Lorenzo Vizzini

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Lorenzo Vizzini
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Born1993
Ragusa, Sicily, Italy
Occupation(s)Lyricist
Composer

Lorenzo Vizzini Bisaccia (born in 1993) is an Italian lyricist, composer, record producer and singer-songwriter.

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Life and career

Born in Ragusa, the son of the impersonator and comedian Danilo Vizzini, as a child he performed alongside his father in numerous shows and took part in the Canale 5 talent show Bravo Bravissimo, finishing second. [1] [2] At the age of 18, he moved to Milan where he began working as a songwriter. [3] [4] In 2011, he won the Premio Lunezia  [ it ] in the newcomers category. [5] In 2013, he composed 8 of the 13 tracks on Ornella Vanoni's album Meticci . [3] In 2015, he released his first album as a singer-songwriter, Il viaggio. [4]

In 2017, Vizzini collaborated on the composition of the single "200 note", from Laura Pausini's album Simili . [3] [6] In 2019, he took part in the Sanremo Music Festival with two songs, Arisa's "Mi sento bene" and Anna Tatangelo's "Le nostre anime di notte". [3] [6] The same year, he got a Nastro d'argento nomination for best original song with "Toc toc", a song performed by Barbora Bobuľová and composed with Matteo Buzzanca for the film Saremo giovani e bellissimi. [7]

In 2020, Vizzini composed eight tracks for Renato Zero's album Zerosettanta. [3] In 2021, he wrote the lyrics for Marco Mengoni's "Luce", and the same year he began a collaboration with Mr. Rain, penning seven tracks on his album Petrichor; their collaboration continued in 2022 with the album Fragile and in 2023 with "Supereroi", a song that ranked third at the 73rd Sanremo Music Festival. [1] [8] [9]

Vizzini's collaborations include Emma Marrone, Alexia, Francesco Gabbani, Pinguini Tattici Nucleari, Simona Molinari, Raphael Gualazzi, Giovanni Caccamo, Mario Lavezzi, Tricarico, Deborah Iurato, Giordana Angi, Tony Maiello  [ it ], Sister Cristina, Antonino Spadaccino.

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