Luca Pianca
Luca Pianca is Italian-Swiss musician-lutenist born in Lugano, Switzerland (his specialty is archlute). Hes studied with Nikolaus Harnoncourt at Mozarteum Salzburg and collaborated with Concentus Musicus Wien since 1982. In 1985 he co - founded of Il Gardino Armonico, a pioneering Italian early music ensemble based in Milan. He also served as a lutenist at Zurich Opera House. Pianca was a partner of soloists such as Cecilia Bartoli, Eva Mei, Silvia Mc Nair. Since 2001 he has also collaborated with a contemporary lutenist-composer Roman Turovsky-Savchuk. He recorded more than 20 cds, including complete recordings of lute repertoire by J.S.Bach and Antonio Vivaldi. He was awarded five Diapason d' Or, foer Choc du Monde de la Musique, Grammophone Award 1996, Deutscher Schallplattenpreis 1998, etc.