Born in Brazil and based in Denmark, Lucatelli has earned international recognition for her extremely original, sensuous and politically charged performance works. The composer is known for writing ''scores for the limits of bodies and voice'' (The Wire).
Her works are performed by elite vocal and instrumental groups such as the Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DK), Danish National Vocal Ensemble (DK) and Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart (DE), together with some of the most edgy ensembles and music collectives in the world, such as Apartment House (UK), Bastard Assignments (UK) and Mocrep (US). These have been featured at Donaueschinger Musiktage, Darmstadt Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, A L’ARME! Festival, HKW Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Nordic Music Days, Southbank Centre, Cafe Oto, SPOR Festival, KLANG - Copenhagen Avantgarde Music Festival, Copenhagen Jazz Festival, DMA - Danish Music Awards, Sort/Hvid Theatre, Nikolaj Kunsthal, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, DR Koncerthuset, Ultima - Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, Borealis Festival, Henie Onstad Art Center, Munch Museum, AllEars Festival for Improvised Music, Reykjavik Arts Festival, Waverly Project NYU, FILE - Electronic Language International Festival, FITEI - Festival Internacional de Teatro de Expressão Ibérica, Festival Novas Frequências, Festival CHIII, ON_OFF - Experiências em Live Image, WOMEX, among many other festivals and events worldwide.
Lucatelli has been awarded the Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Foundation Talent Prize in Composition 2019 and Pelle Prize 2021, for a composer who dares to cross the norms of their time. Lucatelli has taught and lectured at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, Copenhagen University, the Royal Danish Academy of Music and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The artist currently teaches Composition at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark.
