Moni Ovadia

Moni Ovadia is an Italian actor, musician, singer and theatrical author. "Moni" is short for "Salomone" (Solomon).Ovadia was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 1946 to a Jewish family who moved to Milan in Ovadia's early childhood. He attended Milan's Jewish school. Here he graduated in political science and made his debut in the theatre world under Roberto Leydi, as singer and musician in the band Almanacco Popolare. In 1972, he founded a company, the Gruppo Folk Internazionale, playing mainly songs and music from the Balkans.