Biography
Al Conti
has always been an artist and an actor, and close to two decades ago he heeded the call of the muse to compose an album. His dedication to excellence has propelled him to becoming one of the top talents in the New Age genre. Today, Al is a GRAMMY®
nominated, award winning composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist whose music is heard around the world on all forms of media and in retail space, with several million plays, over 2 million in just Spotify alone.
MYSTIC, Al’s sixth album, was four years in the making. The album topped the ZMR
Charts at #1 that month, garnered two ZMR Lifestyle Awards
nominations and won Best World Album. Al describes his spiritual quest during this period in the album’s liner notes, a rare personal glimpse of the introverted artist’s world that reveal his penchant for world travel to mystical places. Rich in sound, culture, and instrumentation, Al feels the album is his best work to date. The album also includes the talents of Charlee Brooks
(David Arkenstone), Pamela Copus
(2002), Ricky Kej
and Jeff Pearce.
Al’s previous album, The Blue Rose, quickly rose to the top #1 spot on the Zone Music Reporter
(ZMR) Top 100 chart for two consecutive months. The album also reached #3 on the ZMR Top 100 Airplay Chart
for 2013. In 2010, his album Northern Seas
garnered a GRAMMY®
nomination, made Amazon's
Top 10 list
for Best New Age Albums
of that year, and reached #2 in the ZMR Top 100
chart for October 2010. His third album Scheherazade
topped the ZMR Top 100 Chart at number 1 for three consecutive months, in October, November and December, 2008. The album also garnered four ZMR Lifestyle Music Awards
nominations, including Album of the Year, and won Best World Album
of 2008. Scheherazade
also headed many radios 'Top 10' and 'Best of' lists,' as well as charting #5 on the ZMR's Top 100 Airplay Chart for 2008. His album Poeta
was used as part of NPR's fundraising efforts in 2007 and his recording 'Quest for Orpheus,' from the same album, received a “Best of 2007” Award from Mystic Soundscapes Radio.
In 2008, Al joined Kevin Bacon, Jessica Alba, Will & Grace's Shelley Morrison and other celebrities lending his name to the
Until There's A Cure
foundation to help raise funds for HIV/AIDS awareness and research. Al is also a member of Artists For Human Rights, an organization founded by actress Anne Archer.
Conti has traveled widely and has lived in South America, Europe and the United States. As an actor, he has appeared on television shows including the CBS daytime drama As The World Turns, in films, in numerous radio and television commercials, and on-stage in theatre productions. Born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Conti comes from a family of artists with notoriety in many fields.
Al’s childhood was full of artistic expression. His grandfather was a concert pianist, his mother was a professional ballerina, and his father is an architect, published poet and university professor. Al’s family tree also includes the famous Argentinean writer and politician Miguel Cané, who held numerous political offices, notably as Argentine minister of external affairs and of the Interior and Mayor of the City of Buenos Aires. On his mother’s side, Al is also a relative of the Necchi family that founded the famous sewing machine company.
In 2015, Al married his longtime partner and manager, Kevin. They make their home in the Hudson Valley and Manhattan, New York City, with Digby, their adopted dog.
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS/MENTIONS
• ZMR Lifestyle Music Award WINNER: Best World Album | Album: MYSTIC | Year: 2016
• ZMR Lifestyle Music Award Nomination: Album of the Year | Album: MYSTIC | Year: 2016
• One World Music Radio Award WINNER: Album of the Year | Album: MYSTIC | Year: 2016
• One World Music Radio Award WINNER: Best World/Global Fusion Album | Album: MYSTIC | Year: 2016
• GRAMMY®
Award Nomination | Album: Northern Seas | Year: 2011
• Celtic Radio Music Award Nomination | Song: Dans för Loki (Loki's Jig) | Album: Northern Seas | Year: 2010
• Amazon Top 10 Best New Age Albums | Album: Northern Seas | Year: 2010
• ZMR Lifestyle Music Award WINNER: Best World Album | Album: Scheherazade | Year: 2009
• ZMR Lifestyle Music Award Nomination: Album of the Year | Album: Scheherazade | Year: 2009
• ZMR Lifestyle Music Award Nomination: Best Contemporary Instrumental Album | Album: Scheherazade | Year: 2009
• ZMR Lifestyle Music Award Nomination: Best Album Cover | Album: Scheherazade | Year: 2009
• Radio Mystic Award: Best of 2007 | Song: Quest for Orpheus | Album: Poeta | Year: 2007
ZMR CHART POSITIONS
• Position: #1 | Album: MYSTIC | Month/Year: October 2016
• Position: #1 | Album: The Blue Rose | Month/Year: June 2013
• Position: #1 | Album: The Blue Rose | Month/Year: May 2013
• Position: #2 | Album: Northern Seas | Month/Year: October 2010
• Position: #1 | Album: Scheherazade | Month/Year: October 2008
• Position: #1 | Album: Scheherazade | Month/Year: November 2008
• Position: #1 | Album: Scheherazade | Month/Year: December 2008