Daniele Lombardi (

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

, August 12, 1946 - Florence, March 11, 2018) was a

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and

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Biography

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, Giancarlo Cardini,

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. These musicians have experimented the interaction among sound, sign and vision, a synaesthetics of art derived from historical avant-gardes, from Kandinskij to futurism, to Scrjabin and Schoenberg, all the way to Bauhaus. He worked extensively on the music of the twentieth-century avant-garde movements, including first modern performances of a large number of compositions of

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music. In his work he has incorporate sign, gesture, and sound into a unitary concept of multiple perception, through analogies, contrasts, stratifications, and associations. He has produced from 1969 on, since 1990, drawings, paintings, computer graphics and videos.

In 1998 the performance of the ''Two Symphonies for 21 pianos'' at the Uffizi Courtyard.

Exhibitions

Among his exhibitions, in Italy and abroad, we recall here: * Concerts & Performances ''FUTURISMUSIC'' Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2014); * ''Look at that music'', Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze (2013); * ''Silhouettes e altre musiche'', Fondazione Mudima, Milan (2007); * ''Effetto Serra'', Giardino di Boboli, Florence (2006); * ''Sound Enigmas'', MLAC Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Università della Sapienza di Roma, Rome (2006); * ''Unheard of music''. Listen with your eyes, Accademia Chigiana - S.Maria della Scala, Siena (2002); * ''Augenmusik - Music for the eyes'', Music Biennale - Berlin (2001); * ''Virtual Music'', IIC Spazio Italia, Los Angeles (2000); * ''Labirinti'', Museo Pecci, Prato (1998); * ''Babele'', Museo Fabroni, Pistoia (1998); * ''Virtual Music'', Fondazione Mudima, Milan (1997); * ''Heard seeing'', Centro delle Arti Zamalek, Il Cairo (1996); * ''Heard seeing'', Hotel de Galiffet, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Paris (1993); Daniele Lombardi, I.C.A. Institut of Contemporary Arts, London (1992); * ''Atalanta Fugiens'', Galleria Carini, Florence (1992); * ''For eyes and ears'', Studio Morra, Naples (1991); * ''La metafora dello spazio'', Repubblica di San Marino (1986); * ''The Noise of Time'', Palazzo Novellucci, Prato (1983).

Essential Discography

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''P.Grossi, G.Chiari, G.Cardini, A.Mayr, D.Lombardi, M.Aitiani, S.Maltagliati (Atopos music-2008); *''Musica Futurista'' Daniele Lombardi - pianoforte - (Remastering 2 LP 33 Cramps Records Collana Multhipla 1980); *''Futurpiano'' Daniele Lombardi - pianoforte - Music by Artur Vincent Lourié, Leo Ornstein, George Antheil (2009); *''Russian Futurism'': Alexander Mossolov-Sonata nr. 4 Op. 11-Turkmenian Nights-Sonata nr. 5 Op. 12 (reprint Arte Nova) ANO 277930(2009); *''Toccata for Player Piano'' by Daniele Lombardi - Player Piano 6-Dabringhus und Grimm Musicproduction-MDG 645 1406-2 (2008); *''Arthur Vincent Louriè'' - early piano music - Daniele Lombardi - pianoforte - Col Legno WWE 20071, (2002);

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lombardi, Daniele 1946 births 2018 deaths 20th-century classical composers Italian classical composers Italian male classical composers Italian digital artists Italian contemporary artists Italian performance artists New media artists Italian multimedia artists 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century Italian male musicians