Renato Serio

Renato Serio (5 October 1946 – 4 November 2024) was an Italian composer, conductor, and arranger.

Life and career Born in Lucca, Serio studied piano, conducting, composition and electronic music. He started his career in the 1960s collaborating with artists such as Shirley Bassey and Nini Rosso.

He was the impresario of the Polish singer Anna German. On 27 August 1967 in Italy, on the road between Forlì and Milan, Serio fell asleep at the wheel. They got into a serious car accident. At high speed the car impresario of the singer crashed into a concrete fence. Anna was thrown from the car through the windshield. She suffered multiple fractures, internal injuries. After the incident, Anna German did not regain consciousness for a week, and Serio received fractures of the hand and foot.

Serio composed the music for several musical comedies by Garinei & Giovannini,