[1] After earning her diploma in piano at the Cherubini Conservatory in Florence, Parigi studied modern singing in Rome, opera in Bologna, and jazz in Milan.

Her debut single, "Un anello di fumo" (A smoke ring) earned her first prize as a singer on La fabbrica dei sogni (The dream factory) TV show on RAI 3.

[citation needed] Parigi toured as a pianist with Greg Brown and Riccardo Cocciante, as a vocalist and accordion player with Claudio Baglioni, and with Raf for his album Cannibali.

Tony Levin, the Sofia Symphonic Orchestra, well-known Italian musicians, and philosopher Umberto Galimberti also appear on or contributed to the album, whose cover was photographed by Sebastião Salgado.

[clarification needed] In 2000 her song "Tre passi indietro" received first prize and a special award for Best Composition at the International Festival of Songwriting in Switzerland.