Gianluca Piacenza is an italian composer, pianist and sound designer.
After 2 year of private piano lessons when he was 6 years old, he began studying music at his hometown conservatory graduating with full marks in Classical Piano and Composition.
Alongside his academic path he attended piano courses and masterclasses with Sergio Fiorentino, Bruno Canino, Michele Marvulli, Alexander Lonquich, François-Joël Thiollier and Konstantin Scherbakov, constantly growing as classical pianist and expanding an already large repertoire ranging from Bach and Scarlatti to Cage, Ligeti, Pärt and many other contemporary composers.
Winner and finalist in national and international competitions, he appears in concerts both as soloist and as chamber music partner.
Influenced by both the great tradition of classical music and the electronic/ambient music scene, in 2014 began working on his first album “Dream”, an emotional and cinematic work in which he experimented with acoustic piano and live electronics interaction.
Today he works as music producer at Red Couch Studio, an inspirational space in which analog and digital equipment, acoustic and electronic instruments are equally important to develop a unique sonic signature.
His sonic world could be described as a blend of acoustic textures, recorded and processed live in many different ways, and electronic soundscapes, created manipulating natural sounds and programming synths and samplers, lately focusing on minimal solo piano music where the spaces between notes are as powerful and meaningful as the notes themselves.
Featured on five official Piano Day playlists (curated by Nils Frahm on SoundCloud) and many others editorial playlists, Gianluca Piacenza creates music that goes straight to the heart of the listeners, filling their minds with cinematic landscapes and their souls with calm and peacefulness.
