Licia Missori

Licia Missori
Licia Missori sitting in front of a black Essex grand piano wearing a red dress and looking at the camera.
Licia Missori in 2022
Born
Licia Missori

Rome, Italy
Alma mater
Occupations
Years active2002–present
Works
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
Websitewww.liciamissori.it

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.[1][2]

Trained a classical pianist from the age of five,[1] Missori has worked and toured worldwide with several acts in the rock scene, including Haggard, Belladonna, Spiral69, and Steve Hewitt from Placebo.[3][4] Also, she has toured alongside film actor Giancarlo Giannini in Italian theaters.[2]

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.[3] 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[5]

In 2010, Missori founded the alternative rock band The Dark Side of Venus, for which she is a songwriter, composer, pianist, and keyboardist.[6] The band won the Italian Opening Band Live Music Festival 2011, opening Paolo Benvegnù's concert in Trieste in the same year.[7] In 2012, The Dark Side of Venus released the single Dirty Paradise, which was produced by Novembre's guitarist Massimiliano Pagliuso.[8] In 2016, the band released the album Power to Victims,[9] its cover featuring a black and white photograph of Missori's hands and forearms wrapped in chains, shot by Italian fashion photographer Alfredo Sabbatini.[8][10][11] In the following year, The Dark Side of Venus toured with Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, Sirenia, and The Birthday Massacre.[12][13] Missori is currently also a member of the Celtic fusion band Green Clouds as pianist, in the character of Erin.[14][15]

Missori has released eight solo albums periodically since 2002. She performs as a soloist and with orchestras, including the Roman Xilon Orchestra[16] and Tin Pan Orchestra, for which Missori also works as an arranger.[17]

Licia Missori at Wave Gotik Treffen in 2012.
Licia Missori performing at Wave Gotik Treffen in 2012.
Licia Missori at the Wacken Open Air Festival in 2022.
Licia Missori performing at the 2022 Wacken Open Air Festival.
Licia Missori in Colombia with Haggard in 2023.
Licia Missori performing in Colombia with Haggard in 2023.

Discography

Solo albums

  • Flowered Emotions (2002)
  • Nuits Blanches (2003)
  • Amore e Morte (2009)
  • Neverland (2015)
  • Nostalgia del Futuro (2021)
  • Dreaming Together (2022)
  • Video Game Soundtracks Vol. 1 (2023)
  • Alternative Dimensions (2023)

Album collaborations

  • Spiral69 - No paint on the wall (2011)
  • Pure - Love after the end of the world (2012)
  • The Dark Side of Venus - Dirty Paradise (2012)
  • The Divinos - The Divino Code (2012)
  • Spiral69 - Ghosts in my eyes (2013)
  • Belladonna - Sweet child o' mine (2013) *
  • Belladonna - Shooting dice with God (2013)
  • Ida Elena - Awakening (2013) *
  • Neverflowers - Neverflowers (2013)
  • Chiazzetta - I mostri (2014)
  • R - The pain you feel (2015)
  • The Dark Side of Venus - Power to Victims (2016)
  • David Zulli - La danza della nudità (2017)
  • Elisa Erin Bonomo - Antifragile (2017)
  • The Konspirators - Memorie dall'Underground (2020)
  • David Zulli - 2Q20 (2020)
  • Elisa Erin Bonomo - Sinusoide (2021)
  • Ranthiel - Stargazers (2021) *
  • DBD Trio - Bridge the Gap (2022)
  • Green Clouds - Game of Thrones (2023) *
  • Green Clouds - Rosemarie's Fantasy (2023)

* Single.

Books

  • Missori, L. (2012). Dolce notte tossica. La storia di quando sono morta. Centro Studi Tindari Patti. ISBN 978-88-96497-87-6
  • Missori, L. (2024). Musica per videogiochi. Edizioni Dedalo. ISBN 978-88-220-6919-1

References

  1. ^ a b Pasquini, Mara (March 27, 2019). "Cielo, Terra, Notte e Storie si incontreranno al Bistrot Caffeina con la pianista Licia Missori | TusciaUp".
  2. ^ a b "Afro Divas: Un omaggio alle leggende del blues e R'n'B all'Arena Teatro Tor Bella Monaca". www.gaeta.it. September 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Licia Missori". Romics. September 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "Biografia Spiral69". Rockit.it.
  5. ^ "Intervista esclusiva alla compositrice di videogames Licia Missori". www.colonnesonore.net.
  6. ^ "Maintenance". www.thedarksideofvenus.com.
  7. ^ "INTERVISTA PAOLO BENVEGNù » elisa russo". elisa russo. July 19, 2011.
  8. ^ a b "The Dark Side of Venus: Power to Victims, il nuovo disco su Blog della Musica". February 1, 2017.
  9. ^ ">>THE DARK SIDE OF VENUS - Slowly (live) | SYSTEM FAILURE".
  10. ^ "THE DARK SIDE OF VENUS".
  11. ^ Alcini, Fabio (February 9, 2017). "The Dark Side of Venus: è urgente una presa di coscienza".
  12. ^ "Claudio Simonetti'S Goblin all' Orion di Roma. Live Report - Lester Live in Rome". February 22, 2017.
  13. ^ "VeroRock". October 13, 2017.
  14. ^ "LICIA MISSORI | Jalo". July 15, 2018.
  15. ^ Redazione, La (September 22, 2024). "Beeyourconcert – la pianista Licia Missori in concerto al Grove Farm di Roma | Jalo".
  16. ^ "Memorial Morricone". Turismo Roma. June 13, 2023.
  17. ^ "Pixel Symphony, Tin Pan Orchestra". RomaToday.
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