As a child, Virginio showed a natural predisposition to music. As a teenager, he learned to play the piano, sing, and compose his first songs, also experimenting with dancing and acting. After graduating from the Gobetti High School in his hometown, Fondi, he moved to Milan. There, he enrolled in the Nuova Accademia Delle Belle Arti (New Academy of Fine Arts), where he graduated in Graphic Design And Art Direction, getting in touch with producers Paolo Agosta (his professor) and Ivo Grasso, with whom he began collaborating.
First steps in music: Sanremo Nuove Proposte and the first album Virginio In 2006 he took part in the
56th Sanremo Music Festival in the category
New Proposals with a song written by him,
Davvero that anticipated his first album
Virginio, produced by Ivo Grasso and Fabrizio Grenghi. The album contains ten tracks and the lyrics were written by the singer along with Paolo Agosta, who also composed the music. The second single
Instabile was released in May and the third one
Novembre in October. In 2010 he made his first experience as an author, writing with
Paola & Chiara the tracks
Milleluci and
Adesso Stop!, of which he also composed the music, contained in their album
Milleluci.
Winner of Amici di Maria De Filippi and the EP Finalmente In September 2010 Virginio passed the selections of the
tenth edition of
Amici di Maria De Filippi. During the contest Virginio presented
Ad occhi chiusi,
Non ha importanza and
Dolcenotte and won the competition in March 2011. On March 8, 2011, he published his second studio album
Finalmente promoted by the singles
Ad occhi chiusi and
Sale. The album sold over 30,000 copies and it was certified gold and therefore awarded at the Wind Music Awards. featuring the singles
Alice and
La Dipendenza and a song,
Catch Me, that
Gary Barlow, leader of
Take That, gave to Virginio, who translated it into Italian with the title
Tu Mi Senti. From March 31, 2012, Virginio attended the eleventh edition of
Amici in a special contest, called
Big, where former contestants of previous editions of the show challenged each other, but Virginio was eliminated during the 3rd episode. In 2013 he composed and wrote for and with
Laura Pausini the songs
Limpido, in duet with
Kylie Minogue, and
Dove resto solo io.
2015-2019 In 2015 he was the opening act for one of the shows of
Malika Ayane's Naïf tour and released the single
Hercules, produced in
San Francisco by
Corrado Rustici and written with
Andy Marvel, Dimitri Ehrlich and
Jesse Harris. In the same year he was one of the authors of the lyrics to Raf's
Rimani tu. In 2016, together with Andrea Ferrara, he wrote and composed the m music for
Weird by
Lorenzo Fragola. In 2016, Virginio participated with a cover of
Royals by
Lorde to the compilation A.M.I. - Rarities of Artists for Amatrice was released. In 2017 he co-authored lyrics and music for
Chiara Galiazzo's song
Chiaroscuro. In July 2017 he participated to the festival
Symphonic Night Vol 2 Napoli Fantasy at Shibuya O-EAST in Tokyo, as the guest vocalist of Corrado Rustici's prog-rock band
Cervello, an event from which a live CD and DVD entitled Live in Tokyo 2017 was released. In September 2018 she is part of the cast, at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan, of the musical event Buon compleanno Mimì, organized by the cultural association Minuetto in memory of
Mia Martini, paying tribute to the artist with a cover of Il fiume dei profumi, a song written for her by
Biagio Antonacci. In 2017 he released the single
Semplifica, produced by Gianluigi Fazio and written in collaboration with Fazio himself and Edwyn Roberts, which was promoted live by Virginio during the 2018's edition of the Italian event
Festival Show. In 2018 he collaborated again with
Laura Pausini with whom he co-authored the lyrics of Fantastico (Fai quello che sei), E.sta.a.te and Il caso è chiuso, he was then an opening act of five of Pausini's
Fatti sentire World Wide Tour 2018 shows. In November 2018, he performed in Osaka at the "Italia, amore mio!" festival, an event organized by the Italian Chamber of Commerce that promotes made in Italy music, art, food and wine in
Japan. In the same year, he released the single
Rischiamo tutto and in 2019
Cubalibre, whose video inspired by
Bernardo Bertolucci's
The Dreamers, directed by Alessandro Congiu, was awarded as
Video revelation of the year at the Premio Roma Videoclip 2019. With a conference at the
Chamber of Deputies in June 2016, it was announced that Virginio would collaborate on
Parole liberate: beyond the prison wall, a poetry contest, conceived by Duccio Parodi and Michele De Lucia, reserved for people in prison. The winning poem,
P.S. post scriptum, by then inmate Giuseppe Catalano, in fact, was set to music by Virginio and recorded and published in 2019.
