Lorenzo Vizzini

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 We'll Be Young and Beautiful.^[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, Sister Cristina, Antonino Spadaccino.