Luca Gianquitto
| Luca Gianquitto | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 September 1978 Naples |
| Origin | Italy |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, music educator |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Website |
lucagianquitto |
Luca Gianquitto (born 29 September 1978 in Naples, Italy) is an Italian guitarist and music composer living in Amstelveen, Netherlands.
Biography
Gianquitto's mediterranean style is mainly influenced by jazz, blues and rock. In 2005 he was recognised among the “New Italian Jazz talents” by Chicco Bettinardi commission and in the same year he signed off a contract with Wide Sound releasing the instrumental album My Big Room, with a track represented in the Italian Jazz, Vol.3 (2010), a compilation featuring the greatest Italian contemporary jazz musician.[1]
Gianquitto is the author of the treaty of harmony “Le scale napoletane nel jazz”, academically considered a valuable contribution to musicological research,[2] and he holds a master's degree in Jazz Music at the Music Conservatory of Naples, he travels and plays as professional musician in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Turkey, Tunisia, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, on venues and events like the Montreal Jazz Festival, Eurojazz Festival Mexico City, Istanbul Jazz Festival, Festival Dècouvertes Tunisie21-El Jam, Nick La Rocca European Jazz Festival, and others. From 2012 he has been teacher at the Guitar Academy Amsterdam, where he shared the stage with legendary guitar virtuosos as Tommy Emmanuel, Joscho Stephan and Michael Fix.[3]
Besides the live performances, Luca Gianquitto has recorded music for movies (Napoli Mediterranea,[4] “Passione”- John Turturro – Venezia Cinema 2010), big bands, pop/rock projects, and other countless collaborations with jazz and mediterranean artists (Eugenio Bennato, Pietra Montecorvino, Marco Zurzolo, Luca Sepe, Jenny Sorrenti, Marcello Coleman, Pippo Matino a.o.).
He has performed in several occasion on national TV channels in Italy, Mexico, Canada, Tunisia. His activity also includes delivering seminars, including Guitar Master Class at Mexico City Conservatory, “Emomusica” on Musicology at University of Naples.[5]
Discography
References
- ↑ "Italian Jazz, Vol. 3". Last.fm. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Le Scale Napoletane nel Jazz". jazzitalia.it. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
- ↑ "LG Guitar School - Luca Gianquitto". LGMusicSchool.com. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Napoli Mediterraneo Pietra Montecorvino Luca Gianquitto". BinBin.net. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Luca Gianquitto / Bio". Reverbnation.com. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Luca Gianquitto - My Big Room" (in Italian). JazzItalia.net. Retrieved June 20, 2015.