Bio

Alessia Luongo was born in Avellino, she lives in Rome. She is a composer and performer. She studied at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory (Rome), developing an artistic language that intertwines music and theatre. She has performed at numerous festivals and events in Italy and abroad, including: XI Festival de Musica Antigua de Maó (Spain), Festival de Commedia dell’Arte de Nice (France), Festival Barocco Napoletano al Museo Archeologico di Napoli, Opera Nova Festival (Rome), Interpenetration (Graz, Austria), Era di Maggio al Museo Orto Botanico (Rome), rassegna dell’Orchestra Barocca Siciliana (Syracuse), La Casa del Teatro (L’Aquila), Estate Romana (Rome), Museo in Piazza al Museo delle Civiltà (Rome), Rassegna Musei d’Estate (Treviso) e il Teatro Civico di Schio. In 2020, she won the award for Best Actress at the second edition of the Teatramm’ festival at Teatro Marconi (Rome). In the same year, she became the artistic director of the Teatrino dei Burattini del Gianicolo (Rome) and she organized several puppet theatre festivals at Teatro Mongiovino (Rome). Since 2019, she collaborates with Manuel Pernazza and she has conducted research activities with Maestro Roberto De Simone. In February 2023, she released her first solo album, Largo di Castello, dedicated to the chitarra battente and colascione, which was featured in a special broadcast by Rai Internazionale on Rai 3. She stages the puppet theatre show Pugni di Pezza, featuring music she composed, and she currently working on her new album, Metafiction.

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