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Massimo Gallotta is an Italian-American concert producer and founder of Massimo Gallotta Productions LTD, also known as MGP Live. He has most recently been involved in the creation of live, multimedia video game concerts.

Biography
From the late 1970s to 2006, Massimo Gallotta produced and promoted live music events across Italy and Europe for both Italian and international artists. Among these artists were Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Ennio Morricone, Joe Cocker and Caetano Veloso]. In 1991 Gallotta produced a Frank Sinatra concert live in the ancient [[Amphitheatre of Pompeii.

In 2006, Gallotta founded Massimo Gallotta Productions LTD (or MGP Live) in New York City. In February 2007, Gallotta produced Ennio Morricone’s first North American tour which premiered at the Radio City Music Hall. The concert was also performed at the United Nations’ welcoming ceremony for Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.

Gallotta has produced the North American debut for a number of Italian artists including Pino Daniele and Roberto Benigni.

In December 2008, Gallotta’s company produced the Labelle reunion concert tour with Patti Labelle, Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash at the Apollo Theater in New York City. This was the group’s first public concert since January 1977.

In February 2012, Gallotta produced the Angelique Kidjo concert “Raise Your Voice to End Female Genital Mutilation” at the United Nations General Assembly Hall, in cooperation with the Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations and UNICEF.

In 2015, Gallotta began producing live video game music concerts. The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses featured music from Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda series, while Distant Worlds: Music From Final Fantasy featured music from Square Enix's Final Fantasy series. Both shows toured worldwide.

Most recently, Gallotta produced the Assassin’s Creed Symphony, featuring the music of Ubisoft's Assassin’s Creed video game series. The show has toured in both North America and Europe.