Filomena Croce (born May 21, 1990) is an Italian singer-songwriter and Master of Music graduate from ArtEZ Conservatorium in Zwolle, The Netherlands. In 2017, she was selected to represent the conservatory at the prestigious InJazz Festival in Rotterdam, performing at Theater Walhalla.[1]

Her career highlights include her orchestral performance of the Symphony of Unity at Tomorrowland Belgium 2019, which garnered over 1 million views within 24 hours of its streaming.[2] She also performed in Tomorrowland Our Story – 15 Years of Tomorrowland alongside the Grammy-winning Metropole Orkest, supporting on stage iconic DJs such as Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Afrojack, and Steve Aoki. The show captivated audiences of 17,000 per night at the Ziggo Dome Arena in Amsterdam.

In 2020, Filomena sang with the Orphy Robinson's Virtual Jazz Club Band at the London Jazz Festival, an edition that later received a JazzFM Innovation Award in 2021.[3]

Her debut album, Love Will Come Back, released in April 2022,[4] features the single Goodbye My Love, which was included in the charity compilation Додому V to raise funds for the victims of the war in Ukraine.[5]

2023 marked new milestones with the release of her Indian-inspired single Shiva in collaboration with Australian DJ Steven North and her song Renaissance, recorded in Toronto, Canada, and produced by Grammy-nominated Roy Hamilton III, who has previously worked with Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, and NSYNC, and is the grandson of Georgia Music Hall of Fame legend Roy Hamilton. The song was produced under Hamilton's label The Singer’s Company.[6] [7] [8] The video for Renaissance was then showcased online at the International Music Expo (IMX) in Shanghai, China, in November of the same year.[9]

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