Francesco Renga

Francesco Renga
Ambra Angiolini and Francesco Renga in 2009
Background information
Born
Pierfrancesco Renga

(1968-06-12) 12 June 1968
Udine, Italy
OriginBrescia, Italy
GenresPop rock
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active1986–present
Websitewww.francescorenga.it

Pierfrancesco "Francesco" Renga (born 12 June 1968) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He won the Sanremo Music Festival 2005 with the song "Angelo", after winning the Mia Martini critics award at the 2001 Festival. He took part again in Sanremo in 2009 with "Uomo senza età", in 2012 with "La tua bellezza", in 2024 (alongside Nek) with "Pazzo di te", and took part once more in the 2026 edition with "Il meglio di me", placing 23rd.

In 2010 he dedicated to his then longtime girlfriend Ambra Angiolini (2004–2015) the song "Stai con me", written by Emilio Munda.