Luca Lombardi (composer)
Luca Lombardi is an Italian composer.
Biography
Lombardi was born in Rome. He studied composition initially with Armando Renzi and Roberto Lupi, later enrolling at the Pesaro Conservatory where he studied with Boris Porena, receiving his diploma in 1970. He then studied musicology at the University of Rome, graduating with a thesis on Hanns Eisler. From 1968 to 1972 he lived in Cologne where he studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen, Henri Pousseur, Mauricio Kagel, Dieter Schnebel, and Frederic Rzewski at the Cologne Courses for New Music, and with Bernd Alois Zimmermann at the Hochschule für Musik. He also studied for a time in Berlin with Paul Dessau in 1973 at the DDR Academy of Arts, Berlin. From 1973–1994 he was a professor of composition at the Conservatories of Pesaro and Milan, since then he is a freelance composer.Lombardi composed around 180 works, including 5 operas, 3 symphonies, as well as numerous orchestral works and chamber music. His vocal-symphonic composition "Italia mia" was first performed at Milan’s La Scala in February 2012.
He is a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin and of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.
Personal life
He is married with Miriam Meghnagi and divides his time between the Lake Albano and Tel Aviv.Lombardi became an Israeli citizen : "as a small sign of solidarity with a land whose very existence stands in question".
Works
;Operas and other stage worksFaust. Un travestimento Dmitri oder der Künstler und die Macht, opera in 12 scenes and 1 epilogue Prospero Il re nudo, divertimento in due atti;OrchestraSymphony No.1 Variazioni Symphony No.2 Framework, for 2 pianos and orchestra La Notte di S. Silvestro Symphony No.3, for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Terra, for large orchestra E, Concerto flute and orchestra Mare, for Orchestra Ennio, for small orchestra
;Vocal WorksAlle fronde dei Salici, for 12 voices Tui-Gesänge, for soprano and 5 instruments Hasta que Caigan las Puertas del Odio, for 16 voices E subito riprende il viaggio, for 5 voices Majakowski, cantata for bass, mixed choir and 7 instruments Mythenasche, for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and chamber orchestra Storia di Giona, for bass-baritone, flute, guitar and percussion Der Krug, for baritone and piano Italia mia, for narrator, mezzosoprano, bass-baritone and orchestra
- Comparisons, for baritone and piano Richter, for narrator and electric guitar Römisches Nachtbild, for soprano and piano Minima Animalia, five songs for voice and piano, Dal diario di Nino Contini: 13.6.1940, for baritone and piano Cinque frammenti di Saffo, for female voice and piano Denkmal für einen Indianer, for baritone and piano. Testo: Friedrich Christian DeliusSarah & Hagar, for 2 sopranos and orchestra
- String Quartet No.1 Bagatelles sans et avec tonalité, for piano four-hands Jahreswechsel, for chamber ensemble Addii, for violin, cello, and piano Infra, for 11 instrumentalists Geburtstagsgruß für Thomas und Bernhard, for violin and viola Einstein-Dialog, for flute and violoncello Gruss an Michael aus Prosperos Insel, for 3 trumpets Un Valzer per Roberto e Alessandra, con un pizzico di Tango e una fugace apparizione di Dmitri Šostakovič for piano four hands Warum?, Second String Quartet Bremer Trio, for flute, violoncello and piano Gilgul for trumpet and organEin Walzer für Hans, for guitar and marimba Welcome and Farewell for 15 instruments