Gianluca Cacucciolo was born on the 2nd September 1972 in Triggiano (Ba).
He starts to play the piano at the age of 12, learning the bases with Alba Masciopinto. He studies classical music with Flavio Penconio at the conservatory Piccinni (Bari).
Since his early youth he founds his first bands and performs in different occasions; that brings him near modern and jazz music, so that he applies to a music school called Pentagramma, where he studies modern piano, jazz, harmony, arrangement and composition with Davide Santorsola e Nico Marziliano.
He also attends several seminars with Battaglia, Fabrizio Sferra and Paolino Dalla porta, not to forget the International jazz music seminars in Siena where studied with Enrico Pieranunzi, Franco D'Andrea e Ettore Fioravanti.
He then performs as leader, free lance or with different bands all around Italy, Switzerland, China (International Fair Chic 2005), Austria and plays in theatres and clubs or during exhibitions and various events (Onyx jazz festival, Beat on to jazz, Besana Open Jazz Festival, Apriljazz etc).
He works in collaboration with lots of artists, such as Fabrizio Bosso,Francesco Bearzatti, Gianluca Petrella, Roberto Ottaviano, Nicola Conte,Toni arco, Ferdinando Faraò, Marco Vaggi, Michele Carrabba, Agostino Marangolo, Karl Potter, Ronnie Jones.
He records quite a few albums as a leades as well as a sideman.
Many are his experiences and collaborations with Italian pop musicians, like Lisa (Oceano Tour 2003),Annalisa Minetti and Marco Morandi. He now plays in the band of Luca Leoni and has recently recorded with Warner Italia his last single Ballo fuori tempo. He recorded the first album of Virginio, published by Universal Music. With the single "Davvero" Virginio partecipated to the 56th Festival of Sanremo.
Since quite a few years he also teaches piano in several music schools in Milan and its surroundings (Madamzajj, Soundcheck studio, Centro Musica etc).
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