Luca Piovesan | accordion

Luca Piovesan was born in Treviso in 1982; he graduated with honors as an accordionist from "G. Verdi" Conservatory in Milan in 2004. He studied accordion with Elio Boschello till 2004 and with Claudio Jacomucci since 2005.
He's a teacher member of the Italian Accordion Academy directed by Claudio Jacomucci.
He attended masterclasses with Radomir Tomic (Serbia), Mika Vayrynen and Matti Rantanen (Finland), Jurji Shishkin, Viatcheslav Semionov and Friedrich Lips (Russia), Geir Draugsvoll (Norvey), Iñaki Alberdi (Basque Country), Jean-Luc Manca (France).
He performed in lot of international stages: Tokyo Opera City Hall, Symphony Hall di Osaka, Yokohama Hall and many others in Japan; Austria; Slovenia; Canada; Switzerland-Musical Weeks of Lugano, International Festival of Accordion in Castelfidardo , International Accordion Festival of Deventer (Netherlands), Czech Republic's consulat, Aviano Community Theatre; La Biennale di Venezia; Udine Contemporanea and so on. He performed in several chamber and orchestral works, in theatre and poetry readings.
He co-operate with the Ensemble L'Arsenale in Treviso, focusing on contemporary music.
He worked with composers Filippo Perocco, Stefano Trevisi, Nildo Sanvido, Andrew Byrne, taking also part in première.
He is the artistic director of "L'anima nella fisarmonica", an accordion festival in Monastier di Treviso with masterclasses and concerts.
In 2007 he received the 42nd International Prize "Grolla d'oro" in Treviso for his artistic activities.
In 2008 he won the 2nd prize at the International Music Trophy (TIM).
He's recorded in 2009 his first cd "Musica Ricercata". He's attending at his second solo cd, with new original music for accordion.
He founded "Accordion Project Studio", a recording studio focused on accordion. He's also one of the founders of the label Blowoutrecords.it.
In 2005 he graduated in Italian Literature from University Ca' Foscari in Venice with a thesis on the relationship between the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco and music.
He published his first poetry book "Sussurri di sogni" (Whispering dreams) in 2003.