Gianluca Capuano (born 30â¯Januaryâ¯1968 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian conductor and organist. He studied organ, composition and conducting at the Milan Conservatory. His first major recording, Galuppi: Forgotten Arias of a Venetian Master (2016), was followed by Carissimi: Jonas, Lauda Sion & Missa âUt queant laxisâ (2017) and Donizetti: Pigmalione â Mayr: Che originali! (2018). Gianluca Capuanoâs breakthrough came in Augustâ¯2016 when he stepped in to conduct Norma with Cecilia Bartoli at the Edinburgh Festival, leading to engagements at the Opéra de MonteâCarlo and the Théâtre des ChampsâÃlysées. In Marchâ¯2019 Gianluca Capuano became principal conductor of the Musicians of the PrinceâMonaco. Gianluca Capuano's direction of Alcina at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino earned him the 2022â¯Premioâ¯Abbiati for best conductor. Following releases with Catherine King, Javier Camarena, Tobias Koch and the Concerto Köln, and Vardhuhi Abrahamyan, he released the album Vivaldi: Concerti per vari strumenti II (2026), accompagnied by Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco, which reached UK and French Classical Albums charts.
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