A native of Watertown, MA, Luca is a graduate of Amherst College and the Hartt School of Music, where he earned an M.M. in Orchestral Conducting as a student of Edward Cumming and Glen Adsit.  He is the son of the renowned pianist Lois Shapiro.  In Boston, he is the founder and conductor of the Orchestra Without Borders and the Boston Summer Singers, ensembles dedicated to social action through music.