Luca Luciano

Part of a UK Tour of churches and cathedrals, this event features music informed by Luciano’s research on extended techniques and new music for solo clarinet published on the critically acclaimed album "Partenope". Internationally recognised for his groundbreaking contribution to contemporary clarinet music, Luciano will present his own compositions along with music by Berio, Gershwin and parodies of famous themes by Vivaldi and Puccini.

During the performance the clarinet is pushed to the edge using a wide range of styles and expressions on music both written and “composed in real time”. Luciano tries in this remarkable journey to embrace all styles of music he loves in an imaginative tour around the world from Western European music to Afro-American or folkloric music of Southern Italy, from contemporary classical music with chromatic and angular-shaped lines to heartfelt melodies.