Fernando De Luca (born 1961 in

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, organist, teacher and

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Biography

Fernando De Luca began his musical studies at a very young age, devoting himself first to the organ, then to the piano, obtaining his diploma in 1987 under the direction of Velia De Vit

He also studied counterpoint and basso continuo with Mons. Domenico Bartolucci, Kapellmeister of the Sistine Chapel. In 1992 he obtained his diploma in harpsichord at th
Conservatory of Santa Cecilia
in Rome under the direction of Paola Bernardi, with the best grades and honors. The same year, on the recommendation of the Director, he received the Marcello Intendente prize fro
ARAM
as the best diploma of the academic year. He is interested in the problem of philological interpretation of the harpsichord repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries, paying particular attention to the study and practice of historical tunings. In 1994, he won first prize in the Gambi harpsichord competition of th
Gioacchino Rossini Conservatory
of Pesaro From 1994 to 2003, both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles, he was invited by numerous Italian and foreign concert institutions such as th
Gonfalone
(Rome), the Lazio Regional Orchestra, Estate Fiesolana
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Santa Cecilia, the Salento Baroque Festival, th
Tagliacozzo Festival
th
French Academy of the Villa Medici
Since 1999, he has been a harpsichordist of th
CIMA
rchive(Italian Center for Ancient Music), with whom he performs among others The Fairy Queen by

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, the

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, the

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, various cantatas by

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, Funeral Anthem,

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and

’s Judas Maccabaeus, under the direction of Maestro Sergio Siminovich. In 2001 he was part of the National Committee, chaired by Prof.Mario Valente, for the celebrations of the third centenary of the birth of

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. As a harpsichord teacher, he collaborates in the performance of two oratorios based on a text by

, the Passione di Gesù Cristo by

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and Giuseppe Riconosciuto by Pasquale Anfossi, performed in Rome in the Church of the Stigmata (recorded by Raisat and Radio Tre) and in Vienna in the Minoritenkirche and the Michaelerkirche. He was also basso continuo of th
Accademia Barocca di Santa Cecilia
group for 10 years. He performs in solo and ensemble concerts in Canada (2009), Germany and the United Kingdom (2021), Montenegro (2013) and Latvia (2014). From 2004 to 2021, he held the chair of harpsichord at th
Pierluigi da Palestrina Conservatory
in Cagliari. Since 2021 he has held the same chair at th
Antonio Vivaldi Conservatory of Alessandria
He is the author of numerous sonatas for harpsichord and flute, oboe, violin, viola da gamba, lute, as well as pieces of vocal music and chamber music. In 1991, he was the first to play the Opera Omnia for harpsichord by J.N.P. Royer and founded in 2006 th
“Sala del Cembalo del Caro Sassone”
initially designed to achieve the online publication of the complete works for harpsichord by G.F. Handel, as well as rare French, German, English and Italian repertoires, like the complete works of R.Jones, T. Chilcot, T. Arne,

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, Pierre Février, François d'Agincourt, J. Sheeles and many others, which has now become the largest source of recordings made by a professional harpsichordist in the world. Next to the site, a Web Radio, “la Sala del Cembalo” is taking shape with the aim of broadcasting these recordings and the broadcasting of themes inherent to this musical period (podcast). He published the 12 Suites of J. Mattheson for harpsichord only for the Harpsichord Association of Bologna. To his credit various CDs recorded at Urania Records ( N.Siret, G.F. Handel), at Brilliant Classics (complete works for keyboard by C. Graupner, complete music for harpsichord by C. Moyreau, complete music for harpsichord by C. A. Jollage). And at Da Vinci Classics currently being published, the complete harpsichord music of

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Discography

* ''Beauvarlet-Charpentier: 1er livre de Pièces de Clavecin (202
Da Vinci Classics
)'' * ''George Friederic Handel: Complete Harpsichord Music Vol. 2 (2024
Da Vinci Classics
'' * ''George Friederic Handel: Complete Harpsichord Music Vol. 1 (2024
Da Vinci Classics)
' * ''Pierre-Claude Foucquet: Pièces de clavecin'' ''(2023'
Brilliant Classics
')'' * ''Pierre Thomas Dufour: Pièces de Clavecin'' (''2023'
Brilliant Classics
* ''Charles-Alexandre Jollage: Premier livre de Pièces de Clavecin'' ''(2023'
Brilliant Classics
*''Cristophe Moyreau: Complete Harpsichord Music'' (202
Brilliant Classics
*''Christoph Graupner: Complete Harpsichord Music'' (202
Brilliant Classics
*''George Friederic Handel: Complete Preludes & Toccatas from the Bergamo Manuscript'' ( 2018
Urania Records
with newly discovered music probably composed by

and William Babell. *''Nicolas Siret: The Complete Harpsichord works'' ( 201
Urania Records

Bibliography

*''Pieces de clavecin: en deux volumes: monumento armonico in 12 suites'' / Johann Mattheson; a cura di Fernando De Luca. - Roma: Bardi, 1997 (stampa 1999). - XXI, 50 p; 34 cm. (Associazione clavicembalistica bolognese ; 14). ((Ripr. facs. dell'ed.: London, printed for I. D. Fletcher and Sold at most musik shops, 1714. * ''12 Sonate a Cembalo solo'', 1997 * L'Arcadia in Gianicolo - "Sonata allegorico pastorale a più parti per Cembalo solo per l'arte la pratica e il diletto nel sonar il cembalo", 1997

References

An Important Rediscovery, Preludes and Toccatas from the 'Bergamo manuscript'

Fernando De Luca (harpsichord) *CONCERTO SU MUSICHE DI CLERAMBAULT, DU PHLY, CHARPENTIER, DURANTE, HÄNDEL Interpreti Annick Massis (soprano), Denis Pascal (pianoforte), Fernando De Luca (clavicembalo) Accademia di Francia, 23 ottobre 1998 https://romaeuropa.net/archivio/festival/anno-1998/le-voci-dei-medici-il-ritorno-di-ulisse/ *L'Arpeggio - FERNANDO DE LUCA - Radio Vaticana - Vatican News https://www.vaticannews.va/it/podcast/radio-vaticana-musica/arpeggio/2023/03/l-arpeggio-14-03-2023.html *List of Professors at the Pierluigi da Palestrina Conservatory of Cagliari https://conservatoriocagliari.it/il-conservatorio/organi/collegio-dei-professori.html *List of Professors at the Antonio Vivaldi Conservatory of Alessandria https://www.conservatoriovivaldi.it/docenti/ {{DEFAULTSORT:De Luca, Fernando 1961 births Living people Italian composers Italian male composers Italian harpsichordists Historicist composers Composers for harpsichord Vox Saeculorum

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