To Whom It May Concern

I, Guy Strazz, have known Carlotta Centanni for two years. Since she has been in Australia, I have employed her as a professional singer for my music performances; these were primarily function-type work at venues such as the Opera House Northern Foyer.

Her skill as a vocalist is not merely one of entertainer; on the contrary, Carlotta has a distinctive creative voice as can be witnessed in her debut CD “Respiro” and YouTube performances at various festivals. I have also seen her perform at top venues such as The Vanguard in Sydney and she is pro-active in promoting and managing her work.

I have no hesitation in recommending her character, work quality and originality; I believe that in time Carlotta Centanni will become a significant contributor to the vibrancy of music making in Australia.

Sincerely,

Guy Strazz 10/10/2010

�������� Composer, guitarist, recording artist (ABC records) Dip Jazz, B. Mus, MA Hon, PhD (current) Lecturer in M. Arts course- Macquarie University Director of Contemporary Music Studies Central Coast Conservatorium Inc. Phone: 4324 7477 Fax: 4324 2440

"Keep Music Live"

Sydney 15 December 2012

To Whom it May Concern

I, Massimo Scialo', would like to verify that I have employed and I am employing Carlotta Centanni

as a Presenter and a Professional Judge for a Music Competition held every year twice a year in

Sydney at the Metro Theathre, in George st. CBD.

I have known Carlotta since 2010 , and I have employed her since then.

As a professional singer she has many years of experience, in performing, managing, presenting,

writing and recording , this is the reason why I have contacted her to Present and be the Judge of

“Emergenza Festival”, a festival that promotes Australian young artists and bands all around the

world.

I have no hesitation in recommending her character , and work quality, I am attending many other

competitions and I will always contact Carlotta Centanni.

Please don' t hesitate to contact me for any further information.

Kind Regards

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

I'm writing to support Carlotta Centanni's applications.

I've known Carlotta for about two years, since she arrived in Sydney from Rome, Italy.

As the Executive Producer of SBS Radio's Italian Language Program, I've often interviewed

Carlotta and invited her to perform on the Program. The response from the audience has

always been very positive. Thanks to her wonderful voice and flawless performances, but also

thanks to her warmth and humans skills, she's managed to build a strong relationship with our

audience. I've also had the pleasure of inviting Carlotta to sing at a concert SBS Radio

organised last year to raise money for the victims of the earthquake that struck the Italian city of

L'Aquila. We managed to raise in excess of $20,000, which were then presented to the Italian

authorities in Australia by former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a moving ceremony.

Carlotta's performance was instrumental in attracting a large audience to the concert.

Carlotta can sing in four languages: Italian, English, Spanish and Portuguese and is extremely

versatile. She can sing jazz, pop, contemporary music and latin genres such as bossa nova or

bolero. I have no doubt that Carlotta Centanni will be an asset to Australia. Not only for her

remarkable singing voice and professionalism, but also for her proven ability to integrate

seamlessly into the Australian society. I hope this letter of reference will help you make the right

decision about her application. Please feel free to contact me should you need further details. I

am currently enjoying a break in Europe, but can be contacted at the following address:

marcolucchi@iprimus.com.au Because I'm sending this message via email from Europe, I

cannot physically sign it. However, I trust that my email address can testify as to its authenticity.

Kind regards, Marco Lucchi

Marco Lucchi - Executive Producer

Italian Language Program - SBS Radio - Sydney, Australia

+61 2 9430 2869 (Work) +61 2 9438 1114 (Fax) +61 412 314 711 (Mobile)

www.sbs.com.au/italian

An inconvenient story: When SBS TV first started in 1980 there was no email. Documents had

to be mailed and videotapes had to be couriered. There were no all-staff emails, no mpeg

attachments, no forwarded jokes and no SPAM. Just like any revolution, you have to take the

good with the bad :).

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Monday - 8 February 2010

LA FIAMMA - The CD “Respiro” by Carlotta Centanni is out

Now available in Australia the CD “Respiro”, a collaboration of Stefano Malatesta

and Carlotta Centanni, an Italian vocalist who arrived in Australia about a year ago and is

already very well known by big Italian public in Sydney, who applauded her at length last

Sunday at the Five Dock Leisure Centre, for the Festival of the Association of Sant'Antonio

da Padova protettore di Poggioreale.

Well known musicians collaborated on the CD, such as Eric Daniel on saxophone,

Alessandro Ricucci on flute, Pasquale Laino on sax soprano, Matteo Agostini on sax baritone

and Carlos Sarmiento on keyboard.

Carlotta arrived in Australia last year with the intention of staying one month, but

after a few days she realised that “the natural beauties of this country deeply inspired her

artistic soul, which at that time needed a pause, after the heavy commitment devoted to the

production of her CD, and she discovered that she couldn't do without the light of Sydney, its

splendid nature, the colour of the sky at sunset, the song of the ocean...” So she started to

introduce herself to the local music circles, and soon she started receiving offers to

participate in shows, at the Vanguard Jazz Club in Newtown, private ceremonies at the Opera

House, the Quay Bar, the Monkey Bar in Balmain, and others.

''After one year - says Carlotta – I am happy to have remained in Australia, which I

am loving more and more, as I seek to discover continuously its beauty in every field and I

am seeking to realise something important in my life. I have always invested everything that

I have earned and the CD also is the fruit of great sacrifices...but music is my whole life...”

Born in Rome, Carlotta Centanni has had the possibility to visit and to study in India,

Brazil, England and Mexico, learning about different cultures that influenced her spiritual

and artistic development. “To travel is to experience, to grow...to explore ourselves through

the others... in fact when I write a song I am travelling.. inside myself and outside”.

