Luca Stricagnoli

In the organizer's words:

Fingerstyle virtuoso on up to 5 guitars at the same time!

He is a master on the acoustic guitar - and a YouTube star! He shows his boundless creativity both in his music and in creating his very own guitars tailored to his ideas. With the video Thunderstruck, he was the first of his videos to reach the 10 million mark on YouTube, with a total of well over 200 million. Worldwide features in magazines such as NME and Spiegel and extensive world tours are constantly increasing his popularity.

AC/DC, Eminem, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guns N' Roses & Vivaldi on Future Guitars!

Luca Stricagnoli, born and raised in Italy, is a unique acoustic guitarist known for his innovative playing techniques. His music videos already have more than 200 million views on the internet and he plays mostly fully booked concerts worldwide. Luca Stricagnoli is considered one of the most unique guitarists in the world. His creative style, which led him to invent instruments such as the 'Reversed Triple Neck Guitar' and the 'Reversed Slide Neck', contributed significantly to the modern development of the acoustic guitar. He has been hailed as a phenomenon and prodigy by influential magazines and newspapers around the world, including NME, Guitar World, Der Spiegel, La Repubblica, Frankfurter Allgemeine and others.
From the beginning of his music career, Luca developed his own unique style that included the use of violin bows, multiple guitars simultaneously, modified capos and unusual tunings. Luca's guitar inventions include brand new instruments such as the "Reversed Triple Neck Guitar" and the "Reversed Slide Neck", which have even been recognized by New Atlas and aim to expand and revolutionize the possibilities of modern guitar playing. His breakthrough came when his arrangement 'The Last Of The Mohicans' quickly reached streaming numbers in the millions. He launched his YouTube channel in 2016, amassing almost 800,000 followers and winning the YouTube Creator Award.

Luca performs over 100 concerts a year worldwide and appears on numerous national TV shows. Throughout his career, he has had the opportunity to share the stage with Grammy winners and nominees including Jim 'Kimo' West, Linda Briceño, Debashish Bhattacharya and many other extremely talented artists. He has lived in Nashville (USA) since 2022.