Lucía Caruso
Composer
Photography by Elias Wessel
2023 academy of st. martin in the fields: Release of her piano concerto “light and wind” as soloist, abbey road studios
2023 Buenos Aires Philharmonic Concert presenting her Piano Concerto
2023 United Nations Symphony concert Selected to represent south america by united voices 4 peace
2023 cannes festival panel discussion women composers in the film industry by united voices 4 peace
2022 Forte: documentary Starred and scored by Lucía Caruso
2021 South By Southwest Film Festival: Winners, Audience Award & Jury Award “4 Feet High”
2021 Official Selection: london film festival “4 feet high”
2020 Official Selection: Sundance Film Festival, Venice Biennale “4 Feet High”
2019 Cannes Film Festival: American Pavilion - Winners, Best Emerging Documentary “Death Metal Grandma”
2016 - 2020 orchestra of the swan: composer and artist in residence, uk
NEW ALBUM! TRANSCLASSICAL CONCERTOS
This album features two concertos written in a Transclassical™ style, which combines classical music, improvisation, and elements from various cultures and eras: the first concerto for Portuguese guitar and orchestra by Pedro H. da Silva, and “Light and Wind” Piano Concerto that uses innovative techniques by Lucía Caruso. Nature photography inspired both works, especially the interplay of light and wind, and dusk, night, and dawn, with the orchestration reflecting the change of light and weather. Both works use various devices to create inventive sounds, including an electronic bow, a musical hammer, playing the piano strings with drumsticks, picks, and palms, and more. The album also features both composers’ joint composition "Folia" for Portuguese guitar, piano, and orchestra, and a special arrangement of "Here Comes the Sun" for Portuguese guitar and strings. Recorded with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields—considered by many the finest chamber orchestra in the world—at the legendary Abbey Road studios on the fiftieth anniversary of the day the Beatles recorded the same song in the same studio.
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Composed and Performed by Lucía Caruso
Light and Wind is a Transclassical Piano concerto. Transclassical Music™—a term Lucía Caruso coined to describe a style based on classical music techniques, improvisation, and elements from different cultures and eras in a variety of styles and genres, integrating classical and world instruments. The term Transclassical implies that this genre can bridge different classical traditions from around the world.