Luca Guglielmi
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Luca Guglielmi (*Turin, Italy, 1977) is a conductor, composer, soloist of keyboard instruments
(harpsichord, organ, clavichord, fortepiano, modern piano) and musicologist, renowned
for his historically informed interpretations of music of all periods, his wide repertoire
from Gesualdo to Strawinsky, and his strong commitment into the study and application
of phenomenology of music.
Recently, he has been appointed assistant conductor to Jordi Savall (with whom he collaborated
since more than twenty years) in his long-term project of complete performance and recording
of Beethoven’s 9 Symphonies with Le Concert des Nations. Moreover, in November 2019 he
made his debut with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra in a concert featuring
Mozart‘s Ballet from Idomeneo and Symphony Nr. 41 Jupiter. Honourable Mention at the XII
International Organ Competition in Bruges, he studied harpsichord with Ton Koopman and
Patrizia Marisaldi, organ with Vittorio Bonotto, piano with Eros Cassardo, composition with
Alessandro Ruo Rui, renaissance counterpoint and historic composition with Sergio Pasteris.
He has collaborated with artists such as Cecilia Bartoli, Sara Mingardo, Barbara Bonney, Philippe
Jarrousky, Giuliano Carmignola, Paolo Pandolfo, Ottavio Dantone, Gabriele Cassone, Paul
O‘Dette, Katia and Marielle Labèque and ensembles like Il Giardino Armonico, Ricercar Consort,
Ensemble La Fenice, The Rare Fruits Council, Freiburger Barockorchester, RAI Turin Orchestra
(under Jeffrey Tate, Roberto Abbado, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos).
Luca Guglielmi has a wide discography of more than 50 CDs, among them 18 solo titles devoted
to a repertoire from Frescobaldi to Mozart, for such labels as: Accent, cpo, Vivat, Hänssler Classics,
Stradivarius and Elegia. His recordings of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and Pasquini‘s Sonate da
gravecembalo have been awarded with the Diapason d’or; his last organ recording Bach in Montecassino,
for the English label Vivat, received an Editor’s Choice from the Gramophone magazine.
Luca Guglielmi is professor of harpsichord, fortepiano and chamber music at ESMUC (Escola
Superior de Musica de Catalunya) in Barcelona.
