Daniele Lombardi, composer-pianist and visual artist, dies at 71
On March 11, 2018, Daniele Lombardi, a pioneer of Futurist music, composer, pianist, and visual artist, passed away at the age of 71 due to a sudden illness in Borgo Santa Croce, Florence. Just two days earlier, he had conducted a performance of Ovid's Metamorphoses at the Teatro Palladium in Rome. Lombardi was prominent in various prestigious venues and festivals, such as Biennale Musica di Venezia and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. He served as an Ordinary Academician at the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno and was a faculty member at the Milan Conservatory. In 2017, he released the book 'Russolo & Co? Mondi affascinanti sulle sonorità futuriste' and created a bronze 'Porta sonora' for the Gori family, along with staging 'Sinfonia 1' in 1987 featuring 21 grand pianos.
Key facts
- Daniele Lombardi died on March 11, 2018, at age 71, in Florence.
- He was a composer, pianist, visual artist, and scholar of Futurist music.
- Two days before his death, he directed a theatrical piece at Teatro Palladium in Rome with sets by Mimmo Paladino.
- He performed at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Biennale Musica di Venezia, and Tempo Reale Festival.
- He was an Ordinary Academician of Painting at Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence.
- He studied piano under Rio Nardi at Cherubini and taught at Milan Conservatory.
- In 2017, he published 'Russolo & Co? Mondi affascinanti sulle sonorità futuriste.'
- In 2010, his Futurist piano works were released in the box set 'Musica Futurista' by Cramps.
- He created a sound door at Fattoria Celle for the Gori collection.
- In 1987, he staged 'Sinfonia 1' with 21 grand pianos on Via Tornabuoni, Florence.
- A major exhibition at Macro Rome explored his multimedia poetics in dialogue with Nanni Balestrini.
Entities
Artists
- Daniele Lombardi
- Mimmo Paladino
- Nanni Balestrini
- Sylvano Bussotti
- Giuseppe Chiari
- Rio Nardi
- Giorgio Bonsanti
- Dario Nardella
Institutions
- Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
- Teatro Palladium
- Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
- Biennale Musica di Venezia
- Tempo Reale Festival
- Macro
- Cherubini Conservatory
- Milan Conservatory
- Fattoria Celle
- Cramps
- Gori family
Locations
- Borgo Santa Croce
- Florence
- Italy
- Rome
- Pistoia
- Via Tornabuoni