The pianist and composer Luca Sestak is a phenomenon: At the age of nine, he started - initially reluctantly - with classical piano lessons. Two years later, he discovered jazz for himself and released his first video clips of his piano playing on the internet, which made him a kind of child star in the scene. Meanwhile, his videos have garnered over 30 million views. With his new program "Lighter Notes," Luca cleverly shows how Chopin becomes funky, Bach is played in a jazz club, and elicits sounds and rhythms from the grand piano with original compositions that have never been heard before. He moves effortlessly between jazz, classical, pop, blues, and funk, connecting the genres humorously without taking himself too seriously. SWR simply calls him and his playing: "Sensational!"

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