Luca Aquino, one of the most talented Italian trumpet players will be present at the 35th Fajr International Music Festival.

Luca Aquino is one of the most talented Italian trumpet players, known for innovative proposals and for his unique trumpet sound. Born in the town of Benevento, in Southern Italy, he was mainly self-taught when he began to play the trumpet at the age of nineteen. In 2007 Universal Music published his first album “Sopra Le Nuvole” as a leader, and a year later he recorded “Lunaria”. In 2009, he recorded in the ancient Turkish bath of Skopje (Macedonia) “Amam”, then “TSC “in a church in the Netherlands. In 2010, he recorded “Icaro Solo”, a project for solo trumpet and electronics, in a church in Benevento. After creating the festival Riverberi, In 2012, he joined the quartet of the percussionist Manu Katché and recorded two albums with them. 2015 was the year of his next album as bandleader: “OverDOORS”, a personal tribute to his favorite band, The Doors.

He is also known for his musical research on the natural sound, the use of electronics and his passion for musical experimentation in unusual places, for which he is also described as “Innovative sonic explorer”. His last extraordinary project in 2015 was the recording of an album in the archaeological site of Petra, in Jordan, in collaboration with the Jordanian National Orchestra.