Projects / Progetti
“Luca Luciano in Concert”
Recital with piano accompaniment presenting 20th and 21st century music for clarinet. Along with Luca’s “Sonate”, the programme includes music by Luciano Berio and re-arrangements of music by Puccini and Vivaldi or of Broadway classics by Gershwin, Churchill and Kurt Weil.The performance presents new and challenging music published in the album “Neapolis”, written/arranged by Luciano, that is unique and varied, notated and “composed in real time” (improvised), that embraces romantic atmospheres and contemporary idioms, experimentation and heartfelt melodies.
Though Luca’s exceptional virtuoso skills are clearly evident, the music has always a distinctive melodic sense influenced by the Western European tradition and his Neapolitan heritage. Due to its variety and melodic taste, the repertoire has proven to be appreciated by a wide range of music lovers who are also after something different and stimulating.
“Clarinet Solo Project”
This project is part of an on-going academic research on extended techniques for the contemporary repertoire and new music for solo clarinet. The core of the performance is made of the two “Sequenze” written/arranged by Luciano (premiered at the Bristol Cathedral in 2009 and published in the album “Partenope”) and Luciano Berio’s “Lied” along with re-arrangements of music by Puccini, George Gershwin, Vivaldi and the Stravinsky’s “Three Pieces” as an encore. During the performance the clarinet is pushed to the edge using a wide range of styles and expressions on music both written and composed in real time (improvised). Luciano tries in this remarkable journey to embrace all styles of music he loves in an imaginative tour around the world from Western European music to Afro-American or folkloristic music of the South of Italy, from contemporary classical music with chromatic and angular-shaped melodies to heartfelt melodies. The performance also displays the potential of the instrument endorsed by Luciano (with extra keys and rings) that has attracted much interest from critics and clarinet enthusiasts. The solo project is also combined to a master-class or it is included in a programme that presents more ensembles/artists.
“Quarteto Tau with Luca Luciano”
Luca first performed with the Quarteto Tau in March 2010 as their special guest during a concert at the Capela PUC in Sao Paulo (Brazil) where they also played “Debussyana” by Garoto. The collaboration went on in 2011 with the premiere of Divertimento #5 “Concertando com o Tau” written by Luca and dedicated to them. The quartet has a strong commitment to expanding the guitar repertoire and this projects marks the collaboration between musicians who share a belief in contemporary art.
“Duo Saraiva-Murray with Luca Luciano”
Born from the idea of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the death of Heictor Villa-Lobos, the trio (featuring Brazilian guitarists Chico Saraiva and Daniel Murray) presents a repertoire where the Brazilian and the European tradition meet. The programme includes re-arrangements of pieces by Villa-Lobos as a homage to the great Brazilian composer along with original material that includes notated and improvised music and music by Gismonti, Jobim.