Martin's Biography
Martin John Pisani was born on September 14th, 1972 to Maltese parents in Herford, Germany, and has one older sister. At the age of six, Martin and his family moved to England, where he was educated until he moved to Malta in 1987. Here, Martin married his teenage sweetheart Carmen in 1995, and they have four beautiful children.
Martin’s singing career began by chance on the eve of the new Millennium when he was working as a hotel security guard. It has since gone from strength to strength. In 2001 Martin appeared at Hardy Spicer’s Rock 'n’ Roll Club in Birmingham; one of the largest clubs of its kind in the UK. He competed in the GMTV ‘Search for Elvis Competition’, getting through to the London Finals after beating thousands of competitors.
In Blackpool in January 2004, Martin took part in the largest Elvis Convention ever held in Europe, where he was placed in the top ten, with contestants from far and wide, including the USA, Denmark, Spain, the Czech Republic, the UK and of course Malta.
On July 5th 2004 Martin took part in the Global Moment in Time in London’s Baker Street, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the birth of Rock 'n' Roll. This event followed an Elvis competition at the Trocadero Centre in London where he once again placed in the top 10, against forty-eight professional tribute artists. On the morning of this event, Martin appeared on GMTV with a handful of other Elvis tribute artists taking part in the celebrations.
In October 2004 Martin was honoured with the “Elvies Gospel Award” for Best Gospel Elvis Singer in Europe. Martin received this prestigious title from Elvis Presley’s tour producer from 1972 to 1977; Mr. Charles Stone. Martin also travelled to Porthcawl,Wales in October 2005 to appear at the Elvies Hall of Fame Show. The highlight of his career to date occurred here when the Sweet Inspirations (Elvis Presley’s backing singers from 1970 to 1977) asked Martin to sing alongside them.
Each year Martin plays tribute to the King with shows to mark the anniversary of Elvis’s birthday (January 8th) and his death (August 16th).
Martin now sings four to five nights a week in various venues in Malta. His repertoire is extremely diverse, paying tribute to Elvis, singing 50s and 60s rock ‘n’ roll and also slotting in a few modern hits in for good measure. Martin has released a number of CDs to date, which have all been hugely popular with both his Maltese fan base and other fans from around the world.
Martin Elvis is rapidly becoming a household name in Malta, appearing regularly on Maltese television and radio shows. Aside from performing at his regular venues and hotels, Martin also performs all over the island at private functions, Festas (feasts), open air concerts and festivals.