BIOGRAPHY
"Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible."
OSCAR BARALDI
Oscar Baraldi was born in Bologna, a historic town of the Emilia Romagna situated in the north of Italy, known for his university with an important Academy of Fine Art and is famous in the world for its gastronomy dishes Lasagna, Tagliatelle, and Spaghetti alla Bolognese.
It was a great chance for me to have the Italian Club Magico in my town (association national for magician). The President Alberto Sitta art’s name was Chun-Chin-Fu a famous persona in the world of magic arts, Tony Binarelli and The Great Famous Italian Magician Silvan.
When I was eight years old, I was very shy, my parents sent me at the conservatory of Giovanni Battisti in Bologna, to take lesson of Piano, but I didn’t like piano. Then my mother tried to register me at a tennis course, nothing at all! the shyness continues for me.
In the year of my seventies, westerns films were very in vogue like “They call me Trinity” and “Trinity is still my name” the actors were Terence Hill and Bud Spencer where they played poker, the actor Terence Hill shuffled cards with an incredible dexterity, I watched the film many times specially the same scene and I tried to repeat the same things. I tried and tried to manipulate the cards many times, finally I have been able to manage the cards like the actor I saw in the film. At the same time, there was a popular TV show, Italian Magician Silvan called “Domenica In”. Every Sunday the magician captured the audience with his magic manipulation with cards, cigarettes and many other magic tricks. I loved this and began to try the same thing that the Magician was doing.
My parents were very happy because this time their son found something that he like, for my birthday my mother gave me a gift, a magic box of the great Magician “Silvan”. I learnt all the magic tricks and in a short time I performed a little show for my parents and friends at the birthday of my sister. My timidity had slowly begun to disappear until I grew up and learnt manipulation of cards, little balls, coins, ropes and many other tricks and performed many times for a big audience.
One day after a performance in Bologna the president of the Italian Club Magic Alberto Sitta came to congratulate me in the backstage. The president was in the audience watching my show, and he asked me if I wanted to be a member of the Italian Club Magic in Bologna. I was only fourteen years old when I began to attend to the Italian Magic club. In the space of ten years, I’ve participated at a national and international congress.
In 1980 I won the Grand Prix “Trophy Alberto Sitta” in the International congress of Magic in Bologna.
In 1985 I won the 3rd place for the category of Magic show on stage at the International congress at Saint Vincent.
In 1986 in the World Champione Congress in Lausanne, I won the 4th place.
But I had to choose a job, and I worked in a Bank in Bologna, but in a short time I left his job and opts to be a professional artist in the magic business camp.
From 1988 to 1995 I’ve collaborated with the Italian Club Magic in Bologna, perform in Italy and many places in others countries in the World.
In 1987 I’ve met Marie Ilette Victoire who was born in Mauritius; first she was my assistant and then became my wife. Together we travel the world, perform for cruises ships, Events, Luxury Hotels and Casino’s etc.
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