Luca Ferrini studied the piano, the harpsichord, the organ and organ composition, graduating with honours from the music conservatories in Trieste and Udine under the guidances of prof. Giovanni Umberto Battel and prof. Ilario Gregoletto. In 2025, forty years have passed since Ferrini began giving concerts all over Europe and the world in important concert halls such as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, the Beijing Concert Hall, Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Cankarjev dom and the Slovenian Philharmonic in Ljubljana, Musikverein in Vienna, the National Concert Hall in Dublin, the National Theatre of Malta, the Seoul National University, the Philharmonics in Odesa, Kaunas and Ulaanbaatar, and the Saint-Michel Theatre in Brussels, as well as in Prague, Budapest, Bucharest, Zagreb, Belgrade, Madrid, Porto, Copenhagen, Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Chile and elsewhere. Equally acclaimed on all three instruments, as a soloist, in chamber ensembles and as a soloist with orchestra, often under the baton of renowned conductors. Guest of important festivals for contemporary (Trieste, Ljubljana, Bucharest, Zagreb, Dublin, Kaunas, Odessa, Seoul) as well as for ancient music (Venice, Bayreuth, Zagreb, etc.), his large repertoire consists of works spanning from Renaissance to contemporary music. As member and co-founder of the Ensemble for contemporary music MD7 and other chamber groups, he has premiered more than one hundred and ninety new compositions to date. In addition to his 40 CDs, as soloist and chamber musician, he made recordings for various European music labels and RTV houses, having performed as well on live radio programmes. Ferrini has received excellent international references and reviews for his playing, which have been published in Austria, Italy, Malta, Germany, Russia, Slovenia, France, USA and so on. He serves as an ‘official’ piano accompanist at international masterclasses, academies and competitions for various musical instruments: Denmark – Carl Nielsen International Competition, China – Beijing International Music Competition, Mexico – Henry Szeryng International Violin Competition, Belgium – Kortrijk (now Ghent) International Clarinet Competition, as well as other events in Italy, Slovenia, Austria and Poland. Ferrini’s work as an accompanist is particularly valued by clarinettists, and he is the official pianist of the ClarinetFest festivals, organised by the International and European Clarinet Associations (the ICA and the ECA), which has given him an opportunity to perform with clarinettists of virtually all generations from all over the world. He has taught at the conservatories in Brescia and Salerno, at the Klagenfurt Conservatory and the Ljubljana Conservatory of Music and Ballet. He currently serves as an accompanist at the Ljubljana Academy of Music, as well as teaching the piano, the harpsichord and chamber music the Art Grammar School in Koper. www.lucaferrini.com
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