Washington – An evening of music to celebrate composer and pianist Ferruccio Busoni 150 years after the birth. This is what will happen on Thursday, March 31 at 7pm at the Embassy of Italy in Washington DC, when Gianluca Luisi will perform a piano concert organized in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. Luisi is considered by international critics (Potsdamer Nachrichten, Fanfare, New York Concert at Carnegie Hall reviews) one of the best Italian pianists of our time: his concerts have received praises from audiences all over the world. Winner of numerous competitions, his career took a decisive turn in 2001 when he won the first prize in the fourth edition of the Internationalen Klavierwettbewerbs “J. S. Bach “Saarbrücken, where he was acclaimed by German critics as the new J.S.Bach interpreter. (9Colonne)