Luca Grianti was born in Milan, Italy in 2002, and started learning the piano at the age of six in the music department of the British School of Milan. Early signs of musical talent allowed him to compete and win 1st prize in several national and international piano competitions around Italy, as well as passing the ABRSM Grade 8 exam with distinction while aged 11. It was then that Grianti decided to pursue his dream of becoming a concert pianist at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, the UK. He studied under the guidance of the Chair of Piano, M. McLachlan. Grianti has also performed at many festivals around Europe and further afield. For example, in 2019 he played at the ClaviCologne Festival in Hamburg, the Tel Hai International Piano Festival in Israel, and the Eppan Piano Academy in Italy. In the latter Grianti had the chance to work with world-renowned professors such as C. Martinez Mehner, D. Bashkirov, M. Raekallio, L. Zilberstein, T. Ungar, and D. Alexeev, among many others. Since 2014, Grianti has held concerts in Italy, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the UK, the US, and Israel, among other countries. Since September 2020, Grianti has also been studying at the Juilliard School in New York, with the celebrated teacher and pedagogue V. Kaplinsky. This is only possible due to the incredibly generous contribution of the Keyboard Charitable Trust’s Dr. Weir’s Award, which supports young musicians with funding for undergraduate studies.