Singer-songwriter, piano player, producer, and arranger Elio Pace has thrilled audiences around the world with his soulful voice and amazing piano playing for over 38 years.
Elio has performed with a wonderful array of stars, including Queen's Brian May, Huey Lewis, Glen Campbell, Gilbert O’Sullivan, Lulu, Ronan Keating, Tom Chaplin, Mike Rutherford, Albert Lee, Debbie Reynolds, Don McLean, and Martha Reeves, to name but a few. He even played for Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock at her 30th birthday party, where she got up and sang a duet with him.
With his unique blend of pop, rhythm & blues, jazz, and rock ’n’ roll, Elio’s songwriting — as featured on his 2009 critically acclaimed debut album, A Seat At My Table — captured the attention and hearts of music lovers worldwide. His self-produced Christmas single,
What A Day has been labeled a modern classic by many celebrated broadcasters and commentators, and it features on radio playlists all around the world every December. Elio’s song Oh So Tight was covered by Swedish band Shake on their Top 10 album, Quartet, and has gone on to become a dancehall favourite in Sweden.
Elio appeared live on air to millions as the "featured artist" on BBC Radio 2's Weekend Wogan throughout 2010. This wonderful programme helped firmly place him in the hearts and minds of the station's listeners, who heard Elio display his skills as a singer, songwriter, piano player, musical director, and arranger. As well as appearing with countless guest artists, Elio performed a record 102 solos, many of which he wrote. The late broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan was a huge fan, describing Elio as "only sensational.”
In 2013 and again in 2014, Elio was invited to "fill Billy Joel’s shoes," starring in five very special reunion concerts in the USA with Joel’s original 1971–72 touring band to recreate the historic WMMR Sigma Sound live recordings. Following the huge success of these American shows, Elio and his own magnificent band embarked upon the debut tour of The Billy Joel Songbook in March 2014 — the world’s first ever national theatre concert tour of Billy Joel songs — and has continued to sell out theatres ever since. Now in its twelfth year, Elio’s award-winning show has filled iconic theatres in the UK — like the London Palladium, Birmingham Symphony Hall, Manchester Bridgewater Hall, Edinburgh Usher Hall, and Liverpool Philharmonic Hall — and has played to sold-out audiences in France, Germany, Holland, Denmark, and Switzerland.
In the summer of 2015, Elio and the band were featured in Sky Sports’ BAFTA-winning TV and online coverage of the Ashes cricket tournament with two specially rewritten versions of Billy Joel’s
We Didn’t Start the Fire.
In September 2015, Elio performed alongside legendary guitarists James Burton and Albert Lee at the London Palladium as part of Jerry Lee Lewis' 80th Birthday UK Farewell Concerts.
Elio’s Billy Joel Songbook reached another level in May 2018 when he introduced the Billy Joel Albums Shows theatre tour. This brand-new series of, yet again, "never-done-before" concerts featured Billy Joel albums in their entirety, performing one album in each half of the show. For these exclusive tours, Elio and his band were joined by American lead guitarist David Brown, who played in Billy Joel’s band from 1978 to 1991 and featured on those original classic albums. They were also joined by drummer Rhys Clark and guitarist Don Evans, both members of Joel’s original studio and touring bands in the early '70s.
April 2018 saw the release of Elio’s album, the highly anticipated
The Billy Joel Songbook CD and DVD. This sensational concert film won a prestigious award for Best Overall Long Form Music Video at the 17th Annual Independent Music Awards in New York City on June 22, 2019.
On August 16, 2017, Elio premiered Elio Pace Presents Elvis Presley, a very special, intimate, and unique concert honouring his childhood musical idol. Marking the 40th anniversary of the death of the "King of Rock and Roll," this sell-out concert received five-star accolades across the board. Consequently, in July 2018, due to overwhelming popular demand, Elio Pace Presents Elvis Presley embarked on its inaugural national tour around the UK. Once again, Elio’s brilliant vocals and piano-playing were ingeniously accompanied solely by a drummer. Due to continued demand, the show toured the UK again in March 2019. Furthermore, the live concert movie of that August 2017 world premiere — released in September 2019 — was nominated for Best Overall Long Form Music Video at the 18th Annual Independent Music Awards.
Elio is one of those rare artists who appeals to all generations. His appearance on the BBC's flagship hit children's show ZingZillas as "the greatest Boogie Woogie player in the land" turned him into a household name — well, at least to every CBeebies-loving under-five-year-old and their parents! From Elstree Studios to The London Palladium, BBC Radio 2's Elvis Forever to Proms in the Park, and from The Bitter End in New York to the BBC Radio Theatre in London, Elio thrills audiences wherever he performs.
In September 2026, Elio released I’ll Take It From Here, Kid, his second studio album of his own songs and his first in 17 years.