Dario Farina was born in Cairo and studied in Rome, where his career as a musician and composer began.

He made his name with songs like “Felicità”, “Tu soltano tu” and “Ci sara”, composed for the duo Al Bano and Romina Power, and “Sara perchè ti amo”, “Come vorrei”, “Mamma Maria”, “Piccolo Amore” and “Se m‘innamoro”, composed for Ricchi e Poveri.

He has also composed songs for German singers like Howard Carpendale (“Die Nacht mit Laura Jane”), Gitte Hennig, Caterina Valente and Milva, and he composed the theme tune to the cult TV series “Monaco Franze”, directed by Helmut Dietl.

He has also composed scores for other films by Dietl such as “Rossini” and “Vom Suchen und Finden der Liebe”.

In Germany, he founded the orchestra projects Munich Symphonic Sound Orchestra and the Golden Sound Academy, where he was also a pianist.

He has been a producer for Placido Domingo and has composed songs like “La luna che non c’e” for Andrea Bocelli. His songs have twice won the Sanremo Song Festival. He has had numerous number one hits and won many platinum and gold awards.