Author: Luca Buzzavi
Luca Buzzavi has obtained, with full marks, the Second Level Diploma in Prepolyphony at the G. Verdi Conservatory in Turin under the guidance of Fulvio Rampi, the First Level Diploma in Choir Conductor and Choral Composition (with honors and mention of honor) at the L. Campiani Conservatory of Mantua, the Degree in Physics (with honors) at the University of Bologna, the First Level University Masters in Didactics and Psychopedagogy for DSA and BES and in Strategies and good practices in multicultural classes ( both with honors). He studied Classical Guitar and attended numerous masterclasses on choral conducting (in particular the Guido d'Arezzo Foundation with the masters Donati, Marzola, Marzilli, Pavese, Berrini, Graden, Corti, Busto, Rasmussen, Lah, Broadbent, and in other intensive courses with Phillips, Krawczynski, Leech), Conducting (Nicotra, De Palma) and on Musical Didactics and Pedagogy (Leo, Astulez, Visioli, Piccardi, Oetterli, Paduano). He teaches classical guitar, ear training and choral singing at the Andreoli Foundation of the municipalities of the Northern Area of Modena, where he prepares the choral singing class consisting of the Aurora Youth and Youth Choir. For the same Foundation he is an external expert in the Primary School for projects related to Musical Preparation and the School Choir and member of the Disability Project team. He is artistic director of Accademia Corale Teleion (Poggio Rusco - MN) where he follows the Gamma Chorus chamber choir and the Gregorian Schola Matilde di Canossa, organizes and holds seminars and summer courses with illustrious teachers on Gregorian Chant and Polyphony; in particular he is artistic director and teacher at the School and the Summer Course of Gregorian Chant in collaboration between the Teleion Choral Academy and the professional ensemble Cantori Gregoriani. He teaches the 1st Online Course of Gregorian Chant and the 2nd Online Course: Topicality and Rhetoric in Gregorian Chant, promoted by AERCO. Since September 2020 he has directed the Schola Gregoriana Ecce promoted by AERCO. He is a member of the editorial committee of FarCoro and Dirigo magazines, lecturer at the regional course for school choir directors promoted by AERCO and member of the Artistic Commission of USCI Lombardia in the three-year period 2018-2020. He has obtained important results and awards in national choral competitions as conductor, composer and jury member. E-mail: lucabuzzavi@gmail.com
