Luca Scandali, Organ
Pesaro
Was born in Ancona (Italy). He received a diploma in Organ and Composition for Organ with first-class standings studying under Professor Patrizia Tarducci and a first-class diploma in Harpsichord at the Conservatory “G. Rossini” of Pesaro, where, subsequently, he obtained a diploma in Composition under Professor Mauro Ferrante.
Subsequently he continued his organ studies under Ton Koopman, Andrea Marcon, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini and Liuwe Tamminga. He won the first edition of the scholarship “F. Barocci” (Ancona, Italy) for young organists in 1986.
In 1992 he won the third prize at the First International Organ Competition “Città di Milano” (Italy), in 1994 he won the fourth prize at the Eleventh International Organ Competition of Brugge (Belgium). In 1998 he won the first prize at the Twelfth International Organ Competition “Paul Hofhaimer” of Innsbruck (Austria), whose jury awarded only four times over its 40-year history.
He has been invited to give masterclasses and courses and he has performed in important concert seasons and festivals in more than twenty countries, both as soloist and in various chamber ensemble and orchestras. He currently holds the teaching posts of Organ and Composition for Organ at the Conservatory “F. Morlacchi” of Perugia. For Il Levante Libreria Editrice he published the Canzoni de intavolatura d’organo fatte alla francese (1599) by Vincenzo Pellegrini (around 1562–1630). He has recorded more than thirty cds, obtaining excellent reviews.
PROGRAMMA CONCERTO
J. S. Bach Einleitung und Fuge aus der Kantate “Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis” BWV 21
Grave
Allegro
Grave
F. Mendelssohn Praeludium und Fuge in Fa min. op. 35 n. 5
F. Liszt da St. François de Paule: “Marchant sur les flots” da “Deux Légendes” S. 175
M. E. Bossi Chant du soir op. 92 n. 1
P. Eben Hommage à Dietrich Buxtehude