P.S. post scriptum was awarded
Best Lyrics at the International Short Film Festival Tulipani di Seta Nera. Between 2018 and 2019 he collaborated with
Officine Buone, a non-profit organization that brings live music to hospitals, also participating in the
MTV series
Involontaria inspired by the project. On September 2, 2019, Virginio announced, during the 76th edition of the
Venice International Film Festival, that he is the artist who won the
SIAE's
Per chi crea contest for the national and international promotion of Italian music, winning the production of a tour in the United States, planned for spring 2020 but currently postponed due to the
2019-2021 COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-today In 2020, he participated in
Tale e quale show (the Italian version of
Sing Your Face Off) and took on the role of music artistic director of MP FILM, a film-music production company. In the same year he also signed the sound direction of
Donne - Storie che ispirano, a docu-series about women with breast cancer by Italian TV channel LA7d, and of
Manteniamoci Informate, an ovarian cancer awareness campaign. He also supported his hometown, Fondi, which became a "red zone" during the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy with a charitable concert,
Artisti ProFondi, streamed on April 2, 2020, featuring
Marco Masini,
Arisa,
Noemi and other colleagues In 2021 he released the singles
Rimani (also presented in Latin America in its Spanish-language version
Mañana in 2022) and
Brava gente. Also in 2021 he co-wrote
Ti vedo da fuori by
Alessandra Amoroso, featured on the album
Tutto accade. Between February and April 2022 he co-wrote the song
Quello che abbiamo perso by
Giusy Ferreri, featured on the album
Cortometraggi and he sang in duet with Bianca Atzei on
Collisioni. In the summer he released the single ''M'incanta
for Universal Music Italy[ and wrote with Daniele Coro Il panda con le ali'', a song that participated in the 65th edition of the
Zecchino d'Oro and was the winner of the event. In September 2022, he announced, during the 79th edition of the
Venice International Film Festival, his new single
Non dirlo a nessuno, and its Spanish version
No le digas a nadie, the main song of the soundtrack of Alessio Russo's film of the same name, in which Virginio also takes part with a cameo.[59][60][61] On December 11, 2022, he participated in and won the second edition of the Christmas version of the Italian TV program
Tale e quale show with his performance as
George Michael, singing
Last Christmas. In winter 2023 he collaborated in the creation of the song
Un milione di piccole tempeste performed by
Gianni Morandi. On May 25, 2023, he released his new single
Il giorno con la notte in Italian and
El día con la noche in Spanish, featuring Teo Bok and with the production of
Julio Reyes Copello. In June 2023 he worked again with Laura Pausini, writing for her
Il primo passo sulla Luna and
Vale la pena for her new album Anime Parallele. In January 2024 he wrote for and with
Alberto Urso Mille domande. In February he participated in
Tale e quale Sanremo. On March 16 and on March 30, he was the opening act for the tour dates in
Mexico City and
Miami of Laura Pausini's World Tour 2023–2024. During an interview on
Telemundo's talk show
Conectados con Daisy he announced his new single
Noche Negra which was released on June 4. In September 2024 he cowrote the music for the song
Disobbedire by Fiorella Mannoia and he released his new single
Amarene. On November 7, 8, and 9, he was the opening act for the dates in
Houston, Miami, and
Orlando of
Carlos Baute's
De mi puño y letra tour. ==Private life==