Nella Martinetti (21 January 1946 – 29 July 2011) was a Swiss singer-songwriter, affectionately nicknamed "Bella Nella". She was born in Brissago, Ticino, Switzerland. In 1986, she became the first winner of the Grand Prix der Volksmusik with the song "Bella Musica", which she composed. In 1987, along with Atilla Şereftuğ, Martinetti approached a then unknown young Canadian singer Céline Dion, asking her to represent Switzerland in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Ne partez pas sans moi." Martinetti entered into a civil union with her longtime partner Marianne Schneebeli in 2009. Martinetti died in Männedorf, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland aged 65, in 2011, from pancreatic cancer. References External links Martinetti's Yahoo.com music page Nella Martinetti's official website 1946 births 2011 deaths 20th-century Swiss women singers Swiss singer-songwriters Eurovision Song Contest winners Deaths from pancreatic cancer Deaths from cancer in Switzerland People from Brissago Swiss-Italian people Women songwriters Swiss folk singers Swiss LGBT singers Swiss LGBT songwriters