Luciano Sgrizzi

Luciano Sgrizzi (30 October 1910 – 11 September 1994) was an Italian harpsichordist, organist, pianist and composer. Life and career Luciano Sgrizzi was born in Bologna on October 30, 1910. His father, Domenico Sgrizzi, was a postal worker who died when Luciano was six years old. At the age of 13 he began studies as a pianist at the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna. and by Alessandro Scarlatti. He made a number of recordings, of which seven were awarded the Grand Prix du Disque. These included the complete concertos of Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach for solo harpsichord, and many of the sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti. In 1980 he was named Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic and in 1985 was named Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by French Cultural Minister Jack Lang. He died in Monte Carlo, (Monaco), where he had lived for the last few years of his life. Compositions * Dancing Song: Valzer (1933) * Concerto for piano and orchestra (1935) * String trio (1935) * Concerto per orchestra (1936) * Impressioni (1936) * Introduction and Scherzo, flute and piano (1937) * Paesaggi (1951) * Suite Napoletana (1951) * Englische Suite nach Werken der