Erika Urso aka Venere, pseudonym of Erica Urso, was born in Marsala (TP) on 12 July 1996. Her passion for music has always accompanied her since she was a child and she began taking singing lessons at the age of eleven. From there she begins a 360-degree training path that sees her engaged on several fronts. She has been studying pop singing for 6 years with Alice Spinelli (IncantoMusicSchool of Colle Val d'Elsa-Siena), vocal coach, and established professional (session player with Gianni Morandi, collaborations with Marco Masini and Diego Calvetti) and attending writing courses with Andrea Rodini and Giovanni Sala. She also attended motivational psychology masterclasses applied to singing (S.w.a.y. method of Filippo Paci, method recognized during the national conference "The artistic voice" of Franco Fussi). She regularly performs in clubs around Tuscany and attends various local and national competitions. In September 2021 she won the national Video Festival Live 2021 competition (songwriters category). In 2020 she released digitally on all platforms 2 original singles “Alyssa” and “Me-Te”. In 2021 she released a new original song "Numbers" for RKH Turin. In September 2021 she signed her first recording contract with the "Oltresound" label of Siena with which she is collaborating for the realization of her upcoming EP