Singer and songwriter Giada Italian Singer and songwriter Giada Valenti is recognized for her special voice and great stage presence. With her October 2008 release, And I Love You So, Giada plans to bring her sophisticated music and European style to music fans worldwide. And I Love You So features Giada's interpretations of such songs as "La Vie En Rose", "It's Impossible", "Grande Grande Grande"(Never Never Never) and "Se (love theme of Cinema Paradiso)". The number one jazz resource on the web, E-jazz News, writes: "If you listen to the pop/jazz music of Buble, Diana Krall and Norah Jones, then you will definitely want to get a hold of And I Love You So and let Giada Valenti enchant you with her voice and mesmerize you with her music". Born and raised in Venice, Italy, Giada Valenti started to sing and play piano at the age of seven. She began touring professionally with a band by age twelve. She studied piano and music theory at the Santa Cecilia music school in Venice and got her music degree at the G. Tartini in Trieste. She also studied jazz with American singer Dawn Mitchell. Giada moved to New York in 2004, after her music got serious interest from a major record label. In December 2005, Giada's self-released CD Italian Signorina was launched in the USA to great reviews. Italian Signorina featured the song "Caruso" that Giada performed on the red carpet at the Columbus Day Parade in 2005, 2006, and 2007 in New York City. Giada has performed a selection of songs of her new CD "And I Love You So" at the 2008 edition of this parade, and was featured on WNBC 4 New York. Giada was named Woman of the Year by the Organization of Italian Charities In America at a ceremony in late October. Figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi used Giada's music in an ice show performance broadcast on NBC.