Tag archives: La Piazza

La Piazza: It’s in there!
By Steven Libowitz   |   April 14, 2026

Jacopo Giacopuzzi’s first visit to Santa Barbara was just shy of 13 years ago. That was when the native of Verona, Italy, studied at the Music Academy of the West as a 2013 solo piano fellow with the legendary Jerome Lowenthal. He basically never left.  As soon as he concluded his Masters in piano performance […]

Black History Month Events and Other News Bytes
By Montecito Journal   |   March 3, 2026

-Soulful Nights: A Jazz & Movie Celebration – Friday, February 27, 6-8 pm, at Carpinteria Community Library -Stories in Motion: A Family Celebration – Saturday, February 28, 10 am to noon, at SB Eastside Library -Black History Month Art Salon with Toni Scott & Rod Rolle – Moderated by Maya Johnson, Telea Insights, and James […]

The Bistro Beat
By Richard Mineards   |   June 28, 2022

To the Riviera aerie of Joan Rutkowski, board chair of Opera Santa Barbara, for a delightful Bistro Musicale for gourmands and oenophiles organized by Epicurean SB founder Amy Baer Robinson, and concert pianist Jacopo Giacopuzzi, founder of the two-year-old Italian organization La Piazza. Jacopo and his sister, Maddalena, both alumni of the Music Academy, played […]