Gianluca Piombo
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«Non vi è gesto superfluo nella scrittura. La tensione non cerca l’esplosione, ma la permanenza. È una musica che si concede lentamente, come una confidenza.»
Maria Luisa Veneziano — Armonie dell’Apeiron
«[…] ben strutturato nell’elaborazione dei temi, saldamente ancorato al filone che dal sinfonismo tardo romantico, tramite anche la musica per il cinema, ha costeggiato le avanguardie, […] senza perdere continuità con un tipo di scrittura e comunicativa.»
Roberta Pedrotti — L’Ape musicale
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Biography
Gianluca Piombo (b. 1995) is an Italian composer, pianist and conductor.He graduated in Composition with highest honours, distinction and special mention from the “A. Buzzolla” Conservatory in Adria, where he studied under Cristian Carrara. He also earned diplomas in Piano and Orchestral Conducting from the “A. Pedrollo” Conservatory in Vicenza, studying with Giancarlo Andretta and Pierangelo Valtinoni. As an Erasmus+ scholarship recipient, he spent a period of study at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where his teachers included composer and jazz pianist Włodzimierz Pawlik.
In 2026, he composed Impressioni Marchigiane – Symphonic Prelude commissioned by FORM – Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana. That same year, as part of the 59th Opera Season of the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi, he wrote both the music and libretto for the musical fable Le peripezie di Pinco Pallino, based on a story by Mario Pompei and commissioned by the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini in co-production with Orchestra Senzaspine.In 2025, the opera Nozze con delitto, commissioned by the Fondazione Teatro Coccia and co-written with S. Santoni and M. Sarcinelli, was premiered. In the same year, he composed the symphonic poem Tales from no go zone for the FVG Orchestra, which received an Honorable Mention at the second edition of the Brusa Foundation Award.In 2024, he won the Composition Call of the 13th edition of the Guido Cantelli International Conducting Prize with Variazioni Sinfoniche. The work was performed by the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano as the compulsory piece of the competition at the Teatro Coccia in Novara. The same score also received an Honorable Mention at the first edition of the Brusa Foundation Award.As a musicologist, he collaborated with Cristian Carrara and Marco Attura on the critical edition of Gaspare Spontini’s opera Alcidor for the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, presenting several arias from the work in their first modern-day performances.He has worked as a répétiteur on opera productions at the Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi and the Teatro Verdi in Pisa.He is active as a composer, arranger and conductor, with a particular focus on music theatre and projects designed for young and family audiences. 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 the Teatro “Gentile” in Fabriano, the Teatro “Pergolesi” in Jesi, the Teatro “Lauro Rossi” in Macerata, the Teatro “Coccia” in Novara and the Teatro “Verdi” in Pisa.
In addition to commissions from the institutions and theatres mentioned above, he has received commissions from the Festival Pergolesi Spontini, the Festival della Valle d’Itria, the Dutch National Opera Academy in Amsterdam and the Gioie Musicali International Youth Music Festival.His works are published by Casa Musicale Sonzogno, Edizioni Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini and Sconfinarte.
News&Schedule
· Le Peripezie di Pinco Pallino 21-22 May 2027 @ Teatro Fraschini in Pavia
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Edizioni Sconfinarte
Casa Musicale Sonzogno
Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini
Impressioni Marchigiane
Symphonic Prelude · 2026
Tales from no go zone
Symphonic Sketch · 2025
Variazioni Sinfoniche
Symphonic Variations · 2024
Le Peripezie di Pinco Pallino
Musical Fable · 2026
Nozze con delitto
Opera · 2025
Variazioni Sinfoniche
arr. for 2 pianos · 2025
Due Liriche
Songs for Soprano and Piano· 2020
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
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