Licia Missori (born in Rome, Italy) is an Italian pianist, keyboardist, composer, songwriter and music producer. Her work spans a diverse array of genres, ranging from classical music to rock and dark wave, as well as symphonic metal, Celtic fusion and video game music.
Trained a classical pianist from the age of five, Missori has worked and toured worldwide with several acts in the rock scene, including Haggard, Belladonna, , and Steve Hewitt from Placebo. Also, she has toured alongside film actor Giancarlo Giannini in Italian theaters.
Missori has collaborated with advergame company Gamindo since 2019, composing and producing video game music for several brands, including Google, Discovery Plus, Barilla, Lavazza and Chiara Ferragni. In 2024, Missori released the book Musica per videogiochi, which was the first book to be published in Italy that was systematically dedicated to game music
In 2010, Missori founded the alternative rock band The Dark Side of Venus, for which she is a songwriter, composer, pianist, and keyboardist. The band won the Italian Opening Band Live Music Festival 2011, opening Paolo Benvegnù's concert in Trieste in the same year. In 2012, The Dark Side of Venus released the single Dirty Paradise, which was produced by Novembre's guitarist Massimiliano Pagliuso. In 2016, the band released the album Power to Victims, its cover featuring a black and white photograph of Missori's hands and forearms wrapped in chains, shot by Italian fashion photographer . In the following year, The Dark Side of Venus toured with Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Sirenia, and The Birthday Massacre. Missori is currently also a member of the Celtic fusion band Green Clouds as pianist, in the character of Erin.
Missori has released eight solo albums periodically since 2002. She performs as a soloist and with orchestras, including the Roman Xilon Orchestra and Tin Pan Orchestra, for which Missori also works as an arranger.
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