Luca Birra, native of Leventina Valey from his father's side and from Morobbia Valley from his mother's, was born on December 25th, 1996, in Biasca, where we currently lives. Since his early years, he show a great passion for music.
He used to enjoy singing folk songs at country fairs. Then, with the support of family and friends, he decided to study music more in-depth. At 8, Luca starts taking double bass lessons with maestro Domenico Ceresa. However, after 8 years, he stops studying double bass in order to better concentrate on singing. At 15 he starts taking singing lessons with teacher Nikla Bontadelli.
After a few months of work, he decides to compete in some singing contests. In the first contest, in 2012, is Fattore Voce. Luca attends and achieves a good result, placing 4th out of 13 participants. In August 2012 Luca Birra starts his professional path as catering employee. The boy is then forced to leave home to go live in a studio apartment next to his workplace in Muralto.
Since his work demands much of his time, Luca decides to quit singing lessons. However, one evening, while he was taking a walk in Locarno he stops at a bar, where a keyboard player called Gigi was playing and Luca asks him to sing a song. That was just the first of many other nights that allowed the boy to sing in public and put to use what he had learned during his singing lessons.
In 2013, Luca Birra applies for RSI for the Ticino Talent Show "SHOW TIME": he attends and gets to Semi-finals against Tosca Alberton.
On November 1st, 2015, Luca Birra publishes his first album, titled "Per Noi c'è. The EP was produced and recorded at Heaven Recording Studio in Massagno. Composed by Riccardo Di Filippo and Arranged by Roberto Colombo, it is now available for sale on major online music sales Portals and in record stores in the Ticino area. The CD launch was accompanied by the release of a music video for the track "Per Noi C'è". Produced by OBMD, with the support of AMTIBU association, the video has been shot over 3 days in Berlin.
