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Gianluigi Fazio

Gianluigi Fazio (born 14 November 1978) is an Italian singer-songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for collaborations as songwriter and producer with Laura Pausini, Dargen D'Amico, Marco Mengoni, Nek, Elodie and Eros Ramazzotti. In 2025 he won the David di Donatello for Best Original Song with "Aria!", composed together with Margherita Vicario, Dade, Edwyn Roberts and Andrea Bonomo for the film Gloria!.

Biography

Active professionally since the late 2000s, he joined Laura Pausini’s band as backing vocalist and multi-instrumentalist on the World Tour 2009. With Pausini he continued performing on the Inedito World Tour (2011–2012), The Greatest Hits World Tour (2013–2015, including Australia and Russia), Simili/Pausini Stadi (2016) and Fatti sentire – World Wide Tour (2018), including concerts at the Circo Massimo.

In studio, he worked with Eros Ramazzotti as backing vocalist on the albums Noi (2012) and Noi due (2019). In 2018 he joined Cesare Cremonini’s band for Cremonini Live 2018 as backing vocalist and acoustic guitarist, returning for Live Stadi 2022 and Indoor 2022.

Selected works

Songwriter / composer

Producer / sound engineer

  • Il mio gioco preferito – Parte prima (2019) – Nek, co-production, recording and mixing.
  • "Ubriaco di te" (2022) – Dargen D'Amico, produced with Edwyn Roberts.

Tours

Cesare Cremonini
  • Cremonini Live 2018 – backing vocals, acoustic guitar.
  • Stadi 2018
  • Live Stadi 2022
  • Indoor 2022
Dargen D'Amico
  • Summer Tour 2022 – backing vocals, keyboards, guitar.
Laura Pausini
  • World Tour 2009
  • Inedito World Tour (2011–2012)
  • The Greatest Hits World Tour (2013–2015, incl. Australia and Russia)
  • Gira Grandes Éxitos (Mexico, 2014)
  • Pausini Stadi (2016)
  • Similares World Tour (2016)
  • Fatti sentire – World Wide Tour (2018)
Laura Pausini & Biagio Antonacci
  • Stadi 2019

Music videos and direction

Alongside songwriting and production, Fazio co-directed several music videos with his brother Giorgio Fazio (creative director and filmmaker).

  • Les Enfants – Dammi un nome (2014) — directed by Gianluigi and Giorgio Fazio ; premiered on Rolling Stone Italia.
  • Il Fieno – Del conseguimento della maggiore età (2015) — directed by Gianluigi and Giorgio Fazio; published on Italian portals such as Rockit.

Personal life

Fazio is in a relationship with Sofia Sacchetti, a clinical psychologist and researcher at Sigmund Freud University in Milan. In 2025 the couple had a son, Lucio.

Awards and recognition

References

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