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ATARDE is the pseudonym of Leonardo Celsi, an artist from Ancona born in 2001. He approaches music from a very young age thanks to his parents, both violinists. He starts playing the drums first, then the piano, thanks to which the first songs come to life. Influenced by various artists such as Queen, Elton John, Lucio Dalla, Hozier, Milky Chance, Twenty One Pilots (the band who made him discover the ukulele) and Calcutta, who inspired him in writing the first texts in Italian. 
He publishes his first cover on Soundcloud in December 2020, followed by some tracks written and produced by himself such as "loml", "cartelloni" and "compton" throughout 2021. The first release for a record label arrives in October 2021, resuming a soundcloud track, “loml”, co-produced with Fudasca and published for Pezzi Dischi under exclusive license
to Island Records / Universal Music Italia. His first live experiences are with a band formed together with some friends, in which his songs plus some covers were played. As a soloist he is presented in acoustic, ukulele and vocals or accompanied by recorded base and guitar. 
In 2021 he played with Celestopoly and Bartolini at the Brainstorm Summer Festival in Fusignano and at the Beat Festival in Empoli.