Biography
Luigi Gordano is an Italian accordionist established on the international concert scene, pursuing an artistic career that combines concert performance, repertoire research, chamber music, and recording projects.
As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed throughout Italy, across numerous European countries – including Portugal, Spain, Croatia, Belgium, and Lithuania – as well as in the United States.
His international career has included a tour of the United States, with performances at major concert venues and institutions in Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Arkansas, culminating at the prestigious Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York. Among the most significant venues on his American tour was also the Fine Arts Center at Radford University in Virginia.
In Italy, he has been invited to perform for some of the leading concert seasons and musical institutions, including I Pomeriggi Musicali, Mantova Musica, Filarmonica Laudamo, Amici della Musica di Padova, and Orchestra da Camera di Caserta, among others.
Winner of more than 30 national and international competitions, Luigi Gordano was the first Italian in history to win the International Accordion Competition Vilnius, one of the world’s most prestigious international competitions dedicated to the accordion. Held every two years, the competition takes place at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
In 2024, he won the 35th edition of the Rovere d’Oro International Competition, becoming the first accordionist in the history of the competition to claim the title.
His artistic career has developed alongside an active recording career. His debut album, “Golden Age,” was released by the record label Ema Vinci. Particularly committed to promoting new original repertoire for the accordion, Luigi Gordano gave the premiere performance of Gesture for accordion and string quartet, composed by Raffaele Longo and subsequently released on the album Gestures.
In 2025, he released “J.S. Bach – Keyboard Concertos,” a recording project made with the Orchestra Il Contrappunto and released by Ema Vinci. Speaking of the interpretation, OperaTeatro wrote:
“After a few minutes, one stops listening to an accordion playing Bach and simply begins listening to Bach.”
His artistic career has been featured and reviewed by leading newspapers and media outlets, including La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, Il Quotidiano, Rai Radio 3, and Vatican Radio. He has also appeared as a guest on Rai 1, on the programme Uno Mattina in Famiglia, for an interview focusing on his artistic career.
His musical training began under the guidance of Ottavio Giglio, with whom he started studying the accordion. He subsequently studied with Giuseppe Scigliano at the “Domenico Cimarosa” Conservatory in Avellino and the “Giuseppe Martucci” Conservatory in Salerno, where he graduated in Classical Accordion with the highest honours, cum laude and special distinction.