Luigi Finizio, known professionally as Gigi Finizio, is an Italian singer and
composer who was born in 1965 in Naples. He began learning the piano at age five
and passed the SIAE exam at age nine. Finizio appeared on television programs
including Argento e oro and Tandem and released his debut studio album, For'a
scola, (1974). He achieved a commercial breakthrough with the album A te donna
(1984), which featured the single “Odio” (1984) and sold more than 300,000
copies. In 1994, he won the Sanremo Giovani competition with the song “Scacco
matto” (1994). He placed third at the 4...