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Gianluca Piombo (b. 1995) is an Italian composer, pianist and conductor. A graduate in Composition with highest honours, distinction and special mention from the “A. Buzzolla” Conservatory in Adria, where he studied with Cristian Carrara, he also holds diplomas in Piano and Orchestral Conducting, the latter from the “A. Pedrollo” Conservatory in Vicenza, where he studied with Giancarlo Andretta and Pierangelo Valtinoni. His training also includes a period at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw with Włodzimierz Pawlik.He has received commissions from FORM – Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, Fondazione Teatro Coccia, Festival Pergolesi Spontini, Festival della Valle d’Itria, the Dutch National Opera Academy and Gioie Musicali International Youth Music Festival. He has collaborated with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, FVG Orchestra and Orchestra Senzaspine, and his works have been performed in numerous major Italian theatres.In 2024, he won the Composition Call of the 13ᵗʰ Guido Cantelli International Conducting Prize. His works also received Honourable Mentions at the Brusa Foundation Award in 2024 and 2025.Alongside his work as a composer, he is active as an arranger, conductor, pianist and musicologist.His works are published by Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Edizioni Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini and Sconfinarte.
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Gianluca Piombo (b. 1995) is an Italian composer, pianist and conductor. A graduate in Composition with highest honours, distinction and special mention from the “A. Buzzolla” Conservatory in Adria, where he studied with Cristian Carrara, he also holds diplomas in Piano and Orchestral Conducting, the latter from the “A. Pedrollo” Conservatory in Vicenza, where he studied with Giancarlo Andretta and Pierangelo Valtinoni. His training also includes a period at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw as an Erasmus+ scholarship recipient, where he studied, among others, with composer and jazz pianist Włodzimierz Pawlik.Recent commissions include Impressioni Marchigiane – Symphonic Prelude, written in 2026 for FORM – Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, and the musical fable Le peripezie di Pinco Pallino, for which he wrote both music and libretto. Based on a story by M. Pompei, the work was commissioned by Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini in co-production with Orchestra Senzaspine for the 59ᵗʰ Opera Season of the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi.In 2025, Nozze con delitto, commissioned by Fondazione Teatro Coccia and co-written with S. Santoni and M. Sarcinelli, received its premiere. The same year saw the composition of the symphonic sketch Tales from No Go Zone for FVG Orchestra, which received an Honourable Mention at the second edition of the Brusa Foundation Award.In 2024, Piombo won the Composition Call of the 13ᵗʰ Guido Cantelli International Conducting Prize with Variazioni Sinfoniche. Performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano as the compulsory work of the competition at the Teatro Coccia in Novara, the score also received an Honourable Mention at the first edition of the Brusa Foundation Award.Alongside his work as a composer, Piombo is active as an arranger, conductor, pianist and musicologist. As a musicologist, he collaborated with Cristian Carrara and Marco Attura on the critical edition of Gaspare Spontini’s opera Alcidor for Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, contributing to the first modern-day performances of several arias from the work. He has also worked as a répétiteur on opera productions at the Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi and Teatro Verdi in Pisa.A significant part of his artistic activity is devoted to music theatre and projects for young and family audiences, in which he works as composer, arranger and conductor. These include La bottega di Figaro (after Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Il filtro magico di Dulcamara (after L’Elisir d’amore) and C’era una volta… Giulia, la Vestale (after La Vestale).His works have been performed at major Italian theatres, including Teatro Gentile in Fabriano, Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi, Teatro Lauro Rossi in Macerata, Teatro Coccia in Novara and Teatro Verdi in Pisa. In addition to the institutions mentioned above, he has received commissions from Festival Pergolesi Spontini, Festival della Valle d’Itria, the Dutch National Opera Academy in Amsterdam and Gioie Musicali International Youth Music Festival.His works are published by Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Edizioni Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini and Sconfinarte.
