“INAUGURATION” Series – “Naples meets New York” Luca Alemagna, piano

“INAUGURATION“
A series of concerts to celebrate the new
Bechstein piano at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York


“Naples meets New York”
LUCA ALEMAGNA, piano
This piano concert will retrace the immortal classics of the Neapolitan and American tradition.

Original covers by Luca Alemagna.





PROGRAM

PASSIONE (1934)

Music by: Ernesto Tagliaferri e Nicola Valente

CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE (1961)

Music by: George Weiss – Hugo Peretti – Luigi Creatore

TORNA A SURRIENTO (1902)

Music by: Ernesto de Curtis

STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT (1966)

Music by: Avo Uvezian

ERA DE MAGGIO (1885)

Music by: Mario Pasquale Costa

MY WAY (1968)

Music by: Claude François

‘O MARENARIELLO (1893)

Music by: Salvatore Gambardella

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW (1939)
Music by: Harold Arlen



‘O SOLE MIO – NEW YORK, NEW YORK (1898 – 1977)

Music by: Eduardo di Capua e Alfredo Mazzucchi – John Kander



There are many historical testimonies on the birth of the artistic collaboration between Naples and New York. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, New York City saw an unprecedented wave of immigration, with millions of people arriving from around the world in search of better opportunities. Among these, there were numerous Neapolitans families. Arriving with dreams and ambitions, these families brought with them their traditions, their language, their food, and above all their music. Over the years, Little Italy became a refuge for Italians, a place where they could feel at home in a foreign land, and at the same time, Neapolitans in a foreign land discovered with great amazement the beauty and charm of American melodies, which quickly became the soundtrack that accompanied them on a new journey made of dreams and hopes. Luca Alemagna



BIO. Pianist and flautist, Luca Alemagna began studying the piano at the age of eight with renowned M° Franco Matricano. From an early age he began his concert activity, taking part in various television programs, and in 1991 he plays for RAI TV twelve-year-old Mozart on the occasion of the second bicentenary of the death of the Austrian composer. Since 2005 he has undertaken the study of the transverse flute with M° Marilù Grieco (first flute of the Scarlatti Orchestra of Naples). In 2007 he won the “best adapted soundtrack” award at the “don Angelo Nubifero” theater festival in Caserta, with the music for the play “Napoli Milionaria!” by E. De Filippo.

He has performed a soloist in all the 13 Italian stages of the “Piano City©” International Festival: Milan, Naples, Pordenone, Trieste, Palermo and Lecce. In the spring of 2024 published, on all the main digital platforms, his first recording entirely dedicated to film music, of which he also composed all the arrangements. Since 2017 he has worked as a soloist for the prestigious “Ubi Major” Artistic Agency in Genoa. He is currently one of the titular pianists of the renowned Hotel “Danieli” in Venice and continues his concert activity.