Serra, Luciano Maria: Capriccio, for Double-Bass in viennese tuning

Luciano Maria Serra is an Italian composer, conductor and pianist. Born in Sicily in 1975, he writes music for the stage, opera, orchestral and chamber works, and music for screen and multimedia.
In 2015 he was an assistant to Gustavo Dudamel (Mozart’s Nozze di Figaro, Berlin Staatsoper) and in 2017 an assistant to Domingo Hindoyan (Rossini’s Semiramide, Opera National de Lorraine).
His music was performed by Edicson Ruiz, Veronika Eberle, Guido Rimonda, Andrea Lucchesini, Quartetto di Cremona, in the musical seasons of Virée Classique Festival (Montreal), Viotti Festival (Vercelli), Teatro Valli (Reggio Emilia), Marvão International Music Festival, Associazione Musicale “Eliodoro Sollima” (Palermo), Associazione Siciliana Amici della Musica (Palermo), Associazione Musicale Etnea (Catania), Teatro Machiavelli (Catania), Orestiadi (Gibellina).
His film scores have been presented at international festivals (Festival Internazionale del Cinema d’Animazione of Athens, Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Arcipelago Film Festival of Rome, Costaiblea Film Festival of Ragusa).
As conductor, he has a wide repertoire of opera and symphonic music. He has also conducted the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana of Palermo in a concert dedicated to the music of Mozart and Haydn.
As a pianist, he has performed at the Berlin Philharmonie and many other concert halls.
Luciano Maria Serra graduated in composition, conducting and piano from the Palermo Conservatory.