Luca Ciarla's Tour in North America

Violipiano Arts proudly presents Luca Ciarla's tour in North America. With more than 20 concerts in most of the principal cities in United States and Canada, Luca will present his latest CD, Fiddler in the Loop, made in collaboration with visual Italian artist Keziat. From September 9 to October 20, Luca will be playing for concert series, Universities, Italian Institutes of Culture and jazz and world music clubs, presenting also several workshops. The tour will include: New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Hamilton, Guelph, Niagara Falls, Chicago, Tucson, El Paso, Las Cruses, Bisbee, Los Angeles, San Diego, Modesto and Washington DC. Produced by Violipiano Music, Luca Ciarla's tour in North America has been sponsored by the Italian Institutes of Culture of New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Recorded in solo with the help of a loop machine, Fiddler in the Loop presents fascinating original compositions and a few extraordinary arrangements of favorites like “Black Orpheus." With three special guests such as guitarist Luigi Tessarollo, double-bass player Ferruccio Spinetti and American percussionist Gregg Koyle, wonderfully performing in some of the tunes, Fiddler in the Loop is strongly characterized by the presence of a cartoon story made by Italian artist Keziat. Luca Ciarla's new CD is also on-line.

BIOGRAPHY
Violinist, pianist and composer Luca Ciarla is one of the most original artists of his generation. His music digs its roots into contemporary jazz but takes color also from ethnic and classical music, giving life to a fascinating new acoustic sound. To date he has performed in Australia, Denmark, Germany, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Mexico, England, France, Portugal, Albania, Macao, Italy, Scotland, Slovenia, Switzerland and in the United States. “Luca Ciarla has wooed the classical, jazz and folk crowds with his originality," says Cover Magazine (Hong Kong)

A native of Termoli, Italy, Luca began playing violin and piano at the age of eight. By twelve he was studying at the conservatory and already exploring jazz and improvisation. He received the “Diploma di Violino" in 1993 and then studied at the Fiesole School of Music and the European Community's Music School of Saluzzo. In 1996 Luca moved to the United States to pursue a Master�s degree at the Indiana University, studying also jazz with David Baker. Subsequently he completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Arizona where he has taught violin and improvisation for several years. Winner of several competitions in Italy and abroad, in 1999 he has been awarded by New York-based Chamber Music America.

Luca Ciarla has recorded with several labels (Egea, Alfamusic, Felmay, Camjazz, Incipit) working with classical, jazz, folk and even rock musicians such as Daniele Sepe, Joshua Bell, Edgar Mayer, Daniele Scannapieco, Danilo Rea, Sylvain Gagnon, Simone Zanchini, Lello Pareti, Marco Siniscalco, Marina Rei, Mimmo Locasciulli, Luciano Biondini, Fabrizio Bosso, Sergio Cammariere, Rodolfo Maltese, Paola Turci and many more. Founder of Violipiano Arts, an art production house born in Hong Kong in 2001, Luca is also the artistic director of prestigious international events.