He started his carreer when he was just seventeen years old as pop and classical music composer, writing even for cinema
and musical theatre. His published compositions are more than six hundreds.
Here are the main highlights of his long carreer:
* 2007 third position at Sanremo Festival with Schiavo d’amore sung by Piero Mazzocchetti
* 2006 wins Sanremo Festival with Che mistero è l’amore sung by Niki Nicolai in category groups
* 2005 wins the BMI AWARD with Un’emozione per sempre sung by Eros Ramazzotti
* 2005 Elisa remakes in the album "Ricordati di me" the song Almeno tu nell’universo written by Maurizio
and Bruno Lauzi
for Mia Martini
* 2004 writes Che fantastica storia è la vita for Antonello Venditti
* 2004 writes Con che cuore, one of the musics of the soundtrak of Leonardo Pieraccioni movie
* 2003 writes Alla luce del sole sung by Josh Groban which, produced by David Foster, sells 6 millions
copies in the world
* 2002 Dal perduto amore for Alessandro Safina (Sanremo Festival)
* 2002 writes the musical Rodolfo Valentino played by Raffaele Paganini
* 2001-2000 writes Il grande campione, the musical played by Massimo Ranieri
* 1999 third position at the Sanremo Festival with Sempre sung by Lisa
* 1998 third position with Strano il mio destino sung by Giorgia
* 1998 writes E’ la mia vita, sung by Al Bano
* 1996 Strano il mio destino sung by Giorgia, 3rd on Sanremo Festival
* 1995 writes I migliori anni della nostra vita sung by Renato Zero (also for Zero: Si sta facendo
notte,
La pace sia con te, Non cancellate il mio mondo, L’impossibile vivere,
Tutti gli zeri del mondo)
* 1995-1990 as composer and arranger and producer writes and arranges many albums for several artist, among them
Angelo Branduardi, Toquinho and Miriam Makeba
* 1989 writes Almeno tu nell’universo sung by Mia Martini (also for Mia Martini: Per amarti,
Notturno)
* 1988-1986 writes Brividi, Destino and A che servono gli dei for the singer Rossana Casale
* 1985-1980 starts the cooperation with Toquinho for which Maurizio writes many songs, among them,
the hit Acquarello
* 1983 he composed Bravi ragazzi sung by Miguel Bosè
* 1983 won Sanremo Festival with Sarà quel che sarà sung by Tiziana Rivale
* 1982 the hit Storie di tutti i giorni sung by Riccardo Fogli, won San Remo Festival
* 1982 writes the soundtrak of Il buon soldato of F.Brusati
* 1980 Personaggi, his 4th own album
* 1979 Primo, his 3rd own album
* 1979-1970 arranges, as composer and arranger, many albums of Angelo Branduardi
* 1979-1970 an intense cooperation starts with Mia Martini for whom he writes many songs.
* 1978 Movimenti nel cielo, his 2nd own album
* 1975 Azzurri Orizzonti, his 1st own album
* 1971 He sings, called I Protagonisti at San Remo Festival Andata e Ritorno (Autori: Renzetti - Albertelli)
Among the many classical compositions:
* 2006 Il mondo di Federico played at Teatro Alla Scala opera theatre
* 2004 kao played at Teatro Alla Scala opera theatre
* 2000 Ecce Homo , Morality play for Orchestra, Soli and Chorus
* 1997 Per le terre assai lontane, Cantata per Mezzosoprano and Orchestra