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TOC presents Luca Ciarla SolOrchestra
Sunday, September 23, 2018
Doors 2:00pm | Show 2:30pm
$15 ADV / $20 DOS
All Ages | Bar with I.D.
Italian born violin wizard Luca Ciarla owns the stage with his fiddle and a few toy instruments. Step by step, with a loop pedal he performs all the parts, live, playing the violin like a guitar, and a cello like percussion. In this imaginative landscape Luca sings, whistles, plays other instruments and adds new virtuoso passages; music is continuously evolving into a dazzling solOrchestra! The program features unusual arrangements of traditional Italian folk tunes, music from the Mediterranean area and original compositions.
"A magical acoustic seduction where everybody can find familiar influences from genuine folk to sophisticated jazz." Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)
A creative and surprising violinist, Luca 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 60 countries around the world; from Montreal Jazz Festival to the Hong Kong Performing Arts Centre, from Celtic Connections in Scotland to the Villa-Lobos Festival in Rio de Janeiro, from Melbourne Jazz Festival to the Auditorium Parco della Musica in Italy. one of the most interesting violinists nowadays on the international scene, capable of browsing around different sounds and genres without ever losing his unmistakable style. la Repubblica (Italy)
A native of Termoli, Italy, Luca began playing violin and piano at the age of eight. By twelve he was studying at the conservatory and a few years later began exploring jazz and improvisation. He received his violin degree in 1993 and then studied at the Fiesole School of Music and the Scuola di Alto perfezionamento of Saluzzo. In 1996 Luca moved to the United States to pursue a master's at the Indiana University and to study jazz with David Baker. Subsequently, he also completed a doctorate in musical arts at the University of Arizona where he taught violin for few years. Winner of several competitions in Italy and abroad, in 1999 he was awarded by the prestigious New York-based Chamber Music America. Over the years Luca Ciarla has worked with artists such as Greg Cohen, Chris Jarrett, Daniele Sepe, Joshua Bell, Edgar Mayer, Daniele Scannapieco, Danilo Rea, Sylvain Gagnon, Anthony Fernandes, Luciano Berio, Andrea Piccioni, Meklit Hadero, Simone Zanchini, Lello Pareti, Marco Siniscalco, Marina Rei, Blaine Whittaker, Mimmo Locasciulli, Luciano Biondini, Fabrizio Bosso, Sergio Cammariere, Rodolfo Maltese, Paola Turci, Luigi Tessarollo, Ferruccio Spinetti, Mark Rush. After recording with several prestigious labels, Luca Ciarla founds Violipiano, a production company that takes care of his artistic activity at 360 degrees. Since 2012 he enjoys giving master classes on creative string playing. Recently he has released his latest album, ViolinAir, launched in Rome at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and at Repubblica TV program Webnotte.
"Held in the gorgeous bandshell of Mears Park downtown, [the Twin Cities Jazz Festival] includes the international, freewheeling talents of Joshua Redman [and the Bad Plus], Delfeayo Marsalis, Francisco Mela & Cuban Safari, Araya Orta Latin Jazz Quartet and the Luca Ciarla Quartet." The New York Times (Usa)
"Fundamentally defining the band is Ciarlas swooping, soaring, laughing, crying, lyrical violin, which can swap between childlike elation and grown-up intensity, bar by bar." The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
"Luca Ciarla has wooed the classical, jazz and folk crowds with his originality." Cover Magazine (Hong Kong)
"Luca Ciarla is an artist from Molise with a cosmopolitan soul. Around the strings of his violin his gypsy touch blends with jazz, classical and folk sonorities, creating fun and funny restless music. Informal and casual, easily transcends the boundaries among genres to trace an innovative musical path." Il Fatto Quotidiano (Italy)
"Playing in 'real time' against one or more repeated samples provides an approach to 'music with repetitive structures' (the phrase that Philip Glass prefers to the less-informative word 'minimalism') that can be achieved by a soloist whose technical skills extend to the demands of the sampler. It also requires cultivating a skill for identifying the samples that should be captured and using them to their most imaginative advantage. Luca Ciarla is a soloist with those skills." The San Francisco Examiner (Usa)
Artists Website
www.lucaciarla.com
http://www.lucavl.com/fullscreen/gallery/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOLfN1Nqp_U
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LocationThe Old Church Concert Hall (View)
1422 SW 11th Ave at Clay St
Portland, OR 97201
United States
Categories
| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: Yes! |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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