Roberto Mancinelli

Roberto Mancinelli (born 12 June 1970 in Benevento) is an Italian A&R executive, record producer and writer.

Throughout his career, he worked with many Italian artists like Franco Battiato, Gianna Nannini, Vinicio Capossela, Laura Pausini, Irene Grandi, Paolo Conte, Mina, Adriano Celentano, PFM, Nomadi, and Nek.

Early career

Born in Benevento, Mancinelli grew up in Castelvenere. In 1988 he made his radio debut, working at Radio Telesia. A year later he moved to Bologna, where he attended at the University of Bologna. While a student, he worked as a DJ in some local venues and started collaborating with Punto Radio, Telemontecarlo and Videomusic. In 1993 he moved back to Bologna, and the following year he started writing reviews for the music magazine Rockstar. In 2000 he became A&R of S4 Records. In 2002 he founded another label, C&C Progetti Discografici. Since 2007 he has been the A&R of Sony/ATV Music Publishing Italy. In the following years he worked with Gianna Nannini, Giovanni Caccamo, In 2014 he moved to New York City, where he acts as Consultant Italian Portfolio for Sony/Atv. In 2015 he won the prestigious FIM Award.

In 2017 he founded the record label I Mean Music & Management. The first artist produced by the label is the young singer-songwriter Braschi, who took part at the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 in the "Nuove Proposte" section, with the song "Nel Mare Ci Sono I Coccodrilli".

In October 2017 he joined Sugar Music Publishing's team, signing Alessandra Flora – one among the most prominent new songwriters in Italy whose songs appear on Gianni Morandi, Raf, Malika Ayane and Nina Zilli.

Books Raffabook (2006)

Awards FIM Award (2015)