Singer Enzo Gusman was born in Sliema, Malta on 9th August 1947 and passed away on 18th December 2021. He was married to Carmen and had 2 daughters.
His music career commenced on a radio programme called ‘Tic Tac’, where he was a resident singer. He was also the group ‘The Boys’ lead singer. In 1965, he started a banking job which he continued also after moving to Canada.
Gusman took part in many song contests both in Malta and around the world, including Greece, Japan, Turkey, Egypt, Bulgaria, Chile, East Germany and Ireland and won 5 times the Malta Song Festival and also succeeded in winning some international awards as well.
In addition, Enzo was honoured with a special appreciation award for his substantial involvement in Maltese music at the ‘Ghanja tal’Poplu’ Festival.
His songs were written by himself and are still popular in his home country to this day. These include ‘Il-Festa tar-Rahal’, ‘M’Ghadekx li Kont’ u ‘Ghaziz Missier’, amongst others.
In December 2021, Enzo passed away in his Canada home.