The Artist – OFFICIAL BIO

Welcome to the official solo project of FAITH FEDERICA SCIAMANNA.

Federica Sciamanna, aka Faith, started studying music and piano at the age of 7.
At the age of 14 she started composing her first demo pieces and playing acoustic and electric guitar. Shortly afterwards she started performing live with various rock bands and gave life to the project THE SHIVER.

At the age of 16 she came in touch with the music teacher Francesco Mecorio and studied singing and vocal technique with him for 3 years. Afterwards, for about 10 years she studied with the teacher and Vocal Coach Nina Ricci, known for her technical and stylistic experimentation.

THE SHIVER

Federica is founder, composer and singer of the alternative / goth / rock band THE SHIVER with which she recorded the first demo “Introspection” in 2003. After the start of a massive live concert activity throughout Europe, the band recorded a new demo, “Shade’s Changing”, which was released by Falp Records. Subsequently The Shiver signed a contract with the UK Division Records UK label and re-entered the studio to record “Inside”, released on 21 January 08, distributed in Italy by Andromeda Dischi and Europe/USA for CODE7 through PHD.

In 2008 Federica composed and recorded another album with The Shiver at the West Link Recording Studio in Pisa, produced by Alessandro Paolucci (Raw Power, Rebel Devil).
The band signeded an agreement with the Californian label Reality Entertainment for the release of the album “A New Horizon” in the United States, while in Europe the album was released by the Dreamcell11 label (Aural Music) and then again by RoadRunner BENELUX in 2011. In addition, The Shiver signed a publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Music Worldwide.

While the official videoclips of the first two singles are being released, The Shiver continues the intense activity of live concerts throughout Europe. In June 2011, The Shiver was support band for Papa Roach’s Russian tour and opened the Misfits tour in Germany and Poland in 2012. In the same year they released an EP called “Acoustic Experience #1”.

In March 2014 Alternative Factory released “The Darkest Hour”, an album produced by Vincenzo Mario Cristi (Vanilla Sky).
Among the most important live performances, the band has played with famous artists such as The Ark (swe) and Negramaro (ita) in addition to the aforementioned Vanilla Sky.

In Autumn 2014, the band was involved in the Italian part of God Is An Astronaut’s tour. In April and May 2016, the band was in the studio with the soundengineer Luigi Stefanini to record a new album that has been released in 2017 (“Adeline”).
In October 2016, The Shiver participated in the Australian band’s Dead Letter Circus European tour, together with the Polish band Disperse.

In November, they toured with Tarja (ex-Nightwish) in Europe’s most beautiful theatres (e.g. Casino de Paris).

In Autumn 2018 the band is official opening act for The Rasmus’ EU tour.

In 2019 the albums “The Darkest Hour” and “Adeline” have been re-released by WormholeDeath and published by Carlo Bellotti Publishing.

TRANCE

Federica performed with the famous DJ Giuseppe Ottaviani, as vocalist, on the stages of NATURE ONE, both in Poland and Germany. She also collaborated on his album “GO” released in 2009 with Vandit Records / Universal as vocalist and lyrics author. In 2013 she sang Ottaviani’s song “Nothing Wrong”.

The song “Fallen”, composed by Giuseppe Ottaviani and featuring Faith, has been chosen as the soundtrack for the film “Zweiohrküken”, produced by Barefoot Films and Warner Bros.

Faith collaborated with DJ Luca Roccotiello for the song “Another Direction”.
She also collaborated with the trance dj Ciaran Mcauley for the song “I’m Coming Home” published by Together Recordings in 2016.

EXTREME METAL

Faith collaborated on the first album of The Way Of Purity (grind / metalcore) recording synths on various tracks of the album and voice on one of the tracks. The album was released on Wormhole Death Records. During the months of March, April and May 2009 TWOP performed more than 40 gigs in the main European clubs (Underworld in London, K17 in Berlin, etc.) and Faith took part in the tour as the band’s lead singer.
In December 2010 the band TWOP opened the German tour of Belphegor and Gorgoroth as main opening act. TWOP performed at EXIT Festival, Serbia, among many other huge events.

In 2019, after a long separation, Faith joined this cult project again and composed and sang a new Full-Length: “Schwarz Oder Rot”, released with Wormhole Death Records in January 2020.

FOLK AND OTHER COLLABORATIONS

Federica worked on the song “Until the End” with the death metal band Afterhell (Mexico) with a featuring.

She worked with guitarist/singer Antonio Topino translating the lyrics of his songs into English and participating in live concerts as keyboardist and backing vocalist.

Faith has collaborated with the Russian guitarist Valeriy Ganderberg.

For the djent Thessa project, she recorded the song “Twins” in 2015.

Federica collaborated with Andrea Seki (Celtic harpist), performing live at the Montelago Celtic Festival in 2014 and recording a song for his latest album.

Faith is Lady Heich (lead vocals) for the folk/irish band HEICH, performing live at many shows including the Bundan Celtic Festival and the Triskell Celtic Festival. She also composed the first album of this project together with the band.

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

Federica has been teaching singing since January 2009.

In December 2012 she founded the Backstage Academy with her colleague Francesco Finch Russo. The structure began as a rehearsal room and music school in Viterbo, then over the years it opened another seven venues in Italy and Spain.

www.backstageacademy.org

Federica has been the artistic director of many venues and music festivals over the years. To mention: Caffeina Cultura Festival 2015, Subway VT, MagnaMagna VT, Toto’s VT, Bistrot Teatro Caffeina.

Faith appears in the Netflix series “LUNA NERA” and also in the BBC / RAI television programme “Leonardo”, directed by Alexis Sweet.

In September 2018 the first book written by Faith was published in English and Italian: “Tour Stories”/ “Storie Di Tour”, for Scatole Parlanti, Alter Ego Edizioni.

Ita: http://www.scatoleparlanti.it/prodotto/storie-di-tour/

Eng: http://www.scatoleparlanti.it/forme/tour-stories/

In September 2021 Faith releases her second book “THE SHIVER Tourdiary 2018, on the road with the band” as a free gift for all the friens and fans.

https://www.faithfedericasciamanna.com/the-shiver-tour-diary-2018-book-released/

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TW: https://twitter.com/FaithSciamanna

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