luca benucci
Principal Horn:
Italian Jazz Horn Ensamble
Artistic Director:
Italian Brass Academy
President:
Principal Conductor:
Supervisor:
Principal conductor of the “Filarmonica Leopolda” wind orchestra and director of the Leopolda Music School
From 1989 to 1992 he was first horn at the Teatro San Carlo; from 1992 to 1995, after invitation,
he became pricipal solo horn of the Mittel Deutches Rundfunk Symphonie Orchester (Leipzig);
since 1995, following an audition with Zubin Mehta, he was appointed pricipal solo horn of the "Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino."
He has been invited to play in the European tour of the Israel Philarmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta, and in the Italian tour of the Deutsche Oper Berlin conducted by Christian Tielemann. Since the year 2001 he regularly collaborates as first horn with the Berliner Philharmoniker Orchester, Simon Rattle, Bernard Haiting, A. Pappano, A. Borejko conducting, and has partecipated to the recording of a CD with this great orchestra. In 2005 he was inviteed to play at the Lucerna Festival with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Baremboim, and in Japan with the Super World Orchestra conducted by Z. Mehta and E. Kuntzel.
As principal solo horn he has collaborated with the Teatro and the Filarmonica della Scala, the Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della R.A.I., the Swiss Radio Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica A.Toscanini.
He has been invited as a soloist to several festivals and by several orchestras of international level such as Tateshina Music Festival Japan, Swiss Brass Week, M.D.R. Sommer Festival (Germany),
I Solisti Veneti, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Orchestra Sinfonica di San Remo, Ravenna Festival, I Solisti del San Carlo, I Solisti del Maggio, I Solisti Fiorentini. He is often and regularly invited to be a board member in national and internationals auditions, and he has collaborated with the Teatro Carlo Felice of Genova, the Teatro San Carlo of Neaples, the Teatro Massimo of Catania “Bellini”, the Teatro Massimo of Palermo, the Orchestra Sinfonica di Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Orchestra Regionale Toscana, the Arena di Verona, the Leipzig Radio Orchestra.
He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Festival "Santa Fiora in Musica", supervisor of the "Sardigna Festival" and founder of several ensembles, among which the "Nuovo Quintetto Italiano."
Besides the experience of performing all over the world with some of the most renowned conductors–among which R. Muti, L. Maazel, R.Chailly, S. Ozawa, W. Sawallish, C. Abbado, G. Pretre–Luca Benucci has an intense teaching activity. He has taught master classes in Italy, Germany, Japan, Spain and China, in collaboration with important institutions such as
Conservatorio L. Cherubini of Florence, Istituto O. Vecchi of Modena, Conservatorio "A. Buzzolla" of Adria, Conservatorio "A. Canepa" of Sassari, Conservatorio "G. B. Pergolesi" of Fermo, Corsi di Formazione MIMESIS Maggio Arte, Corsi di formazione Musica & Muse in Val D'Aosta, Festival degli Ottoni di Quart, Mittel Deutches Rundfunk, T.M.F. Japan, Musashino Academy di Tokio, Benidorm Festival, Nanchino Music Academy, World Youth Orchestra, Santa Fiora in Musica, Progetto Palcoscenico, Sardinia Brass Festival, in collabotation with artists such as Roger Bobo, Jens Lindemann, Steven Mead, Charles Vernon, Vincent Penzarella, Dale Clevenger, Sfefan Dohr, Rex Martin, Andrea Bandini, Andrea Conti, Marco Pierobon, P.Vernikof, D. Strabrawa, contributing to the formation and progress of several young musicians aiming at a performing career.
In October 2007, after the U.S. tournée with the “Filarmonica della Scala”, he gave a series of masterclasses at: Boston University, Roosevelt University (Chicago), Mannes College of Music (NY), Curtis Institute of Fine Arts (Philhadelphia), Portorico Music Conservatory.
Luca Benucci plays a Rauch horn of 1974.
visits since june 6, 2007