never be lacking in Argentina. It was Italy I longed for.

Mariana Cova was born in Cordoba, Argentina, in 1959. She lives in Faenza and she is married.

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