ABOUT THE ARTIST Lucas Casagrande, cello Italian-Brazilian cellist Lucas Casagrande started playing guitar at the age of 9 years old and switched to the cello at the age of 15 at the Fabio Marasca Music School, in his hometown, Rio Claro, Brazil, and soon became a member of the Rio Claro Symphony Orchestra. Lucas was invited to the Fukuda Music Institute in 2014, where he would have lessons with Dr. William Teixeira before being accepted into the University of Sao Paulo in 2016, where he was a founding member of the Fratres Cello Ensemble. He concluded his bachelor’s degree in Cello Performance in 2020, under the guidance of Dr. Andre Micheletti. In 2022, Lucas was invited to fulfill the cello studio at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana, with a full scholarship and studying with Dennis Parker.
Insert headshot and resize Invited to many festivals, as a student, to the famous Santa Catarina Festival in Brazil, the Fiato al Brasile Festival in to match this twice, and as an instructor into the Paraguacu Paulista Winter Music Festival, Lucas has also played in Faenza, Italy, box (1x1.5”)
many masterclasses with important teachers and international acclaimed musicians like Helga Winold, Hans Jensen, Sihao-He, L. Fernando Venturelli and Soo Bae. Thought his career, Lucas worked as a soloist with the Ribeirao Preto Symphony Orchestra, Rio Claro Symphony Orchestra, University of Sao Paulo Experimental Repertory Group, and worked as orchestra member with many institutions such as the prestigious Campinas Symphony Orchestra. He began his master’s degree journey in 2023 at West Chester University, studying with Dr. Ovidiu Marinescu and being awarded the Allan Falick Cello Scholarship for two years in a row. Lucas plays in a Stradivari model copy made by Brazilian violinmaker Davi Garcia in 2020.