Luca Rasca

Luca Rasca studied with Franco Scala at the Piano Academy in Imola (Italy) where he still lives. He won numerous national and international competitions, including the London Piano Competition, Busoni of Bolzano, Palma d’Oro of Finale Ligure, Schubert of Dortmund, Scriabin of Grosseto, Chopin of Rome, City of Treviso, Casagrande of Terni, Viotti of Vercelli. He stages solo piano performances, with chamber music and has performed over 20 piano concerts with prestigious orchestras, including the RAI Symphony Orchestra, the Virtuosi of New York and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In the year 2000, he gave his debut concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall of London, playing the first concert of Brahms in the presence of HRH Charles, Prince of Wales. He is frequently invited as a jury member at international piano competitions. In addition, he has been teaching for over 20 years and publishes regularly articles on the “Suonare News” music magazine. He is appointed the Artistic Director of the International Palma d’Oro Competition of Finale Ligure (SV) and is the founder and a teacher at the Piano Summer Campus of Tolmezzo (UD). He is professor of piano at The Conservatory of Music Rossini in pesaro (Italy). Since December 2015 he is a Steinway Artist and in 2022 he joined Halidon Music