Luca Belcastro

Luca Belcastro (born 18 September 1964 in Como, Italy) is an Italian composer of classical music. Education Belcastro graduated in Classical guitar and in Composition, with the highest grade. He attended specialization courses with Azio Corghi at the Accademia G. Petrassi in Parma and at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Roma, where he graduated with top marks and “Premio SIAE”. Career Belcastro’s orchestral works have been awarded in important International Competitions, among those “Ciutat de Tarragona” International Award for Musical Composition (E),“Valentino Bucchi” - Roma, “2 Agosto” - Bologna, “Concours Européen du Jeune Compositeur” - Strasbourg (F), and executed by Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Orchestra of Colours - Athens, OSER Toscanini - Parma, Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, Orchestra Milano-Classica. His Opera “1896 - Pheidippides… corri ancora!” has been awarded at the “Dimitris Mitropoulos - World Opera Project” - Athens 2001. His chamber music works won the First Prize in numerous International Competitions, among those “Edvard Grieg” - Oslo (N), “Biennale Neue Musik - Hannover” (D) (performed by The Hilliard