Impressioni Marchigiane
Symphonic Prelude · 2026
Tales from no go zone
Symphonic Sketch · 2025
Variazioni Sinfoniche
Symphonic Variations · 2024
Original
Le Peripezie di Pinco Pallino
Musical Fable · 2026
Nozze con delitto
Opera · 2025
Elaboration&Transcription
Il Filtro magico di Dulcamara
Opera from Donizetti · 2024
C'era una volta... Giulia, la Vestale
Opera from Spontini · 2024
La Bottega di Figaro
Opera from Rossini · 2023
Variazioni Sinfoniche
arr. for 2 Pianos · 2025
Due Liriche
Songs for Soprano and Piano· 2020
L.Bernstein · Medley from West Side Story
arr. for ensemble · 2025
G.Gershwin · Four Songs
arr. for ensemble · 2025
G.Mahler · Six Lieder
arr. for Soprano and String quartet · 2025
S.Bortkiewicz · Symphony No.1 in D major, op. 52
arr. for Piano 4 hands · 2022
Impressioni Marchigiane
Symphonic Prelude · 2026
Commissioned by Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana - FORM
for the Symphonic Season MusicAttraverso '26
World premiere - 19 February 2026
Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi
A.Allegrini - conductor
FORM Orchestra
Duration: 7' 30"
Instrumentation:
2.2.0.2 - 2.2.0.0 - Timp. - Strings
Tales from mo go zone
Symphonic Sketch · 2025
Written for the Concert "Suoni d'oggi"
World premiere - 30 September 2025
Teatro G.Modena in Palmanova
M.Attura - conductor
FVG Orchestra
Duration: 9'
Instrumentation:
2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 - 2 perc. - Strings
Variazioni Sinfoniche
Symphonic Variations · 2024
Commissioned by Fondazione Teatro Coccia
for the Final Concert of the 13ᵗʰ International Conducting Prize "Guido Cantelli"
World premiere - 6 October 2024
Teatro Coccia in Novara
G.Conti - conductor
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Duration: 10'
Instrumentation:
3.2.2.2 - 4.2.3. - 3 perc. - Harp - Strings
Le Peripezie di Pinco Pallino
Musical Fable · 2026
Commissioned by Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini
for the 59ᵗʰ Lyric Season
World premiere - 19 April 2026
Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi
G.Piombo - pianist and conductor
Ensamble Orchestra Senzaspine
Duration: 50'
Instrumentation:
Soprano, Actor, Mime
Piano, Flute, Clarinet in B♭, Cello
Nozze con delitto
Opera · 2025
Commissioned by Fondazione Teatro Coccia
Co-composed with S.Santoni and M.Sarcinelli
World premiere - 20 May 2025
Teatro Coccia in Novara
E.Colombo - conductor
Orchestra Vivaldi
Duration: 1h 20'
Instrumentation:
Chamber Orchestra (12 players)
Variazioni Sinfoniche
arr. for 2 Pianos · 2025
Commissioned by Fondazione Teatro Coccia
for the Final Concert of the 13ᵗʰ International Conducting Prize "Guido Cantelli"
World premiere - 24 September 2025
Auditorium Mecenati in Adria
M.Bevilacqua, G.Piombo - Two Pianos
Duration: 10'
Instrumentation:
2 Pianos
Due Liriche
Two Songs for Soprano and Piano · 2020
set on texts by Padre D.M.Turoldo
Recorded and included in the CD Vertigine
EMA Vinci Records
S.Celadin - Soprano, P.Piran - Piano
Duration: 5'
Instrumentation:
Soprano and Piano
Il Filtro magico di Dulcamara
Opera, from L'Elisir d'amore by Donzetti · 2024
Commissioned by Fondazione Teatro di Pisa
World premiere - 30 May 2024
Teatro Verdi in Pisa
G.Piombo - conductor
InOpera ensemble
Duration: 55'
Instrumentation:
Piano, Flute, Clarinet in B♭, String quintet
C'era una volta... Giulia, la Vestale
Opera, from La Vestale by Spontini · 2024
Commissioned by Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini
and
Festival della Valle d'Itria
World premiere - 2 May 2024
Teatro Spontini in Maiolati Spontini
G.Piombo - conductor
Time Machine Ensemble
Duration: 55'
Instrumentation:
Piano, Flute, Clarinet in B♭ (mutes in Clarinet in A), String quintet
La Bottega di Figaro
Opera, from il Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini · 2023
Commissioned by Fondazione Teatro di Pisa
World premiere - 30 May 2023
Teatro Verdi in Pisa
G.Piombo - conductor
InOpera ensemble
Duration: 1h 10'
Instrumentation:
Piano, Flute, Clarinet in B♭, String quintet
L.Bernstein · Medley from West Side Story
arr. for ensemble · 2025
Commissioned by the 25ᵗʰ Pergolesi Spontini Festival
World premiere - 22 July 2025
Piazza Federico II in Jesi
M.Attura - conductor
Time Machine Ensemble
Duration: 14'
Instrumentation:
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B♭, Bassoon, Percussion, String quintet
G.Gershwin · Four Songs
Someone to watch over me · Summertime · I got rhythm · The man I love
arr. for voice and ensemble · 2025
Commissioned by the 25ᵗʰ Pergolesi Spontini Festival
World premiere - 22 July 2025
Piazza Federico II in Jesi
M.Attura - conductor
Time Machine Ensemble
Duration: 14'
Instrumentation:
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in B♭, Bassoon, Percussion, String quintet
G.Mahler · Six Lieder
Frühlingsmorgen · Verlorne Müh · Wo die schönenTrompeten blasen ·
Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht? · Liebst du um Schönheit · Scheiden und meiden
arr. for Soprano and String quartet · 2025
Commissioned by the Storica Società Operaia di Pordenone
for the festival Paesaggi musicali ai tempi di Kugy
World premiere - 7 June 2025
Parco Coronini Cronberg in Gorizia
A.Graf - Soprano
New Era Quartet
Duration: 20'
Instrumentation:
Soprano, String quartet
S.Bortkiewicz · Symphony No.1 in D major, op. 52
arr. for Piano 4 hands · 2022
World premiere - 22 April 2022
Auditorium Tamburini in Rovigo
P.Piran, G.Piombo - Piano 4 hands
Duration: 40'
Instrumentation:
Piano 4 hands