He has also studied with Ramberto Ciammarughi, Umberto Fiorentino, Massimo Moriconi, Giovanni Tommaso, Danilo Rea, Maurizio Giammarco and Fabrizio Sferra.
Ha studiato anche con Ramberto Ciammarughi, Umberto Fiorentino, Massimo Moriconi, Giovanni Tommaso, Danilo Rea, Maurizio Giammarco, Fabrizio Sferra.
Chitarrista, compositore, direttore artistico e docente
E' attivo in particolar modo nel jazz contemporaneo jazz e nella musica contemporanea. Ha registrato quattro dischi a New York di cui tre come leader con alcuni dei più importanti musicisti della scena mondiale come Donny Mc Caslin, Scott Colley, Antonio Sanchez, Mark Turner, Dan Weiss, Tyshawn Sorey, John Escreet, Joe Sanders e si è esibito in alcuni dei più importanti club e festival internazionali come lo Small’s e lo Shapeshifter Lab a New York, La Casa del Jazz a Rome, il Blue Note a Milan, il Summer Jazz Days a Warsaw e l’Italian Jazz Days di New York.
four stars by Downbeat.On the contemporary music scene Luca is a member of one of the most important European ensembles, the Parco della Musica Contemporanea Ensemble(PMCE), resident ensemble of the “Auditorium Parco della Musica” in Rome. With the ensemble — whose members include soloists such as Manuel Zurria, Antonio Caggiano, Paolo Ravaglia, Maurizio Giammarco, Gianluca Ruggeri and Fabio Bagnoli, conducted by Tonino Battista — Luca has played as
first guitar in some of the most important works of the contemporary repertoire , among them Frank Zappa’s Yellow Shark (produced by Gail Zappa, conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer), Steve Reich’s 2x5 (world premiere), Jacob TV’s The News and Rhys Chatham’s Secret Rose (European premieres), Michele Tadini’s K_446 (world premiere), and music by Fausto Romitelli, Louis Andriessen, Arvo Pärt, Kurt Weill (alongside Ute Lemper) and Martha Colburn, both at the Auditorium in Rome and at other important venues such as the MAXXI, the American Academy, the “Teatro Petruzzelli” in Bari, the Biennale Musica, Ravenna Festival, the New Music Festival in Macerata, the Villa Adriana Festival and the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. He has also worked with the Alter Ego ensemble . His solo programme, first performed at the “Auditorium Parco della Musica” in Rome as part of the “.in my Life” series, has been repeated several times at Italian Cultural Institutes including New York, Brussels and Chicago (DePaul University). He was invited to the Ars Musica Festival in Brussels, where he gave the world premiere of Tokyo Magnetic byJean-Louis Marchand, with a group made up of some of the finest European musicians. He has played at the most important Italian and international festivals (Biennale Musica in Venice, Ravenna Festival, Ars Musica, Villa Adriana and others) and at the leading opera houses: Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, “Teatro Massimo” in Palermo, “Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia” and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. As solo guitar he has played modern musicals such asWest Side Story (conducted by Antonio Pappano) and John Adams’s I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky. insieme ad un gruppo formato da alcuni dei migliori musicisti europei. con cui ha Ha suonato nei più importanti festival italiani ed internazionali (Biennale Musica di Venice, Ravenna Festival, Ars Musica, Villa Adriana etc..) e nei più importanti Teatri d’opera Teatro dell’Opera dio Roma, “Teatro Massimo” di Palermo, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Teatro del MAggio Musicale Fiorentino. In particolare come chitarra solista ha suonato musical moderni come COLLABORATIONS Antonio Pappano, Ute Lemper, Bryce Dessner, Donny McCaslin, Dan Weiss, François Moutin, Antonio Sánchez, Scott Colley, Mark Turner, Tyshawn Sorey, Christopher Trapani, Quartetto Nous, Joe Sanders, John Escreet, Damion Reid, Jonathan Stockhammer, Lorie Cotler, Glen Velez, Giovanni Sollima, Roberto Cecchetto, Jean Deroyer, Donatienne Michel-Dansac, Ramberto Ciammarughi, Alexander Briger, Carlton Ford, Jeanine De Bique, Joel O Cangha, Janinah Burnett, Grant Doyle, Mimosa Campironi, Lamine, Ivan Talarico.
