Luca Lombardi (born 24 December 1945) is an Italian composer.

Biography

Lombardi was born in

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. He studied composition initially with Armando Renzi and

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, later enrolling at the

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where he studied with

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, receiving his diploma in 1970. He then studied musicology at the University of Rome, graduating with a thesis on

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. From 1968 to 1972 he lived in

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where he studied with

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, and

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at the Cologne Courses for New Music, and with

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at the

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. He also studied for a time in

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with

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in 1973 at the DDR

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. From 1973–1994 he was a professor of composition at the Conservatories of Pesaro and Milan, since then he is a freelance composer. He composed around 180 works, including 4 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 (Munich).

Personal life

He is married with Miriam Meghnagi and divides his time between the

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(Rome) and

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. Lombardi became an

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: "as a small sign of solidarity with a land whose very existence stands in question".

Works

;Operas and other stage works *''Faust. Un travestimento'' (libretto by the composer, after E. Sanguineti) (1986–90) *''Dmitri oder der Künstler und die Macht'', opera in 12 scenes and 1 epilogue (1994–99) *''Prospero'' (after

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's play '' The Tempest'') (2005) *''Il re nudo'', divertimento in due atti (2008) ; ;Orchestra *Symphony No.1 (1974–75) *''Variazioni'' (1977) *Symphony No.2 (1981) *''Framework'', for 2 pianos and orchestra (1982–83) *''La Notte di S. Silvestro'' (1983–84) *Symphony No.3, for soprano, baritone, choir and orchestra (1992-93) *Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1995) *''"Terra"'', for large orchestra (2007) *''"E"'', Concerto flute and orchestra (2009) *''"Mare"'' for Orchestra (2012) *''Ennio'' for small orchestra (2018) ; ;Vocal Works *''Alle fronde dei Salici'', for 12 voices (to texts by

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, 1977) *''Tui-Gesänge'', for soprano and 5 instruments (flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello; to texts by

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,1977) *''Hasta que Caigan las Puertas del Odio'', for 16 voices (to texts by

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, 1977) *''E subito riprende il viaggio'', for 5 voices (to texts by

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, 1979–80) *''Majakowski'', cantata for bass, mixed choir and 7 instruments (to texts by

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, 1979–80) *''Mythenasche'', for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and chamber orchestra (to texts by A. Betz, 1981) *''"Storia di Giona"'', for bass-baritone, flute, guitar and percussion (text: Luca Lombardi, based on the Bible, 2009) *''"Der Krug"'', for baritone and piano (text: Michael Krüger, 2010) *''"Italia mia"'', for narrator, mezzosoprano, bass-baritone and orchestra (text:

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, De Gregori, Violante, Lombardi, 2011) *Comparisons, for baritone and piano (text:

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, 2012) *''Richter'', for narrator and electric guitar (text:

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) *''Römisches Nachtbild'', for soprano and piano (text:

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, 2014) *Minima Animalia, five songs for voice and piano (''Criceto, Zanzara, Moscerino, Porco, Pidocchi''), (to texts by:

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, 2000-2015) *''Dal diario di Nino Contini: 13.6.1940'' for baritone and piano (2017) *''Cinque frammenti di Saffo'', for female voice and piano (to texts by

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), 2017) *''Denkmal für einen Indianer'', for baritone and piano. Testo:

