Claudio Jacomucci

Claudio Jacomucci is an Italian accordionist and composer. He graduated with honours from the Grenoble Conservatory in 1992 and qualified as an Alexander Technique teacher in Amsterdam in 2000. His studies also included Carnatic music at the Amsterdam Conservatory.

A prize-winner in international accordion competitions, he has premiered new works and collaborated with composers including Luciano Berio, Franco Donatoni and György Kurtág. His activity brings together contemporary performance, composition, transcription and research into the instrument’s possibilities. His own Ballad for Lupo appears alongside transcriptions and contemporary works on Orpheus’ Ballad.