Gianluca Luisi is an Italian pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

 known for his interpretations of J. S. Bach. whose complete The Well-Tempered Clavier

The Well-Tempered Clavier

The Well-Tempered Clavier , BWV 846–893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach...

he recorded. Luisi studied at the Rossini Conservatory

Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini"

The Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" is a music conservatory in Pesaro, Italy. Founded in 1869 with a legacy from the composer Gioachino Rossini, the conservatory officially opened in 1882 with 67 students and was then known as the Liceo musicale Rossini...

 in Pesaro under the guidance of Franco Scala and, later, at the piano Academy in Imola with Giovanni Valentini, Boris Petrushansky

Boris Petrushansky

Boris Petrushansky is a Russian pianist, naturalized Italian citizen.Petrushansky started an intense intercontinental concert career at the mid-70s. After the USSR's collapse he settled in Italy.-References:...

 and Piero Rattalino. Luisi now teaches at the Recanati Piano Academy of the Marche

Marche

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.

Awards

Luisi won many national and international Piano

Piano

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 competition including: the "Città dell’Aquila" and the Mozart prize (Italy

Italy

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) in 1996, the Genzano Competition in Rome

Rome

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 (Italy) first prize, the Cesenatico Competition first prize (Italy), the Jeunesse musicales Competition (Italy) first prize (1998), the Torneo Internazionale di Musica, TIM (Roma), first prize (1999), and more.

He also won the second prize at the "Casella" International Competition in Naples and in 2001 he won the first prize in the "J.S.Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...

 Piano International Competition" in Saarbrücken

Saarbrücken

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, Germany

Germany

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 (54 pianists from 26 countries took part).

Concerts

Gianluca Luisi gave many concerts in important Concert Halls including the American Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

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, and in Italy, Germany, Austria, Luxemburg, Malta, Czecha, etc. He is regularly invited to give concerts in Nagoya, Japan.

Recordings

He recorded several CDs for labels such as OnClassical

OnClassical

OnClassical is a small Italian independent record label based in Pove del Grappa, Italy. It features classical music mostly for piano or chamber ensemble.- History :...

, Naxos

Naxos Records

Naxos Records is a record label specializing in classical music. Through a number of imprints, Naxos also releases genres including Chinese music, jazz, world music, and early rock & roll. The company was founded in 1987 by Klaus Heymann, a German-born resident of Hong Kong.Naxos is the largest...

, Arts and MDG.

External links

• Official website
• Personal page with curriculum, reviews, photos, audio files at OnClassical
  OnClassical
  OnClassical is a small Italian independent record label based in Pove del Grappa, Italy. It features classical music mostly for piano or chamber ensemble.- History :...
  
  
• Recanati Piano Academy
• Marco Polo Music Management Gianluca Luisi and other artists programmes