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Ennio Fantastichini, Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, Filippo Timi, Ascanio Celestini, Michele Di Mauro, Mariano Rigillo.
TEATROHIGHLIGHTS
He composed and performed the live music (punk rock, avant-garde) for Shakespeare’s King Lear directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, produced by the Teatro di Roma with Ennio Fantastichini in the title role.
HIGHLIGHTS
He curated and performed in the electric guitar week at Ravenna Festival 2018, for which an interview with him appeared in the magazine Amadeus. He is solo guitarist of an orchestra of 100 electric guitars formed with Rockin’1000. At Ravenna Festival he performed at the Pala de André before an audience of 1,500.
http://www.lucanostro.com/2017/11/20/musiche-scena-re-lear-giorgio-barberio-corsetti-ennio-fantastichini/
http://www.lucanostro.com/2018/01/13/reviews-and-articles-about-re-lear-by-giorgio-barberio-corsetti-compositions-luca-nostro/
For Rome’s New Year 2020 he performed as soloist with the PMCE in the world premiere of “Rainbow Bridge”, composed by Mark Grey and dedicated to Luca himself — a piece for an orchestra of guitars, electric basses and drums — before some 10,000 people. The concert was produced by the City of Rome and Musica per Rome. He appeared as soloist alongside Bryce Dessner with the PMCE conducted by Tonino Battista in the Italian premiere of St. Carolyn by the Sea at the Sala Sinopoli of the “Auditorium Parco della Musica” for the Romaeuropa Festival 2020; the work, previously released by Deutsche Grammophon, features Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood on guitar. He also gave the world premiere of “it mooned” by Michele Tadini for Rome’s New Year.
His most recent album, recorded in New York with, among others, Donny McCaslin, musical director of David Bowie’s last album, received four stars from the American magazine Downbeat.
http://www.lucanostro.com/2019/01/31/press-review-sing-the-body-electric-ravenna-festival-2018/
Per il Capodanno di Rome 2020 ha eseguito come solista insieme al PMCE, la prima mondiale di “Rainbow Bridge”, composta dal Mark Grey e dedicata a Luca stesso, un pezzo per orchestra di chitarre, bassi elettrice e batterie, di fronte a circa 10.000 persone. Il concerto è stato prodotto dal Comune di Rome e da Musica per Rome. Si è esibito come solista al fianco di BRyce Dessner con il PMCE diretto da Tonino Battista, nella prima italiana di St. Carolyn by The Sea, in scena alla Sala Sinopoli dell’“Auditorium Parco della Musica” per il Rome Europa Festival 2020. La composizione, precedentemente pubblicata dalla Deutsche Grammophon, vede alla chitarra Jonny Greenwood, chitarrista dei Radiohead
prima mondiale it mooned di Michele Tadini per Capodanno di Rome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nC0doUDxys&t=123s
He has composed and performed incidental music for various theatre productions: Sulla riva di un lago (2018), an adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull, directed by Luigi Syracuse, Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts, Spoleto Festival; Six Characters in Search of an Author (2020) by Luigi Pirandello, directed by Luigi Syracuse, Silvio d’Amico Academy; Of Mice and Men (2021) by John Steinbeck, directed by Luigi Syracuse, Silvio d’Amico Academy, Spoleto Festival; Vaudeville! (2020) by Roberto Rustioni and Chiara Boscaro, directed by Roberto Rustioni, Naples Teatro Festival, Teatro India, Teatro Franco Parenti.
His music and concerts have been broadcast several times by Rai Radio Tre. He arranges and composes rock pieces by Led Zeppelin, Soundgarden and the White Stripes for a guitar ensemble at the “Teatro Massimo” in Palermo.
He has taught rock, pop and jazz since 2000 at the Percentomusica academy, of which he is a founding partner with Massimo Moriconi, Fabio Zeppetella and Umberto Fiorentino, coordinating courses whose teachers include Maurizio Dei Lazzaretti, Mario Guarini and many others. His former students include many young musicians who now play with some of Italy’s leading pop artists, such as Mannarino and Marco Mengoni.
