Born in Corsica, France in 1955, Petru Guelfucci was always impassioned since tender childhood by the Corsican song. Already adolescent, he joined a folk group called “A manella” (it is a group of the center in the area of always existing Corté) In 1973, he met the talented Ghjuvan Paulu Poletti, one of the principal actors of the cultural movement of the Seventies in Corsica. Shortly after that they formed a band of young people. This band
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Born in Corsica, France in 1955, Petru Guelfucci was always impassioned since tender childhood by the Corsican song. Already adolescent, he joined a folk group called “A manella” (it is a group of the center in the area of always existing Corté) In 1973, he met the talented Ghjuvan Paulu Poletti, one of the principal actors of the cultural movement of the Seventies in Corsica. Shortly after that they formed a band of young people. This band, with inter alia, Ghjuvan Paulu Poletti and Petru Guelfucci will lead to the foundation of the well known (even today) Corsican group: Canta U Populu Corsu, crucible of the most known artists to date, this group will revive the nationalist flame within a whole generation… After 15 years of success, Canta U Populu Corsu disappears. Canta was the group of the FLNC and one found all the sensitivities of the nationalist movement there. After the dissolution of Canta U Populu Corsu, Petru Guelfucci continues a solo career, recording albums such as Isula, Memoria and Corsica (The album's theme song, Corsica, was a great success, as well as another song: Catalinetta). Petru devotes his time also to his other group of polyphonies Voce di Corsica…
