Luke Celenza grew up surrounded by music and began studying classical piano at age 5. Jazz caught his ear early and by age 12 he was accepted into the Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Jazz Division. Later, he received a Silver award from the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts and became a Presidential Scholar in the Arts. In 2010, Luke attended The Juilliard School where he studied with well-respected jazz greats Frank Kimbrough and Kenny Barron. Upon graduating in 2014, Luke collaborated with his brother,

Frankie Celenza on what would become a 5-time NY EMMY® Award-winning cooking show called Frankie Cooks. Luke also has 2 jazz albums available on all digital platforms. The first is a quartet project entitled “Back and Forth”, and the latest entitled “Emanuela” was released on December 13th, 2019 and is a piano trio album.