Gianluigi Fazio


Gianluigi Fazio 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!.
WWW gianluigifazio.com

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, The Greatest Hits World Tour, Simili/Pausini Stadi and Fatti sentire – World Wide Tour, including concerts at the Circo Massimo.
In studio, he worked with Eros Ramazzotti as backing vocalist on the albums Noi and Noi due.
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

Producer / sound engineer

Il mio gioco preferito – Parte prima – Nek, co-production, recording and mixing.

Tours

; Cesare CremoniniCremonini Live 2018 – backing vocals, acoustic guitar.Stadi 2018 Live Stadi 2022 Indoor 2022
; Dargen D'AmicoSummer Tour 2022 – backing vocals, keyboards, guitar.
; Laura PausiniWorld Tour 2009 Inedito World Tour The Greatest Hits World Tour Gira Grandes Éxitos Pausini Stadi Similares World Tour Fatti sentire – World Wide Tour
; 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.Laura Pausini – Mi tengo — directed by Gianluigi and Giorgio Fazio ; premiered on TGcom24.Les Enfants – Dammi un nome — directed by Gianluigi and Giorgio Fazio ; premiered on Rolling Stone Italia.Il Fieno – Del conseguimento della maggiore età — 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