Gianluca Capuano was born in Milan in 1968 and belongs to the new generation of Italian early music interpreters that are able to merge classical music studies and deep humanistic knowledge. After receiving his diploma in organ, composition and orchestra conducting at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan, he attended advanced courses in choir conducting, performance practice, notation and research in the field of early music. He is presently organist at the Basilica di San Simpliciano, Milan (Ahrend organ, one of the most important in Italy). Gianluca Capuano pursues an intense concert activity as organist and continuo specialist, collaborating with important soloists and ensembles; he has performed as soloist and conductor throughout Europe, the United States, Russia and Japan, in collaboration with artists such Monica Hugget, Michael Chance, Emma Kirkby. He conducts the professional vocal ensemble Il canto di Orfeo, founded in 2005, which appeared in numerous important festivals. He has achieved critical acclaim throughout Italy particularly for his vibrant interpretations of the Seventeenth-Century Roman Oratorio. He is considered a point of reference for the interpretation of the music of Giacomo Carissimi. Gianluca Capuano took his degree in theoretical philosophy, and devotes part of his time to research, in particular, concerning the problems of musical aesthetics. He has published essays and articles on this subject. He collaborates as a musicologist with the Spanish/English magazine Goldberg. In 2002, his book, "I Segni della Voce Infinita", devoted to philosophical research on the origin of musical writing, was published by the important Italian firm Jaca Book. 2006 marked the appearance of the group's first CD, in collaboration with the mezzo-soprano Catherine King featuring arias of Galuppi by the English label Avie, which has been highly praised by the international critics and was Gramophon's editor's choice in January, 2007.