Laura Rizzotto

Laura Rizzotto
Rizzotto in Madrid in 2018
Rizzotto in Madrid in 2018
Background information
Birth nameLaura de Carvalho Rizzotto
Born (1994-07-18) 18 July 1994 (age 30)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • guitarist
  • pianist
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • ukulele
  • piano
Years active2010–present
LabelsUniversal Music Brazil, Made in Rio Music
Websitewww.laurarizzotto.com

Laura de Carvalho Rizzotto (Latvian: Laura di Karvaļu Rizoto; born 18 July 1994) is a Latvian-Brazilian singer, songwriter, pianist and guitarist. She released her debut studio album Made in Rio in 2011 through Universal Music Brazil, which included the single "Friend in Me". In 2014, she independently released her second studio album Reason to Stay, and independently released the extended play RUBY in 2017.

Rizzotto represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Funny Girl", but placed twelfth in the second semifinal and didn't qualify to the final.