Luca Lombardo - (Italia)

Violinist Luca Lombardo was born 20-11-76 in Erice, Sicily into a family of musicians. Mr. Lombardo began his musical studies at a very young age with Riccardo Brengola followed by Master Classes with Massimo Quarta.
He completed his studies at the Conservatorium of Music in Milan receiving a High Diploma under the guidance of Maestro Gigino Maestri. He was later selected from his class as soloist in Mozart’s Concert in G Major with The Philharmonic Orchestra from the Conservatorium of Milan.
Mr. Lombardo was selected from the post-graduates to attend the Academy of Vienna as concert soloist under the guidance of Maestro Michael Frischenschlager. He was awarded a scholarship to the University of Vienna for having the highest marks in all subjects before graduating in 2004.
He has since been involved in numerous orchestral performances as Concertmaster with prestigious international orchestras and an increase of solo work which has seen him in collaboration with the finest students of the Academy of Vienna. Mr. Lombardo is part of the prestigious W.T.V. ensemble (Wien Tourin Virtuosi), with which he has played numerous concerts in all Chamber Music formations from duos to ensembles.
Mr. Lombardo has participated in competitions in many countries abroad such as U.S.A., Korea, Austria and Italy. He received a Third Place in the Wiener Klassic at the International Semmering Competition (Austria), recentely he participate in the Viotti competition (Italy).
He has had many artistic collaborations, including those with Maestro Andrea Bocelli, as well as prestigious orchestral directors such as Nello Santi, Gyorgy Gyorivanyi Rath and Gianluigi Gelmetti.
He was the protagonist in the Quartet d’Archi in a documentary produced on the Austrian television station “ORFI” which was transmitted on Eurovision. He was subsequently invited to the highly prestigious “Juilliard Quartet Seminar” in New York held by The Juilliard School.
As a soloist, Mr. Lombardo has played in various recitals in many Italian cities such as Turin, Milan, Rome and Palermo. He played three recitals with the Sicilian Symphonic Orchestra with Maestro Ilija Marinkovic, interpreting Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins.
In 2004 and 2005, Mr. Lombardo attended the Great Mountain Music Festival in Korea. There he performed concerts and was awarded a scholarship to participate in Master Classes of famous maestros including Joel Sminoff and Hyo Kang, teachers of the Juilliard School of New York.
He annually attends the Mozarteum of Salsburg, where since the age of eight years old, he has been accepted into the classes of the teachers Ruggiero Ricci, Jean Fournie, Igor Ozim and Michael Frischenschlager.
In January 2006.Luca Lombardo played as a soloist under the baton of Alberto Veronesi and the Sinfonica Siciliana to very positive reviews.
He is now playing a 1680 Francesco Ruggeri violin which the Fondazione MAESTRO Cremona donated for the motivation of “Young Italian Talent”, and a bow made by Giovanni Lucchi of Cremona, donated by the master-maker himself.