Born in Naples in 1967, he was directed to the love for music by his father, who was an amateur accordion player, since he was a child. He started his musical career as a singer in 1972, when he won the finals of the musical contest for children "Girotondissimo", which was presented by Alberto Lupo and organised by Walt Disney and the magazine "Topolino" ("Mickey Mouse"), with an unpublished song at only 5 years old. In 1977 he moved to the Marche region where in 1980 he started the course of guitar at the Conservatory "Rossini" in Pesaro and in 1988 he graduated full marks with distinction. In 1989 he moved to Paris and he specialized at he Ecole Normale de Musique and at the Conservatory Ravel, where he obtained the specialisation degree in classical guitar, musical analysis and orchestration. During his stay in Paris he started composing and increased his concert activity which is always characterised by his desire to deal with the different languages of music. In 1993 he went back to the Marche and dedicated himself mainly to composition, writing and executing music for several chamber groups and orchestras, but also for television, cinema, theatre and commercials. His concerts and records have always been confirmed by national, international and specialised press. He was invited as a musical guest in many radio and TV programmes for Rai and France Musique. Both national and regional TV news dedicated to his activity plenty of reports. He makes all his experience come together in musical diffusion and training too. As far as diffusion is concerned, he is the artistic consultant and the creator of festivals like Klezmer Musica, Sconcerti and Adriatico Mediterraneo. As for training he is teacher of guitar at the Artistic and Musical High Training Institute G.B. Pergolesi in Ancona.
Concert Activity : he has performed in the main Italian cities, but also in Paris, Cannes, New York, Philadelphia, Tel Aviv, Sarajevo, Split, Belgrade, Smyrna and Durres. In April 2009 he toured New Zealand with 12 concerts. He performed as soloist for the following orchestras: RAI Orchestra Sinfonica of Rome, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoreux of Paris, Orchestre Symphonique Français of Paris, Orchestre Philarmonique of Cannes in the French Riviera, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana of Ancona, Orchestra Filarmonica of Udine. The great Italian composer Ennio Morricone wrote and dedicated to Giovanni Seneca a concert for guitar and orchestra whose world premiere was performed in Paris and recorded on CD together with Orchestra Nazionale Accademia di Santa Cecilia of Rome. He proposes concerts in ensemble with pieces of his own composition, but also as soloist in chamber groups and in concerts for guitar and orchestra.
Composer Activity:
soundtracks for cinema:
" 2003 "Di Mosche e fate" by Enrico Sisti short film
with Remo Remotti
production soliti ignoti film
distribution pablo
selected among the best 10 Italian short films, shown in 400 cinemas of the FICE, the Italian circuit for art cinema, included in a short film compilation for free renting in Block Buster sales points. Broadcasted on canale 5 during the programme "corto 5".
" 2008 "Alma" by Massimo Volponi film
production Crakers film
with LuigiMoretti, Luca Levi and Andrea Bruschi
Selected at the world film festival in Montreal 2009
TV signature tunes:
" 1991 daily tune prix italia
Commercials:
" 1997 clementoni
" 1998 montana
" 2004 volvo italia
Stage music for live performances :
" 1995 "Sangue e Gelsomini" recital (actress and guitar) with Valeria Moriconi on poems by Garcia Lorca production teatro stabile delle marche-Italian Tour
" 1996 "Casa di nessuno" (actor and two guitars- classical and electric) with the singer and the guitarist of the rock band Massimo Volume, taken from a novel by the writer Claudio Piersanti (premio viareggio 1997) production association Fahrenheit -Ancona Festival Materiali Indipendenti.
" 1997/1998Aspettando il Lunedì by Carlos Maria Alsina with Remo Remotti and Gianluca Barbadori production teatro stabile delle marche. Presented at the festival Città Spettacolo di Benevento in 1997 and Italian Tour
" 1996/1998 Le poesie di Totò with compagnia il poeta totò . About 90 performances on the national territory
" 2006 "l'anima del mondo" poetical readings from Marche and Bosnian writers with Maddalena Crippa Fernando Maraghini and Giovanni Seneca trio. Ancona teatro delle muse festival Klezmer 2006
" 2007 "mare oltre" with Neri Marcorè Rosetta Martellini ,Anghela Alò, Isabella Carloni and Giovanni Seneca Trio, directed by Luigi Moretti production teatro stabile delle Marche Ancona teatro delle Muse, Festival adriatico mediterraneo
" 2008 "la rosa" texts by Franco Scataglini music by Giovanni Seneca with David Riondino voice Giovanni Seneca guitar Fabrizio Fava oboe Marco Ferretti violoncello production teatro stabile delle Marche Ancona mole vanvitelliana, festival adriatico mediterraneo
Stage music for live readings :
on poetic-literary texts, read by the own writers. Among them: Franco Loi, Franco Scataglini, Giampiero Neri, Vittorio Bongiorno, Luigi Socci, Remo Remotti.
discography:
"1999 (2001reprint) "Margini Abitabili" an acoustic record (voice, guitar, wind instruments, accordion) of songs and instrumental pieces with original music, composed and executed by G. Seneca, lyrics by Gilberto Severini, vocal guest Rossana Casale, Piero Ciampi Prize, Livorno (italy) 2000. Production Ecamlab-Pescara(1999) and Master studio Ancona(2001)
"2002" III concerto by Ennio Morricone (improvised cadence by Giovanni Seneca on themes by Morricone) for guitar and string orchestra with Orchestra Nazionale dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia (world premiere). DFV musica Latina production, CNI distribution
"2008"Per Aspera" (2008) acoustic record with instrumental pieces for guitar and various instruments by Giovanni Seneca and rearranged songs from the Mediterranean area. Rara records Monsano (AN) production, Raitrade editions Believe.com distribution
"2009 "Mutaforme" (2008) acoustic record with instrumental pieces for guitar and various instruments with electronics by Giovanni Seneca. Rara records Monsano (AN) production, believe.com distribution