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Curriculum Vitae
Luca Cerchiari – Musicologist
(Born 1957 in Milan, Italy)
Education:
Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology (University of Graz, Austria); BA in Music (DAMS,
University of Bologna); Proficiency Diploma in English; High School (Liceo
Classico).
Areas of specialization:
African-American musical civilization; music discography and videography;
professional training for careers in the music industry.
Teaching activities:
Since 2010 Winner of national professorship in
Ethnomusicology (Associate professor)
Since 2004 Music Discography and Videography for the Multimedia
Market (Publishing and communications for the multimedia market, University of
Verona)
2003-2004 Courses for the MA in Transatlantic Studies
(Universities of Padua and Birmingham)
Since 2001 African-American Musical Civilization (Dams,
University of Padua);
2001-2003 Music and Discography (CLEACC, Milan’s Università
Bocconi)
2000-2001 History of Music Printing and Publishing (Corso di
Diploma e Laurea in Conservazione dei Beni Culturali, University of
Udine-Gorizia Campus)
2000-2001 Music disciplines (extension course at Milan’s
Università Bocconi)
1997-2000 African-American Musical Civilization (DAMS,
University of Turin)
1992-1999 Professor, director and tutor in professional
training courses promoted by Region of Lombardy-European Union with Echomusic
Cultural Association (over 5,000 hrs, 9 courses);
Since 1991 Conferences and seminars at various cultural
institutions and universities (Milan's Statale, Milan's IULM, Udine, Padua,
Mulhouse, Paris, Nice, Darmstadt, Lugano, Leuwen, Graz, Boston, New York,
Newark).
1987-1990 Jazz History and Aesthetics (Civici corsi di jazz e
per operatori musicali, Milan, of which he was also a founder);
Selected Publications (books):
· Eurojazzland. Jazz and European Sources, Dynamics and Contexts,
Northeastern University Press, Lebanon 2012 (editor with Laurent Cugny and
Franz Kerschbaumer).
· Curci Music Publisher. 1860-2010, the first 150 Years, Curci, Milan 2010 (in
English and Italian)
· Intorno al Jazz. Musiche Transatlantiche: Africa, Europa, America [Around
Jazz. Transatlantic Musics: Africa, Europe, America], Bompiani, Milan 2007;
· Greensleeves: una vicenda transatlantica. Da William Shakespeare a John
Coltrane [Greensleeves: a transatlantic story. From William Shakespeare to John
Coltrane] (with Samuele Pellizzari), Stampatori, Turin 2007
· Allen, Ware and McKim Garrison, Slave Songs of the United States (editor with
Roberto Leopardi of It. trans.), L'Epos, Palermo 2004
· Jazz e fascismo in Italia. Dalla nascita della radio a Gorni Kramer [Jazz and
Fascism in
Italy. From the Birth of Radio to Gorni Kramer], L'Epos, Palermo 2003
· Dal ragtime a Wagner. Scott Joplin e Treemonisha [From Ragtime to Wagner.
Scott Joplin and Treemonisha], L'Epos, Palermo 2001
· Il disco. Musica, tecnologia, mercato [The Record. Music, Technology and
Market], Sansoni, Milan 2001
· Miles Davis. Dal be-bop al jazz-rock (1945-1991) [Miles Davis. From Bebop to
Jazz-Rock (1945-1991)] Mondadori, Milano 2001, 2006, 2008 (new edition,
Feltrinelli, Milan 2012)
· Frank Sinatra fra belcantismo, jazz e drammaturgia [Frank Sinatra - Between
Belcanto, Jazz and Dramaturgy] (Editor), Trauben/Stampatori, Turin, 1999
· Civiltà musicale afro-americana [African-American Musical Civilization],
Mondadori, Milan 1999
· Il jazz. Una civiltà musicale afro-americana ed europea [Jazz. An
African-American and European Civilization], Bompiani, Milan 1997, 2001,
2005
· Il jazz su disco [Jazz on Record] (with Vittorio Castelli), Mondadori, Milan
1983
· Il jazz degli anni Settanta [Jazz in the 1970s] (editor), Gammalibri, Milan
1980, 1984.
Cerchiari directs the music books series “I suoni del mondo”
[“Sounds of the World”], dedicated to African-American, ethnic and popular
music, for L'Epos
in Palermo. He also writes for Classic Voice and Il Giornale del Popolo, has
published articles in various other magazines and dailies and founded and
directed the periodical Musica Oggi/Music Today. Since 1977 he has hosted a
variety radio programs on RAI and on Swiss National Radio and produced concert
series for public and private institutions. He directs the Record Library of
the Padua University since 15.6.2009.
Phone: ++39 02 29512877
Mobile: ++39 338 5086962
Fax: ++39 02 29512877
Piazza Lima, 1 - 20124 Milan, Italy
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Padua University
Department of Arts and Music History
Piazza Capitaniato 7 - 35139 Padova
Phone: 0498274664
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E-mail: lucacerc@tin.it
- luca.cerchiari@unipd.it
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