Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini

Since starting his professional career as lutenist and theorbist in 1982, he has participated in concerts and early music festivals in Italy, France, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Holland, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Israel, Great Britain, Spain, New Zealand, and Brasil.

During his career Gian Luca Lastraioli has played in prestigious venues such as La Scala of Milan, the Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, and the Teatro della Pergola of Florence, joining or conducting well known ensembles specialized in the performance of the Renaissance and Baroque repertoire such as The Harp Consort, Modo Antiquo, Pro Cantione Antiqua, the Fitzwilliam String Quartet and the ensemble L’Homme Armé.

Gian Luca Lastraioli has recorded over forty CD’s with the most important European recording labels among which the first world recordings of the Medici Ballet Suites by Lorenzo Allegri and of the early 17th Century opera L’Aurora Ingannata by Girolamo Giacobbi.

Gian Luca Lastraioli is professor of Lute at the Conservatory of Music A. Scontrino (Trapani) and at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole. He has been associated to SACI since 1989 as teacher and music consultant.

Since 2007 is musical conductor and artistic director of the Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini.