- Gianluca Cascioli
Gianluca Cascioli (born in
Turin ,Italy in 1979) is an Italianpianist , conductor, and composer. He studied composition at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Turin and piano with Franco Scala. In 1994, Cascioli won the Umberto Micheli International Piano Competition, whose jury includedLuciano Berio ,Elliot Carter ,Charles Rosen , andMaurizio Pollini . The prize included a record contract withDeutsche Grammophon , for whom he recorded three CDs in his late teens.He has appeared as a piano soloist with the
Berlin Philharmonic , theBoston Symphony Orchestra , theChicago Symphony Orchestra ,Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra ,New York Philharmonic , theVienna Philharmonic , and numerous other orchestras worldwide. Conductors he has worked with includeClaudio Abbado ,Roberto Abbado ,Myung-Whun Chung ,Riccardo Muti ,Lorin Maazel ,Valery Gergiev ,Zubin Mehta ,Mstislav Rostropovich ,Neville Marriner , and many others. His chamber-music partners have includedMaxim Vengerov ,Mstislav Rostropovich , Stefano Mollo, the Berlin Philharmonic Octet, and many others.He has conducted the Deutsche Kammerorchester Frankfurt, and among compositions of his to be performed are a Sonatina (2004) premiered at the Hamburg Musikfest, Variations for Piano, premiered in Japan, and a Symphony premiered in Italy, as well as a Violin and Piano Sonata premiered in Italy with Stefano Mollo.
His discography includes three CDs for DG, a recording of the original Fantasie version of the Schumann piano concerto with Mario Venzago and the Basel Symphony for Hanssler, a CD of Chopin for Decca, and a CD of Debussy Preludes, Children's Corner, and other works for Decca.
External links
* [http://www.gianlucacascioli.com Official site]
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