Luca Longobardi

About Luca Longobardi

Italian composer and pianist Luca Longobardi represents the generation of classically trained musicians who incorporate the language of contemporary electronic music into their pieces, which are furthermore strongly connected to the multimedia arts. Born in 1976, Longobardi studied classical music in Italy and New York and went on to earn his doctorate in digital audio restoration in Rome in 2011. His works reveal a strong interaction between classical and contemporary music. He has composed music for ballets and films and accompanied installations and experimental art productions (Atelier des Lumières - Paris, Carrières de Lumières - Baux-de-Provence, Kunstkraftwerk - Leipzig). He is author, composer and musical director of the Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit, that sold more than 4 millions tickets in North America.