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Luca Belcastro was born in Como - Italy (September 18th, 1964); he graduated in Classical guitar at the Conservatory of Music "Giuseppe Verdi" in Milano and in Composition, with the highest grade, at the Conservatory of Music "Giuseppe Nicolini" in Piacenza. He studied with Giuseppe Colardo, Sonia Bo and Azio Corghi, with whom he attended specialization courses at the Accademia Goffredo Petrassi in Parma and at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Roma, where he graduated with top marks and "Premio SIAE". His orchestral works have been awarded in the International Competitions "Ciutat de Tarragona" (E) 2002 (I Prize), "Valentino Bucchi" - Roma 1996 (I Prize), "2 Agosto" - Bologna 1997 (II Prize), "Concours Européen du Jeune Compositeur" - Strasbourg (F) 1998 ("Troisième Grand Prix"), "Concours de l'Orchestre des Jeune de la Méditerranée" - Marseille (F) 2000 (mention), "Gino Contilli" - Messina 1995 (mention) and performed by Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya, Orchestra of Colours - Athens, OSER Toscanini - Parma, Orchestra Sinfonica Abruzzese, Orchestra Milano-Classica. His Opera "1896 - Pheidippides... corri ancora!" has been awarded at the Competition "Dimitris Mitroupoulos - World Opera Project" of Athens (GR) 2001. His chamber music works won the First Prize at the International Competition "Edvard Grieg" - Oslo (N) 2002, "Biennale Neue Musik" - Hannover (D) 2001 (performed by The Hilliard Ensemble), "ICOMS" - Torino 1999