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This Group is for fans of the amazingly talented Lucia Micarelli.

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July 9 1983 - Lucia is born in Queens, NY.

1986 - Lucia begins taking dance, piano and violin lessons.

1987 - Lucia realizes she is quite horrible at piano and even worse at dance. She quits both, but carries on with the violin.

1988 - Lucia's family moves to Hawaii, where she learns to dance the hula and play three chords on the ukulele. Violin lessons continue.

1989 - Lucia makes her debut as soloist with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra at age six, and subsequently becomes a well-known performer in Hawaii, frequently appearing on television and at prestigious venues throughout the Islands.

1994 - Lucia auditions for and is accepted into the Juilliard School of Music. Her family moves to NY so that she can further her studies at this highly esteemed school. Boff boff.

1995 - 2000 - Lucia quickly becomes a regular on the competition circuit, winning a dozen international competitions and prizes, and performing extensively in concert halls throughout the United States. During this time, she also begins to like boys, and cigarettes. (Very bad.)

2001 - Lucia leaves Juilliard to study with renowned violinist Pinchas Zukerman at the Manhattan School of Music, where she develops a love for chamber music repertoire. She begins studying with the Tokyo and American string quartets, while performing in numerous recitals and concerts as a founding member of the Pedrinelli quartet.

2002 - In an attempt to satisfy her growing interest in non-classical music, Lucia begins moonlighting with local jazz and rock bands in New York clubs.

2003 - Lucia is asked to tour with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, as featured violinist and concertmaster of their holiday tour, playing arenas across the US. She enjoys the laser-light show immensely.

2004 - Lucia receives a call from Josh Groban, who invites her to tour with him as a guest soloist and concertmaster. She accepts, and begins traveling the US and Canada as part of his "Closer" tour.

March, 2004 - Lucia is signed to Warner Brother Records, and starts work on her first record while still actively touring with Groban.

July, 2004 - "Music From a Farther Room" is released, to glowing reviews. The "Closer" tour continues through Europe and South Africa.

May, 2005 - Lucia tours the UK as the opening act for singer Michael Ball. "Music From a Farther Room" rises to number 16 on the UK classical charts.

October, 2005 - Lucia begins touring with the famed Jethro Tull as special guest on their US/Canada tour. She is enthusiastically received, and accepts an invitation to tour with them again in feb '06 during their UK tour.

November, 2005 - Lucia returns to South Africa to participate in Unite of the Stars, a benefit concert for the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and Unite Against Hunger. She shares the stage at this event with Diana Ross, Christina Aguilera, Deborah Cox and Westlife.

December, 2005 - Lucia tours with Ian Anderson through Europe, performing orchestral shows with the Frankfurt Neue Philharmonic.

February-March, 2006 - Lucia joins Jethro Tull once again as special guest on their UK tour. -- Taken from luciamicarelli.com




Violinist Lucia Micarelli was on a path to becoming a classical music virtuoso. She won competitions, performed with a symphony orchestra and was accepted into the Julliard School of Music, all before the age of 12. But, at 17, Lucia reached a musical crossroads, and wondered whether to continue with her rigid classical training or try a new direction altogether.

"I totally thought I was going to be a classical violinist," she said. "I was on this certain task. I was at the right school and I was studying with the right teacher, and I'd been doing this and doing that, and then I was really interested in playing other kinds of music. For that and just for personal reasons, I felt like I maybe needed to take a little time away from the classical world and go out into the actual larger world of music and just see what would happen."

"I wanted to see what else was out there and I thought maybe a little bit of the outside world would be a good way to make the most of my actual college experience; to come back and then be able to know what I really needed to learn from conservatory after I'd seen what was in the world," she added. "But as it happened things took off and I just started working."



Lucia wasted no time finding work. Only 19 years old, she was invited to join a group described as "part-heavy metal, part classical, and part-Broadway, jazz and blues" - The Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

"Somebody called me about this audition for this electric violin slot on the Trans-Siberian Orchestra tour, and I had never heard of them and I had never played electric [violin]," she said. "And I walked into this audition and there were are all these girls that just looked like rock stars in leather and studs and blue hair with their zebra-striped electric violins. And I'm [asking myself] 'What is going on?' So, I went in with an acoustic violin and played all their stuff and ended up getting the job."

"When I was in the classical world, moving around a lot was kind of frowned upon and it was like you were not being proper enough," she added. "[People remarked] 'Why are you wearing those outfits and why are you making those faces?' And 'Stand still and play in tune.' It's nice to step out of that and into a world where a little more personality is allowed and I can be more natural and not feel like I need to hold anything back."


Music From A Farther Room
Lucia Micarelli continues to test the waters. She recently released Music From A Farther Room, her debut album featuring music by Maurice Ravel, David Bowie, Rodgers and Hart, Jean Sibelius and Freddy Mercury.






Lucia also appears on Josh Groban's "Live at the Greek" DVD and William Joseph's "Within" CD


Lucia has toured with Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Josh Groban, Michael Ball, and Jethro Tull.



















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