Luca Giovannini
Cello
Luca Giovannini (Italy, 2000) studied cello with Luca Simoncini at the Francesco Venezze Conservatory in his hometown of Rovigo. He studied at the Kronberg Academy from 2019 to 2023 with Frans Helmerson. He won the prestigious Johannes Brahms Competition 2018, third prize at the Schoenfeld Competition and second prize at the Janigro Young Competition 2016. Masterclasses with David Geringas, Lynn Harrel, Enrico Dindo and Marti Roussi have provided him with further experience and inspiration.He was a member of the cello excellence class with M° Gautier Capuçon at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris and the R. Romanini Academy in Brescia with M° G. Sollima. In 2020 Luca recorded a CD for the label Velut Luna with the complete cello sonatas by Brahms with the pianist Leonora Armellini.
He plays a cello by Ansaldo Poggi dating from 1927, which is loaned to him by Mario Brunello.