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*''Sarah & Hagar'' for 2 sopranos and orchestra (text: Michael Krüger, 2019) ; ;Chamber music *''Proporzioni'', for 4 trombones (1968–69) *''Non requiescat, musica in memoria di Hanns Eisler'', for chamber orchestra (1973) *''Gespräch über Bäume'', for eight instrumentalists (1976) *''Klavierduo'', for 2 pianos (1978–89) *''Einklang'', for oboe, cor anglais, horn, trombone, percussion, piano, viola, cello, and double-bass (1980) *''Winterblumen'', for flute and harp (1982) *''Sisyphos'', for flute, clarinet, mandoline, guitar, marimba, harp, viola, and double-bass (1984) *''Sisyphos II'', for 14 instruments (1984) *''Sisifo felice'', for eight instrumentalists (1985) *''Ai piedi del faro'', for double-bass and eight instrumentalists (1986) *String Quartet No.1 ("''Quartett vom armen Mann''", 1991–92) *''Bagatelles sans et avec tonalité'', for piano four-hands (1992) *''Jahreswechsel'', for chamber ensemble (1993–94) *''Addii'', for violin, cello, and piano (1995–96) *''Infra'', for 11 instrumentalists (1997) *''Geburtstagsgruß für Thomas und Bernhard'', for violin and viola (2003) *''"Einstein-Dialog"'', for flute and violoncello (2005) *''"Gruss an Michael aus Prosperos Insel"'', for 3 trumpets (2005) *''"Un Valzer per Roberto e Alessandra, con un pizzico di Tango e una fugace apparizione di Dmitri Šostakovič"'' for piano four hands (2006) *''"Warum?"'', Second String Quartet (2006) *''"Bremer Trio"'', for flute, violoncello and piano (2007) *''"Gilgul in memory of the victims of the nazi massacre of August 12, 1944 in Sant'Anna di Stazzema, Italy"'' for trumpet and organ (2010) *''"Ein Walzer für Hans"'', for guitar and marimba (2011) *''Welcome and Farewell'' for 15 instruments (2012) ; ;Solo instrument *''Albumblätter'', for piano (1967–68) *''Wiederkehr'', for piano (1971) *''Variazioni su "Avanti popolo alla riscossa"'', for piano (1977) *''Essay 2'', for bass clarinet (1979) *''Schattenspiel'', for bass flute (1984) *''A chi fa notte il giorno'', for double-bass (1993) *''Rnnili'', for viola solo (1995) *''Bab'', for viola solo (2003) *''"Delmen-Gruss"'', for piano (2003) *''"Essay 3 ("Steiner")"'', for violoncello (2003) *''"Nel vento, con Ariel"'', for flute (2004) *''"Echo de Syrinx"'', for flute (2009) *''Tombeau für Hans'' for piano *''Mendelssohn im Jüdischen Museum Berlin'' for piano (2014) *''Predah'' for trumpet (2014) *''Für DiEtEr SCHnEBEl'' for piano (2015) *''Per zuBin mEHtA'' for piano

References

Sources

*Ramazzotti, Marinella (2001). "Lombardi, Luca". ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', second edition, edited by

Stanley Sadie Stanley John Sadie (; 30 October 1930 – 21 March 2005) was an influential and prolific British musicologist, music critic, and editor. He was editor of the sixth edition of the '' Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1980), which was publ ...

and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers. *Lombardi, Luca (1982). "Construction of Freedom", translated by Franco Betti. ''

Perspectives of New Music ''Perspectives of New Music'' (PNM) is a peer-reviewed academic journal specializing in music theory and analysis. It was established in 1962 by Arthur Berger and Benjamin Boretz (who were its initial editors-in-chief). ''Perspectives'' was first ...

'' 22, nos. 1–2 (Fall-Winter 1983 – Spring-Summer 1984), pp. 253–264. *Luca Lombardi, Construction of Freedom and Other Writings, edited by Jürgen Thym, Verlag Valentin Koerer, Baden-Baden, 2006 *Musik-Konzepte 164/165, Luca Lombardi, herausgegeben von Ulrich Tadday, IV/2014, edition text + kritik, München, 2014

External links

Composer's Website
*ENCICLOPEDIA TRECCANI https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/luca-lombardi/ *CIDIM http://www.cidim.it/cidim/content/314619?id=242283 {{DEFAULTSORT:Lombardi, Luca 1945 births Living people Italian composers Italian male composers Pupils of Karlheinz Stockhausen Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin