Luca Pianca

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Luca Pianca is Italian-Swiss musician-lutenist born in Lugano, Switzerland (his specialty is archlute). He studied with Nikolaus Harnoncourt at Mozarteum Salzburg and collaborated with Concentus Musicus Wien since 1982. In 1985 he co - founded Il Gardino Armonico, a pioneering Italian early music ensemble based in Milan. He also served as a lutenist at Zurich Opera House.

Luca Pianca was a partner of such soloists as Cecilia Bartoli, Eva Mei, Silvia Mc Nair. Since 2001 he has also collaborated with a contemporary lutenist-composer Roman Turovsky-Savchuk, whose works he premiered at several international festivals (Urbino, Salamanca, Paris, Vilnius inter alia).

Luca Pianca recorded more than 20 cds in and out of his work with Il Giardino Armonico, including complete recordings of lute repertoire by J.S.Bach and Antonio Vivaldi. He was awarded five Diapason d' Or, four Choc du Monde de la Musique, Grammophone Award 1996, Deutscher Schallplattenpreis 1998, etc.