Luca Pasquini is a NYC-based composer, pianist, and sound artist. His work explores the complexity of human emotions through themes of the natural, supernatural, and digital worlds, often meditating on memory and connection. Luca’s work spans various mediums, from the concert music stage to music for dance and film.

His work has received recognition from ASCAP, the YoungArts Foundation, the National Young Composers Challenge, the Marvin Hamlisch International Music Awards, Tribeca New Music, and more. Recently, he was commissioned by LA-based all-star chamber group Salastina, NYC-based dance company Eryc Taylor Dance for their new project “The Knowing”, and was a recipient of the 2025 ArtzEnter Emerging Composer Completion Grant for a new chamber orchestra work for the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. Luca has also collaborated with esteemed ensembles including Hub New Music, UnheardOf Ensemble, Playground Ensemble, Dither, Chamber Project St. Louis, and is currently in residency with the New York University orchestra. He has taken part in programs such as the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival New Music Workshop, Connecticut Summerfest, Salastina Sounds Promising, Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, and Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Luca is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Music at the New York University Steinhardt School. His mentors have included Michael Gordon, Robert Honstein, Justin Dello Joio, and Leanna Kirchoff.