LUCA SCANDALI won the first edition of the scholarship âF. Barocciâ (Ancona, Italy) for young organists in 1986.
In 1992 he won the third prize at the First International Organ Competition âCittĂ di Milanoâ (Italy), in 1994 he won the fourth prize at the Eleventh International Organ Competition of Brugge (Belgium).
In 1998 he won the first prize at the Twelfth International Organ Competition âPaul Hofhaimerâ of Innsbruck (Austria), whose jury awarded only four times over its 40-year history.
He has been invited to give masterclasses and and he has performed in important concert seasons and festivals in Italy and abroad.
He currently holds the teaching posts of Organ and Composition for Organ at the Conservatory "G. Rossini" of Pesaro.
He has recorded more than 25 cds for Symphonia, La Bottega Discantica, Tactus, ORF, Arion, Motette, Deutsche Grammophon (with Venice Baroque Orchestra), CPO, Elegia Records, Antichi organi del canavese, Brilliant Classics, obtaining excellent reviews.