Carlotta made her debut on the 17 October 2006 at the Palma D'Oro Jazz Club in

Roma, with Bob Masala on bass, Eric Daniel on saxophone, Piero Pierantozzi on drums and

Roberto Rocchetti on piano, performing classics like “Summertime” and original pieces like

“Non Sei Solo”, “Amami”, Senza Limiti”, composed by her and arranged by Stefano Senesi,

Bob Masala and Piero Pierantozzi.

Carlotta performed in a number of Roman venues: Supper Club, Gusto Latino, Big

Mama, Classico, Centrale, Blue Night, The Pier and many more. In June, July, August and

September 2007 she performed in duets and trios at the Hilton and Sheraton Hotels in Rome

and on the 9th July she performed live on RAI 2 Radio together with Eric Daniel, the song

“Non Sei Solo” in the “Matinee” program presented by Ingrassia and Rossella Brescia. In

2007 she took part on RAI One's program, “I Raccomandati”, with Massimo Ghini. She also

took part in Vodka Martini advertisements and as an actor she featured in the movie “La

Spettatrice” directed by Paolo Franchi.

Carlotta Centanni is now working on a composition that can express to all

Australians her love for this country, as well as her fondness for the Italians who live here,

whom she meets on different occasions.

Certification:

I, Claudio Marcello of 38 Edmund Street, Queens Park, NSW, hereby certify that the

preceding English text is an accurate translation from Italian of the attached text.

I further certify that I am accredited as Italian translator at level 4 with the National

Accreditation Authority for Interpreters and Translators (NAATI)

(Claudio Marcello) Sydney, 26 October, 2010

NAATI NO. 9116

Monday, November 15, 2010

To whom it may concern.

Re: Carlotta Centanni

Hi there,

I would like to verify that Carlotta Centanni performed at several of the bars

around Sydney that we manage the entertainment for between October 2009

and February 2010. These include Oceans Bar in Coogee, Quay Bar at

Circular Quay and Bacco Bar in the city CBD.

She would be a fine addition to the musical fraternity in our multicultural

country!

Feel free to contact me if you require any further clarification.

Best regards,

Chad Davis

Consultant and Marketing Manager

musicland

Città di Novara

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Great success in Australia for vocalist Carlotta Centanni

6 May 2010

[PHOTO] As it often happens, Italy has a way of letting its best talents escape

from different areas and fields, including medical research and industry, as well as the

arts and music. It was the music industry in Italy that failed to appreciate a respected

artist emerging on the national scene, and it was Australia that gave her recognition

and adopted her.

“I have had many opportunities to travel and I lived in India, Brazil, England and

Mexico, and those travels certainly helped me, by influencing my spiritual and artistic

development. I had just finished recording my first album “Respiro” when I left for a

holiday, with my backpack and ten copies of the CD'', says Carlotta, Class of ’74.

“Then, one day I said to myself: I love this place, I’ll try and stay a while. And now

I’ve been living for almost two years in a symbiosis with this very beautiful country”.

[PHOTO]

“ After four months and many concerts, they called me to sing at the Opera House in

Sydney, one of the most significant examples of architecture of the 20th

century, whic

an icon not only for Sydney, but for the whole of Australia”, says Carlotta,

exclusively for our blog. Her albums, like her best selling “Respiro”, are now

available in music stores in Sydney and also online.

‘’Travelling is experiencing, is growing, exploring ourselves through the others”,

Carlotta explains. “Writing songs is like travelling… inside myself and around me’’.

Her resume shows her as a headliner in the Italian Song Festival, San Marino, in

2003, in “Tim Tour” of Civitavecchia in the same year and in the San Marino Festival

in 2004. She collaborated with independent label Outlawed Records 2004-2005, as a

soloist in “Timi Ama Trio”, in Accor Hotel, Villa Simius, Sardinia 2005-2006, and as

a solo vocalist at the “Forte Village” resort, Baia Chia S. Caterina di Pula, Sardinia

2005. She collaborated with Ezio Zaccagnini and Alfredo Saitto on th Zac-InProgress

Project, and performed in the following venues: Classico, The Place, Villa

Celimontana, Centrale, Blue Night, Jazzcaffè, Supper Club, La Palma and the Piper

Club.

Certification:

I, Claudio Marcello of 38 Edmund Street, Queens Park, NSW, hereby certify that the

above English text is an accurate translation from Italian of the attached text.

I further certify that I am accredited as Italian translator at level 4 with the National

Accreditation Authority for Interpreters and Translators (NAATI)

(Claudio Marcello) Sydney, 26 October, 2010

NAATI NO. 9116

Carlotta live

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E se domani...

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Libertango..

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..summertime..

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Non sei solo..on Rai2

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Carlotta also featured in the Vodka Martini advertisements in 2004 and as an actor she

featured in the movie “La Spettatrice” directed by Paolo Franchi. In June, July,

August and September 2007 she performed in duets and trios at the Hilton and

Sheraton Hotels in Rome.

On the 9th July that year she performed live on RAI 2 Radio together with Eric

Daniel, her original song “Non Sei Solo” in the “Matinee” program presented by

Ingrassia and Rossella Brescia.

We hope to see her again soon on Italian stages, that are unfortunately crowded with

aging, grotesque characters and old hats, who leave no space for those who really are

worthy.

Moreover, our national TVs are monopolized by young artists owned by Costanzo/De

Filippi, or by “dramatic” reality shows like X-Factor. Carlotta, we will always be

happy to support you and cheer for you. “Honour the merit” is a meritocratic motto,

unfortunately distant and forgotten.