His participation in Sanremo is tainted by a plagiarism case: he claims to have composed the musical break of the Festival, while he had clearly copied the song "Hoppípolla" by the Icelandic group Sigur Rós. After being publicly praised by Antonella Clerici as the creator of the "Sinfonia Sabiu 7," the director had to admit his homage to Sigur Rós before being engulfed by the scandal (Wikipedia).
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