The creative and unusual Italian violinist Luca Ciarla will perform at Unisa on Sunday 8 June at 16:00 in the intimate Enoch Sontonga Conference Hall.
In a programme titled Bach into Myself, Ciarla pays tribute to his favourite composer, J S Bach. On the violin and loops, piano and toy instruments he plays his own contemporary arrangements of some of Bach’s greatest compositions.
Bach into Myself also features original music by the soloist and other composers that have been strongly influenced by the German master.
It promises to be a surprising concert enriched by Luca Ciarla’s amazing skills as multi-instrumentalist and his informal approach, constantly in balance between writing and improvisation, traditional and contemporary sounds.
Ciarla easily transcends the boundaries among genres to trace an innovative musical path, a magical acoustic seduction in perfect balance between written compositions and improvisation, traditional and contemporary sounds.
He has successfully performed in jazz, classical and world music festivals and concert series in more than forty countries and on every continent; from the Montreal Jazz Festival to the Melbourne Jazz Festival, from the National Arts Festival in South Africa to the Esplanade in Singapore, from the Italian Cultural Institute in New York to the Madinat Amphitheatre in Dubai.
A native of Termoli, Italy, Luca began playing violin and piano at the age of eight. By the age of twelve he was studying at the conservatory and few years later began exploring jazz and improvisation, inspired by artists such as Keith Jarrett, Egberto Gismonti and the Turtle Island Quartet.
He received the "Diploma di Violino" in 1993 and then studied at the Fiesole School of Music and the European Union Music School of Saluzzo.
In 1996 Carlo Luca moved to the United States to pursue a master's degree at the Indiana University and to study jazz with David Baker. Subsequently he completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Arizona where he has taught violin and improvisation for several years.
The concert is presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Pretoria and the Italian Embassy in celebration of the Italian National Day.
Tickets are sold at the door for R95 (adults) and R75 (students and pensioners).
For further information contact Alet Joubert at the Unisa Music Foundation,
Tel: 012 429 3336/3311, Cell: 084 763 4079. www.unisa.ac.za/musicfoundation