Biography
Veronica Atzei, better known by her stage name Bianca Atzei, was born in Milan to Sardinian parents. She has studied singing since she was 8 years old, listening to Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey, but she was also influenced by Italian singers from the 60s such as Luigi Tenco, Patty Pravo and Sergio Endrigo. At the age of 17 she attended a music academy, during which she had her first experience as a singer, taking part in the TV show CD Live, broadcast by the national television channel Rai Due since September 2003. In the following years she contributed to the making of theme songs and jingles, working also for a period as chorister for the TV program Domenica Cinque directed by Barbara D'Urso.
In 2012, she took part in the Sanremo Social, first selection for the following edition of Festival di Sanremo, with her very first single La gelosia, but the song was rejected. On August 3, 2012, the single L'amore veto was released, which was well received on the radio and web, earning one million views on YouTube. On November 16 of the same year she released the single La gelosia, featuring the Italian pop band Modà. The following summer, she performed in with many concerts around Italy, especially in Sardinia. In 2012 she also wrote the lyrics for Folle stronza with Diego Calvetti, contained in the third album of Loredana Errore titled Pioggia di comete.
In 2013, Bianca tried to participate to the Sanremo Music Festival in the section Nuove proposte with the song Arido, but it was rejected. With Niccolò Agliardi she sings the song Fino in fondo, published on May 2, and the collaboration with Kekko Silvestre continues: the frontman of Modà is the writer of Bianca's summer's hit, La paura che ho di perderti, published on July 4, 2013, (certified by FIMI as Disco d'oro, thank to the sale of more than 15,000 copies. With this, she took part in the Coca Cola Summer Festival in Piazza del Popolo in Rome (broadcast by the Italian Canale 5), qualifying in the finals. After the summer tour in Sardinian, in autumn, she opened the concerts of Modà's tour. On October 1, 2013, the album of the Italian singer Gianni Morandi, Bisogna vivere was published, with the song Ti porto al mare, realized in collaboration with Bianca. On October 8 she performs at the Verona Arena, featuring the song "In amore" with Gianni Morandi in one of the two concerts of Gianni Morandi - Live in Arena. In December 2013, she publishes the single One Day I'll Fly Away, cover of Randy Crawford's song, realized for the soundtrack of the mini series, broadcast by the Italian national television network Rai 1, Anna Karenina, inspired by the novel written by Lev Tolstoj. On December 24, 2013, she performed the song La paura che ho di perderti at the Concerto di Natale (Christmas Concert) in the Auditorium della Conciliazione in Rome, broadcast by the Italian television network Rai 2.
In 2014 with Alex Britti she tried to participate at the Sanremo Music Festival 2015 in the section Big with the song Non è vero mai, but she failed, the song will be published as single on March 14. In July she took part again in the Coca Cola Summer Festival singing Non puoi chiamarlo amore, published on June 23, after which she started recording her first album in the studio. On September 14 during the wedding between Elisabetta Canalis and Brian Perri she sung a version of Ave Maria in Sardinian's dialect
In February 2015, Bianca participated in the 65th Sanremo Music Festival, performing the song Il solo al mondo, written by Kekko Silvestre; she qualified at 14 place. During the four nights' festival she was dressed by the stylist Antonio Marras who designed Bianca's four different dresses. On February 12, the third cover themed night, she sang Ciao Amore, Ciao by the Italian singer Luigi Tenco: mixing by Alex Britti. On the same day, she released her first album Bianco e nero, including 20 tracks and many of her previous publications. Her cover of Ciao Amore, Ciao featuring Alex Britti was published as the second single of the album on April 13, 2015.
In June 2015 Bianca participated at the third edition of Coca-Cola Summer Festival performing Ciao amore, ciao featuring Alex Britti. A new single, extract of Bianco e nero, was released on June 24, In un giorno di sole getting two nomination for the Premio RTL 102.5 - Canzone dell'estate (RTL 102.5 Award - Summer Hit).
On September 22 is released the fourth single from Bianco e nero, titled Riderai.
Less than a month later, on October 15, is announced her featuring song Torna a Surriento with Gigi D'Alessio, from his new album Malaterra. On October 25 at Expo 2015 she opens the concert of Francesco De Gregori. She sings with italian rapper J-Ax the new version of his song Intro, published on November 27.
