Luca Mendoza

Luca Mendoza is a cross-genre pianist, composer and producer whose work spans jazz, orchestral writing, computer music, hip-hop and electronic pop. A Los Angeles Philharmonic Composer Fellow, he has premiered orchestral pieces at Disney Hall and performs electronic-pop material as Lumen, informed by jazz and the classical avant-garde.

Mendoza was named DownBeat College Best Soloist and has received 10 DownBeat SMA Awards, the Los Angeles Music Center Spotlight Grand Prize, the Presser Award and the Gerald Wilson Award. He has also played with the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra and works as musical director for Grammy Songwriting program and Nominee events.