Giuni RussoBorn in Palermo, Sicily, in September 1951, young Giuseppa Romeo began taking vocal and composition lessons at an early age. By the time she was 14 she had competed in — and won — the Festival di Castrocaro, which gave her the opportunity to perform at San Remo the following year (both times under the name Giusy Romeo). In 1969 the singer moved to Milan, where she soon met Maria Antonietta Sisini, the woman who would become her artistic collaborator.