He composed the music for the documentary “SILENCIO”, on the links between the Mexican narcos and the ’ndrangheta, by Attilio Bolzoni and Massimo Cappello, with Lucio Perotti, featuring Diego Osorno, Anabel Hernández and Don Luigi Ciotti among others. After its presentation at the “Auditorium Parco della Musica” in the presence of the President of the Senate, Pietro Grasso, the film was released on Repubblica TV, where within a few days it averaged more than 300,000 views; it came out to coincide with the anniversary of the massacre of the 43 students in Iguala. It was later also presented at the “Teatro Massimo” in Palermo.
Luca has also worked with pop and R&B artists such as Piero Pelù, Ute Lemper, Lilli Greco, Jonathan Kane (drummer of Swans), Donny McCaslin (David Bowie’s last album), Antonio Sánchez (Pat Metheny), Rome Sinfonietta (with Harvie Schwarz and Mario Biondi) and the Orchestra Italiana del Cinema (Gladiator Live with Russell Crowe), Nicola Piovani, Renato Serio, Ottavia Fusco, Lola Ponce, Kavi Pratt and Sandy Muller, and with visual artists including Mino Trafeli, Martha Colburn, Ilir Zefi, Stefano Tonelli and Lara Pacilio.
Insegna rock, pop e jazz dal 2000 all’Accademia Percentomusica www.percentomusica.com di cui è socio fondatore insieme a Massimo Moriconi, Fabio Zeppetella, Umberto Fiorentino, coordinando i corsi dove figurano tra i docenti Maurizio dei Lazzaretti, Mario Guarini e molti altri. Tra i suoi studenti, molti giovani musicisti che oggi suonano con alcuni degli artisti pop più importanti in Italy come Mannarino e MArco Mengoni.
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Luca ha collaborato anche con artisti pop e R’n’B come Piero Pelù, Ute Lemper, Lilli Greco, Johnatan Kane (batterista degli Swan), Donny Mc Caslin (ultimo disco di David Bowie), Antonio Sanchez (Pat Metheny), Rome Sinfonietta (con Harvie Schwarz e Mario Biondi) e Orchestra Italiana del Cinema (Gladiator Live con Russel Crowe), Nicola Piovani, Renato Serio, Ottavia Fusco, Lola Ponce, Kavi Pratt e Sandy Muller e con artisti visivi come Mino Trafeli, Martha Colburn, Ilir Zefi, Stefano Tonelli, Lara Pacilio.
He devised and coordinated the project Young Musicians Play Europe, funded by the European Community’s Culture Programme, within which he directed the Warsaw Summer Jazz Days in Poland and the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague.
He is artistic director of the NOGO FESTIVAL, a contemporary music festival held at the former Cartiera Latina in Rome under the patronage of the Lazio Region, which has hosted several world and European premieres (Riccardo Nova, Elliot Cole, Paolo Marchettini) and guests of international standing such as Glen Velez (four Grammys) and Lorie Cotler.
He edited the book L’esperienza musicale: per una fenomenologia dei suoni (Manifestolibri, 2002), with contributions from some of the most important international philosophers and scholars, writing an essay on the relationship between Wittgenstein and music. He wrote the column Rolling Notes for Alitalia’s magazine Ulisse, and currently writes on contemporary music for the website The Carousel.
E’ stato ideatore e project coordinator del progetto Young Musician Play Europe, finanziato dal Programma Cultura della Comunità Europea, nel quale ha diretto il Warsaw Summer Jazz Dyas in Poland e il Conservatorio Reale dell’Aja.
E’ direttore artistico del NOGO FESTIVAL (www.nogofestival.it), Festival di musica contemporanea che si svolge all’ex Cartiera Latina di Rome con il Patrocinio della Regione Lazio, che alla primitiva ha ospitato diverse prime mondiali ed Europee (Riccardo Nova, Elliot Cole, Paolo Marchettini) e ospiti di livello internazionale come Glen Velez (4 grammy) e Loire Cotler.
Ha curato il libro l’Esperienza Musicale, per una fenomenologia dei suoni (Manifestolibri, 2002) con alcuni dei più importanti filosofi e studiosi internazionali, scrivendo un saggio sui rapporti tra Wittgenstein e la musica. Ha tenuto la rubrica Rolling Notes sul magazine Ulisse di Alitalia. Attualmente scrive di musica contemporanea sul portale The Carousel.