Massimiliano Pani will also take the surname of Mother Mina

Massimiliano Pani decided: He will add to the surname of his fatherthe actor Corrado Pani, too that of Mother Minaat the registry office Anna Maria Mazzini.

The firstborn of the singer after spending many years in Switzerland where Mina itself lives, last year moved to Forte dei Marmi In the Vittoria Apuana district, very dear to the family because it is a destination for numerous holidays. And it is proper to the registry of the municipality of the Tuscan townthrough his lawyers Paola Manzone and Riccardo Pesce, who has requested not to be called only bread but Pani Mazzini.

According to some press bodies The question would have already been accepted positively but as told in an interview aL Corriere della SeraPani has not yet received any communication “I’m waiting”.

However, only the bureaucratic official seems to be missing, and then the Manufacturer, arranger and musical composer He can be said to the mother, with whom in addition to the personal link he developed a very strong artistic partnership, also with the surname.

Author of many successful songs in Italy and abroad, during his career he dealt with the arrangement of many pieces for artists of the caliber of Adriano Celentano, Ivano Fossati, Fabrizio De André, Renato Zero and beyond.

A decision, to make the double surname, which has a very precise motivation: «I grew up with my maternal grandparents and therefore I would like to spend the surname Pani-Mazzini also to my children. If they want they will also be able to continue to pass on these surnames over time, “he always told the Corriere della Sera.

The choice of the maternal surname had already been made years ago on the other daughter of Mina, Blessedhad with Virgilio Crocco, who brings the surname precisely Mazzini.

Mina has not interfered or insisted but it seems to be, of course, very happy with her son’s initiative. When he became Massimiliano’s mother, in 1963, he was overwhelmed by criticism Because the father, although separated, was actually still formally married to the actress Renata Monteduro.

If today dynamics of this type fall within the absolute normality, in Italy of the period all this was unacceptable or almost unacceptable, to the point that the star, who was experiencing its most successful moment, It was purified by Rai and removed from the scenes for a period.

The newspapers also lashed out against the “Tiger of Cremona”, with offensive and judging articles and titles. As mentioned by herself in an interview a Playboy 9 years after Massimiliano’s birth «The best was a photo on Era Where I laughed with Corrado with my baby bump, quiet, and written “what will he have to laugh?” ».

An episode among the many, an example of an unfair fury that caused a lot of suffering to mine and even if the son fortunately did not experience that pain, today’s choice sounds like a sort of symbolic moral compensation. Thanks for the mother who was and for the artist who is still.

Despite never having abandoned music, the star for decades has retired from the scenes but despite its 85 years has no intention of retiring.

Mother and son have often collaborated in artistic projects that have received an overwhelming public success. The last one is in progress in this period. It is a album (the artist’s 116th) Jazz that will be released in November 2025 with the title Delightful surplusesand who will see the presence of several Italian jazz artists.