Luca Berardi | |
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| Born | May 24, 2003 |
| Nationality | Kenyan, Italian |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, TV host, environmental conservationist |
| Years active | 2011–present |
Early life
Luca Berardi, Is a 16-year-old recording artist, was born in Italy.He Currently lives in Sweden, he had previously lived in Romania, Thailand, Kenya and Tanzania. Holds a grade 3 Musical Theatre Certificate from the London College of Music with a distinction and an ABRSM Grade 5 Merit in Piano. His multi-talents came to limelight while in Kenya. where he involved himself in a number of activities, TV hosting, singing, writing, environment conservation.
In January 15, 2019, his former residential estate Riverside which host Dusit hotel, Nairobi, Kenya was attacked by terrorist where 21 people lost their lives.
Education
He went to summer school (Terni, Italy), training and performance in the musical Bugsy Malone, Wynton House of Music, Nairobi, attended Drama classes at Helen O'Grady Drama School, Nairobi, Kenya, and later left Kenya to Superstar Academy, Bangkok, Thailand.
Careers
Acting, artist, film and television host.
Tv series
He co-hosted a children programme Big Minds, which aired on KBC on July 2014 to July 2016. He later joined another children's' TV show Playhouse, which premiered between 2014 and 2015 on Citizen TV, Kenya.[1] He also featured in another silcon Kenyan show Ondieki the Fisherman as a soloist.[2]
Official songs
Despite financial challenges He has produced 4 songs "Money Can", "Our Present Planet" ,"A Better Place" and ″kick the Traces″ which is the latest song, released on Nov 8th 2019 [3] He performed one of the songs he composed at the child finance summit at the UN headquarters in New York City in the year 2014.
Achievements
- He was a guest speaker at Helena institute of nature Dar Es Salaam, a conversation with school children on the importance of connecting with nature.
- Youth representative ( panel list) at the grobal conversation on the commitment to save the world's elephant and Rhinos Preude to the biggest ivory burn April 2016, organised by the American Embassy Nairobi And Conservation Community in Kenya in November 2015.
- Youngest Kenya TEDx Youth Talk speaker BrookHouse school, Nairobi, in November 2015.
- Speaker at the international conference on capacity -Building for conservation attended by 170 people from 90 organisations and 35 countries on July 2015. He is the Founder and CEO of Young Animal Rescue Heroes [YARH] that creates awareness for endangered wildlife and environmental conservation.[4] Luca is a recognized WildlifeDirect Ambassador.[5]
Author
Luca has written a book The Breakout, which was self-published in 2017.
Letter from Barack Obama
Luca received an honor letter from U.S former President Barack Obama to congratulate and appreciate his efforts in creating awareness, conserving the environment and protecting wildlife.[6][7]
References
- ^ Wanzala, James. "Young artiste carves a niche in multiple disciplines". The Standard.
- ^ Genga, Shirley. "I'm off to Tanzania , but my Big Mind remains in Kenya- Tv host Luca Berardi". Standard Digital News.
- ^ "Meet child genius Luca Berardi". Daily Nation.
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- ^ Kisambe, Samuel. "Teenager inspires many children to protect the environment".
- ^ am, Martin Wachira on 24 November 2016-8:30. "Why Obama Wrote This Letter to 13-year old Kenyan Boy". Kenyans.co.ke.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "LightTube". Video.ultra-zone.net. Retrieved 2019-11-13.